City Housing Inventory Levels Stabilizing, At Extraordinarily Low Levels
Perhaps inventory levels (number of houses for sale) can only go so low in the City of Harrisonburg. As shown above, inventory levels are "stabilizing" around 100 homes…
Is Overbuilding Occurring In Harrisonburg That Will Affect Buyers Of Investment Properties
I am working with several real estate investors who are considering the purchase of townhouses in the $140K - $170K price range that they would intend to rent to young…
107 Apartments, Retail, Office Space Proposed on Lucy Drive
view larger image The owners of two parcels on Lucy Drive are applying for a rezoning to allow for a mixed use development to be built on the corner of Lucy Drive and…
Risk, Reward and Buying College Student Housing Rental Properties
If you are looking to purchase a rental property for your JMU student to live in while they are a student at JMU, there are two basic paths you could go down.... Option 1…
College Student Housing Under Construction on Port Republic Road
view larger image If you've driven on Port Republic Road lately, near Bojangles, you might have noticed construction starting to peek over the top of Port Republic Road…
Land for New High School Was To Be Student Housing, then Convocation Center
Have you heard Harrisonburg needs a second high school? The current (only) high school in the City is beyond capacity. As such, the City has been evaluated various pieces…
Winter Is Often The Best Time For Purchasing Investment Properties
Many of my savvy investor clients wait for these winter months to acquire additional rental properties. Their reasons are pretty logical.... In the Spring/Summer/Fall…
Housing Inventory Shortages in City of Harrisonburg Should Not Be Surprising
If only we could have seen this coming. :-) Just kidding -- we have seen it coming. Knowing it was coming, though, didn't seem to inspire any actions to change the…
Harrisonburg could never have enough student housing!
OK, OK, that's probably not true -- Harrisonburg probably does not have an infinite need for student housing. Just consider my title, then, to be an intro to all of the…
Does New College Student Housing Increase the Demands on Local Elementary Schools?
Traditional logic would say no -- the construction of new college student housing in Harrisonburg won't increase the load on elementary schools, as most college students…
Does Harrisonburg need more Off Campus Student Housing?
Altitude at Stoneport will soon be built on Port Republic Road, with room for 425 students. The Retreat is nearing completion on Reservoir Street, with room for 700…
Further Renderings of Altitude at Stoneport, student housing to be built on Port Republic Road
Seems like this will be an attractive structure -- and not just a big box with vinyl siding. Read more about the plans for this student housing complex here.