Local High Schools Honored By U.S. News & World Report
Five local schools were recognized by U.S. News & World Report as being amongst "America's Best High Schools." According to the report, "A three-step process determined…
"But I Heard It On The Radio --- Aren't Home Sales Down??"
Today, monthly home sales statistics were released by the Virginia Association of Realtors. As reported by WSVA today.... "sales of single family homes slumped in…
Home Sales Rise For The Second Month -- Could It Be A Trend Yet?
For the second straight month, Harrisonburg and Rockingham County home sales have increased over the same month in 2006. As highlighted last month, each month from…
Radio Archive: WSVA Home Show: November 2007
Last week, Kemper Funkhouser and I were guests on WSVA's Home Show with Ken Patterson. We talked about a variety of topics such as: Does being in a subdivision (versus…
Appealing Your (City) Property Assessment
A reader posed the question of how or why might you appeal the assessed value assigned to your property by the City of Harrisonburg. Below is an overview of that subject…
JMU Enrollment - Funny Math!
How many students attend James Madison University? How many will in the near future? Depending on who you ask, there are a lot of answers to those questions . . . Current…
Selling In The Dark?
You shouldn't have to! When selling a home, there are things going on around you, in your segment of the real estate market, every week. But it's often difficult to…
Pay Reduced Capital Gains Taxes If Your Job Makes You Move
Capital gains are gains on assets that had been held for over one year before being sold. Roughly speaking, if you purchased your home for $200,000 and are selling it for…
Assessments Up, Assessments Down
"The city’s annual reassessment shows a preliminary average increase in property values of 6 percent, according to Commissioner of the Revenue June Hosaflook." Source…
The Value (???) of National Real Estate News
Per the Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Daily News Record . . . Headline: Home Prices Fall 4.5 Percent Source: Associated Press Per the Thursday, November 29, 2007 Daily…
Subdivision or Not --- Does it Matter?
Preliminary assessment -- no, not at all! A caller to the radio show yesterday mentioned that it seems to him that homes that aren't in subdivisions seem to be selling…
Garage Prevalence
On the air yesterday, we had some questions about garages --- are most houses being built with them these days, are most buyers looking for them, etc. Here are some…