Foreclosure: 97 Blue Stone Hills Drive, Harrisonburg
Property Characteristics Finished SF 2,509 Circa 2005 Bedrooms3 Bathrooms3.5Lot Size0.121 acres Pricing Original Amount of Deed of Trust $247,200 (3/29/06) Assessment…
Foreclosure: 12173 Port Republic Road, Grottoes
Property Characteristics Finished SF 900 Circa 1974 Bedrooms3Bathrooms1Lot Size0.459 acres Pricing Original Amount of Deed of Trust $102,400 Assessment: Land $25,000…
Call To Action > > > Save Lake Shenandoah
From today's Daily News Record, Lake Shenandoah, a.k.a. "Shen Lake," needs to be saved! Some key points of this story include: The 36-acre lake is man-made, and has been…
Cause & Effect :: Development Patterns & Traffic Problems
Another key thought from last week's Smart Growth Symposium put on the Shenandoah Valley Builders Association is that . . . Distributed neighborhoods, that are not…
Foreclosure: 1182 Portland Drive, Harrisonburg
Property To Be Sold: 1182 Portland Drive, Harrisonburg Date/Time of Sale: Friday, March 5, 2008 at 3:15 p.m. Original Principal Amount of Deed of Trust: $177,882 Assessed…
Harrisonburg Water & Sewer Connection Fees Increase
Most homeowners, or those who hope to be homeowners in the future may not have paid too much attention to the news earlier this month that Harrisonburg water and sewer…
Will Rockingham County Be Paved Over?
I have heard some people talk about development as if in the next few years, or decades, all of Rockingham County will be developed --- with the farm land destroyed, and…
In Theory, Construction Is Booming!
Are builders gearing up? (Daily News Record) Yes, and no! Read on... Building Permits Issued Per Year: YearHarrisonburg Rockingham County2007 748 558 2006 219 673 2005…
Smart(er) Growth For Harrisonburg and Rockingham County?
Wow! Today's Smart Growth Symposium, orchestrated by the Shenandoah Valley Builders Association was a fantastic primer on growth issues and how to plan for them in the…
The Shenandoah Valley's 2007 Real Estate Market
I recently posted 2007 sales trends for Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. Here's the rest of the story . . . OK --- that was just for visual effect --- admittedly, none…
Who Pays The Closing Costs?
Some buyers make offers including a condition that the seller pay all or some of the closing costs. Some sellers offer the incentive of seller-paid closing costs to try…
PMI -- Is It Good, or Evil??
I am frequently asked whether PMI (private mortgage insurance) is a good thing, or something to avoid. To start with --- private mortgage insurance is an insurance policy…