What is an EarthCraft House?
Before I attended an EarthCraft training this week, I had heard of EarthCraft homes, and had been in EarthCraft homes, but I couldn't have given a very good definition of…
How to build a green home in Harrisonburg
I spent the day today at an EarthCraft certification course learning about how to build higher quality homes, that are healthier, more comfortable, and have lower utility…
Framing Nearly Complete on Condos in Downtown Harrisonburg
Check out the latest construction photos to see the progress at Urban Exchange. East Tower Update Framing is complete on the East Tower, which will house apartments for…
What a difference a low interest rate can make!
Some of the agents in my office remember when interest rates were as high as 15% for a 30 year fixed rate mortgage. Wow! Who could afford to buy at those rates!? Today's…
Heritage Estates - 55+ living in Harrisonburg!
As Harrisonburg has grown, we have begun to see an increasing number of housing trends from across the country find their way to Harrisonburg, for example, Harrisonburg's…
Signs of Resilience in the Local Real Estate Market - December 2008 Real Estate Market Report
The December 2008 Real Estate Market Report for Harrisonburg and Rockingham County is now available. Click here for a printable PDF of this report. The local market…
Buy a home now while you still have options!
It's December 30th, which means that we're less than 48 hours away from the largest inventory reduction that we've seen all year! OK --- perhaps I'm being a bit…
Buying and selling in this real estate market
As featured in the December Shenandoah Valley Business Journal... Absent hard data on the local real estate market, we could make erroneous assumptions by listening to…
Urban Exchange Construction Update
Despite some rainy days in December (see above), construction is flying along at Urban Exchange --- framing for the fourth floor is being finished on the East Tower…
My apologies for information overload!
I use FeedBurner for my RSS feed, and every few months the FeedBurner service will hiccup, causing my RSS feed to reset. Thus, anyone reading my blog via Google Reader…
Calculating the return on your home improvement investment
Remodeling Magazine has released their 2008-2009 report comparing the cost of a variety of home improvement projects as compared to the added value of each renovation…
Got Lead? Here's what you need to know!
If you're buying a home built before 1978, you must know that your new home may very well have paint that contains lead (lead-based paint). This type of paint can be…