Do You Love This Home As Much As the Seller Does?
We've been looking at homes for a little while now with a focus on one neighborhood where homes usually sell for between $475K and $525K. And then... a new listing pops…
Active and Pending Listings Have a Role in Pricing Your Home Too
When we're pricing your home, we'll spend most of our time looking at sold data. The prices other buyers paid for similar homes gives us the best indication of what a…
How Optimistic Will You Be When Pricing Your Home?
When we talk about pricing your home, one of the first things we'll eventually have to decide is how optimistic you want to be. Here's what I mean... I'll put together a…
Are There More Exciting Homes for Less Money Than Yours
When you're thinking about how we might price your home, here's a question we might want to consider... Are there more exciting homes on the market at a lower price than…
The House Might Be Perfect. But What About the Lot?
You're looking for a four bedroom home with at least 3000 square feet, in a great neighborhood. And there's that one house on the market that checks all of those boxes…
A Few Weeks Is All It Takes for the Market to Make Up Its Mind
The first few weeks after a home hits the market are often busy ones. Buyers who have been watching the market -- sometimes for months -- finally have something new to…
70% In Six Years
Between 2018 and 2024, the median price of a detached home in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County rose an astonishing 70%. That’s a remarkable run... and it’s worth…
A Busier Market With Flat Prices and a Slower Pace
Happy Thursday Morning! If you've been watching the Harrisonburg market lately, you already know -- things are starting to move quickly. New listings keep popping up, and…
How Your List Price Tells Buyers Whether to Make an Offer
When pricing your home to sell, it's important to remember that buyers behave very differently depending on how they feel about a list price. When a buyer walks into a…
The Harrisonburg Housing Market Is About to Get a Lot More Active
The redbuds are blooming. The grass is getting greener. And if recent years are any indication, we are likely about to see quite a few homes hit the market for sale here…
Mortgage Rates Are On the Rise Again
Mortgage interest rates have been on a bit of a rollercoaster over the past year... and the most recent trend might be a bit frustrating for buyers hoping for continued…
When an Aging Roof Creates a Stalemate Between Buyers and Sellers
Here's a situation that comes up fairly often in real estate transactions, and it can create a real sticking point between buyers and sellers... even when nobody is…