Housing Market Enjoys Boomlet But Area's Sales Surge Likely To Be Short-Lived
It's always good to get a different take on the data and situation in our market. Feel free to share your own comments on the state of our market in the comment section…
The Future of North Valley Pike (Route 11 North)
There is a slowly growing area just north of Harrisonburg that you may not have heard of or visited, but there are a variety of factors that may make it a growth area…
An Explanation Of The July 2010 Harrisonburg & Rockingham County Real Estate Market Report
Can you spare 5 minutes? Press play below, and I'll walk you through most of the graphs in my monthly report to provide some commentary on what we're seeing this month…
Home Sales (and Inventory) Soar in June 2010, Contracts Decline
Click here for the full July 2010 Harrisonburg & Rockingham County Real Estate Market Report. We're not out of the woods yet, but several indicators are quite positive in…
How Much Of An Effect Did The First Time Buyer Tax Credit Really Have in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County?
Many people have asked me how much of an affect on our market the first time buyer tax credit has had over the past year. It's a challenging question to answer --- some…
Coldwell Banker Funkhouser Realtors merges with Century 21 Real Estate Unlimited
If you haven't heard the big news, our real estate company (Coldwell Banker Funkhouser Realtors) has merged with Century 21 Real Estate Unlimited. This transition is very…
Buying A House In A Buyer's Market
For each of the past four years, fewer and fewer home buyers have purchased homes in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. The annual rate of home sales has declined from…
Home Sales versus Foreclosures
Data Sources: Harrisonburg/Rockingham Association of Realtors MLS, Rockingham County Circuit Court Clerk's Office (Thanks Chaz & April!) Many have asked me how…
The Layout of a House Often Trumps Everything Else!
There are a LOT of homes on the market in the $300k - $400k price range, and I have recently been showing a lot of them to buyers. I will then have follow up calls from…
The first-time buyer tax credit is (mostly) over, now what?
June has been a busy month in the local real estate market --- or at least on my end --- as a LOT of buyers close on their purchases of homes in and around Harrisonburg…
Local Home Sales Up 10% in 2010, Prices Down 4%
Click here to view my full June 2010 Harrisonburg & Rockingham County Real Estate Market Report. Exciting Fact #1 --- May 2010 home sales declined 5% as compared to May…
Signing Contracts in the Month of May: Harrisonburg vs. Charlottesville
Intrigued by a post over at RealCentralVA exploring the number of contracts for single family homes for each of the 10 past months of May in Charlottesville and Albemarle…