We Will Likely See Fewer New Listings Over The Next Few Months
It's getting to be that time of year... we're into November now with Thanksgiving just a few weeks away. Our market, like many markets, sees fewer homes coming on the…
The Comfortable Feel Of An Established Neighborhood Might Come With, Surprise, An Older Home That Needs Some Updates
An interesting dynamic in the Rockingham County real estate market is related to farmland and trees. Most land that that becomes a residential neighborhood is used as…
Last Call (Just About) For Selling Your Home In 2024!
Most contracts (and buyers and sellers) have been making it to closing within about 30 to 45 days. Which means, that if you decide today that you're going to sell your…
Sometimes An Offer Is So Strong A Seller Will Not Wait For Other Imminent Offers
Wahoo! An exciting new listing just hit the market. You are excited to go see it and will definitely consider making an offer. You know it will likely be a popular…
Sometimes It Makes Sense To Just Adopt The Timetable The Seller Prefers
In a seller's market, which we are in... Sometimes It Makes Sense (for a buyer) To Just Adopt The Timetable The Seller Prefers Conversely, in a buyer's market, which we…
Fewer And Fewer Resale, Detached, Homes Selling In City Of Harrisonburg
Just slicing and dicing the data one more time here... this is looking at only the City of Harrisonburg, only resale homes, and only detached homes -- no duplexes…
Competition Is Often Fierce For City Homes!
We have seen fewer, and fewer, and fewer home sales in the City of Harrisonburg over the past few years. But this is almost entirely an issue of not enough sellers being…
Contract Activity Increasing, Inventory Levels Decreasing, In Harrisonburg And Rockingham County
Happy Crisp, Cool, October Wednesday To You! This is a fantastic time of year... one of my favorite times of the year... we'll often have both pleasantly cool and…
Just When You Were Not Expecting It, The Perfect House Came On The Market!
Sometimes, it really does happen! You've been searching for just the right home for months, or even years, and it seems like you might never find the right house. You're…
953 New Townhomes, Apartments, Detached Homes Proposed On 161 Acres At Quarry Heights
download a larger version of the concept plan here A sizable new housing development is being proposed in the City of Harrisonburg, to include up to 953 new housing units…
A Two Story House With One Story Above Grade Is Not The Same As A Two Story House With Both Stories Above Grade
In other words... Ranch With Finished Basement ≠ Two Story Colonial With No Basement Certainly, this is sort of a statement of the obvious. The structure of these two…
Will You Remove Contingencies From Your Offer In A Multiple Offer Scenario Regardless Of Whether The Competing Offers Have Those Very Same Contingencies?
A house comes on the market, and you like it, and it is priced reasonably. You make a full price offer on the house with a home inspection contingency. Then, you get…