Home Warranties for Buyers and Sellers
Click here to download the full information packet on home warranties from American Home Shield -- or read on for more details.... What is a Home Warranty? It's a…
Now is the time for $300K+ Home Sales!
As is usually the case, we are starting to see our annual boom in $300K+ home sales. The graph above shows home sales over $300K during each month in 2014. You can see…
When selling your house, we can most easily affect these areas
What will it take to sell your house in today's real estate market? The age-old adage of "Location, Location, Location" still rings true – but since it is not cost…
City of Harrisonburg Real Estate Tax Rate To Rise To $0.735
Per today's Daily News Record article, the City tax rate will be increasing to 73.5 cents per $100 of assessed value. This is a good bit (but not a whole lot) above the…
How to buy a house (everything leading up to moving day)
Purchasing a home can be fun, exciting, thrilling, and fulfilling….but that very same process can also have its moments of being hard, frustrating, disappointing and…
Mortgage Interest Rates Edge Up Slightly
30-Year Fixed Mortgage Interest Rates have edged up slightly over the past few weeks, to a national average of 3.84%. That means that there have certainly been lower…
The Shenandoah Valley is in ZONE 1 for Radon
As you can see above, Rockingham County is in Zone 1 -- which means we are in an area that is likely to have high radon levels. What is radon, and what does it mean for…
Lots of Showings! (and contracts, too, of course)
In each of the past six months there have been more showings than in the same month during the previous year. This increase in showings has amounted to a 30%…
What are home values likely to do over the next few years?
Based on recent trends, I believe we will see 2% - 4% increases per year in the median sales price over the next few years. If we take this year's YTD median sales price…
Walk Through This Home, 205 Weavers Road
Take a few minutes to walk through this upscale, custom built home with spectacular western views overlooking Monte Vista Estates with granite countertops and cherry…
Expanded coverage area of our new MLS
I thought I'd give you some sense of the geographic significance of our new, expanded MLS. The red area on the map above (Harrisonburg and Rockingham County) were the…
May 2015 Harrisonburg Housing Market Report
Learn more about this month's Featured Property: 205 Weavers Road I just published my monthly report on the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County real estate market. Jump to…