Should I List My House For Sale Now?
School is cancelled and/or happening at home for the rest of the year. Businesses are closing. Folks are encouraged to stay at home and certainly not spend time in groups…
Buying When Needing To Sell But Only If You Can Buy But After You Sell
If you're looking to buy a house this Spring or Summer -- but -- you own your current home -- this morning's ramblings are for you... Selling (for some houses, in some…
Harrisonburg Area Home Sales Remain Strong in 2020 Despite Slower February
This month's featured home (shown above) is located in Kentshire Estates and you can find out much more about it out by visiting 3241DanburyCourt.com. OK. Now. Let's set…
Should Buyers In A Low Inventory Market Consider the Purchase of Foreclosures?
With some regularity, I am asked by potential purchasers how they would go about buying a foreclosure. First, here is a list of upcoming foreclosure sales, but more…
Balancing Realistic and Optimistic Pricing Strategies
Pricing a home in a low inventory, fast moving, market can be tricky... REALISTIC... I'm a firm believer that the best indication of the price for which your house is…
Why Investors Eventually Sell Their Rental Properties
If you own a rental property, you might wonder from time to time whether you should keep or sell that property. I generally advise my clients to keep their rental…
Home Sales Soar To Surprising New Heights in January 2020
Time seems to be passing quickly these days, perhaps because my two kids are growing up faster than I can believe - age 15 (also known as "almost driving") and 11 (but 12…
Lower Priced Market Segments See Largest Swings In Housing Inventory
Not all price ranges are created equally, it seems. The hardest hit price range, perhaps unsurprisingly, is the under $200K price range -- where we have seen a 57%…
More Homes Sold... More Quickly... at Higher Prices in 2019!
Happy New Year and New Decade! And what a decade it was for the Harrisonburg and Rockingham residential real estate market! Read on to learn more about the new highs (and…
My Predictions for the 2020 Real Estate Market
As is my annual tradition, I am making some predictions about what we'll see in the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County real estate market in 2020. Above, you'll note that…
Comparing My 2019 Housing Market Predictions To Reality
As shown above, I was slightly (just slightly) too optimistic about the pace of home sales that we would see in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County in 2019. I was…
It Might Be Hard To Find A Home To Buy In The City of Harrisonburg
The number of homes for sale in the City of Harrisonburg keeps dropping. That's not to say that homes aren't selling -- a total of 390 homes have sold in the City of…