600 Bed Student Housing Development In Rockingham County Sold For $39.8 Million
As detailed in the Daily News Record ("National Firm Buys Aspen Heights, Plans Rebrand") the 600 bed student housing development on Port Republic Road in Rockingham…
November 19 Meeting To Discuss Harrisonburg Comprehensive Housing Assessment and Market Study
Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 19th at 6:00 PM to tune in to hear a presentation of the findings of the initial draft of the City's Comprehensive Housing…
Different Strategies for Buying A Rental Property For Your College Student
If you are looking to purchase a rental property for your JMU student to live in while they are a student at JMU, there are two basic paths you could go down.... Option 1…
JMU On Campus Enrollment Seemingly Plateauing Just Under 21K
Based on JMU's enrollment projections approved by the State Council of High Education for Virginia, on campus enrollment... Declined a bit this year, from 20,812 students…
How Should Vacant Land Be Developed In The City of Harrisonburg
City of Harrisonburg Land Use Guide as of Nov 13, 2018 There are still vacant parcels of land in the City of Harrisonburg that might be developed in the future. Should…
Six Story Mixed Use Building Proposed on 6.6 Acres on Reservoir Street
view as PDF Two parcels totaling 6.6 acres might soon be home to six-story mixed use building to include: 10,000 square feet of retail or professional service space on…
Risk and Reward in Buying College Student Housing Rental Properties
If you are looking to purchase a rental property for your JMU student to live in while they are a student at JMU, there are two basic paths you could go down.... Option 1…
Can Parents of JMU Students Buy Any House And Put Lots of Students In It?
With great regularity, potential buyers (either investors or parents of JMU students) will ask if a single family home can be purchased and rented to a group of JMU…
Some Student Housing Eventually Becomes Affordable (Non Student) Housing
view larger image view larger image view larger image Sometimes it seems CRAZY how much NEW, NICE, EXPENSIVE student housing is being built in Harrisonburg - and now even…
Making Harrisonburg A Place Young Alums Can Call Home For Decades
I recently lamented that most new housing that is being built is student housing or rentals -- as opposed to homes that can be purchased by homeowners. And the "why" is…
What Would It Take For New Construction (For Sale) Housing To Be Built, At Scale, In or Around Harrisonburg
As you may have heard -- the market is hot -- sales are stead, inventory levels are declining and homes are selling more and more quickly. Perhaps, just perhaps, we need…
JMU On Campus Headcount Likely To Exceed 22K in 2022
Based on enrollment projections approved by the State Council of High Education for Virginia, on campus enrollment is set to continue to increase in coming years…