Buying a townhouse in Harrisonburg or Rockingham County
If you are considering the purchase of a townhouse in Harrisonburg or Rockingham County, you'll likely want to know about all of the townhouse communities that might be…
EXPLORE MORE Community Education Center, a true multi purpose space in the heart of downtown Harrisonburg
click here (PDF) to learn more about the EXPLORE MORE Community Education Center Explore More Discovery Museum moved to its current location in downtown Harrisonburg in…
Preparing to sell your home that has trees in front of it? Let's take a photo now!
Significantly less of this house would be visible after the leaves come out. If you're thinking of selling this Spring or Summer, and you have trees (especially large…
Distractions and Objections
(don't worry -- this is not really one of my client's homes) Preparing your home to go on the market can be challenging (and tiring), and often sellers-to-be need a…
What did buyers buy in January 2015?
How did buyer activity and seller activity compare in January 2015? 73 buyers signed contracts to buy homes 97 sellers signed listing agreements to list their homes And…
Home Sales Preview: January 2015
Looking back at sales in recent months we find that.... Sales during 7 out of the last 11 months exceeded sales in the same month from the prior year. More specifically…
Monthly housing costs on the rise
It had to happen eventually. The analysis above shows the monthly cost of financing 80% of the purchase price for a median priced home over the past ten years. A few…
Home Sales Back In Line With Population?
The Weldon Cooper Center just released their 2014 Population Estimates and Harrisonburg and Rockingham County are growing, as usual. 2014 Population Estimates…
What are the odds that a contract will result in a closing?
On average, six out of every seven contracts results in a closing. In some ways, that is great -- 87% seems like a pretty proportion of contracts to successfully close…
Finding the Best Deals in Harrisonburg
I recently created HarrisonburgAssessments.com, which analyzes the relationship between sales prices and assessed values. And then it hit me -- what if we compared list…
Finding the Assessed Value of Your Home
How, you might ask, do you find the assessed value of your home? You could dig out your most recent property tax bill. In Rockingham County, you could search the GIS for…
Homes that sell do so relatively speedily
As shown above, 37% of homes that sold in 2014 closed within 90 days of being listed for sale. Homes that are prepared well for the market (repairs, improvements…