If Your Lease Ends This Summer, Start Looking For A Home To Buy Now!
If you have a lease ending this summer and you are thinking about buying a home instead of renewing that lease, you might think you have PLENTY of time before you need to…
Buying A Home Today Might Feel Like Mostly Waiting Around
In days gone by, when you decided to buy a home, you would talk to a lender to get pre-qualified and then you would start going to view homes that were currently on the…
If You Will Sell Your Home This Spring You Should Be Planning For It Now
A friend asked me yesterday if this is a busy time for real estate. It's busy - but not in the usual ways. It is not busy with showing lots of houses (there aren't many…
Two Thirds of Buyers Purchased Single Family Homes Last Year in Harrisonburg, Rockingham County
Last year (2021) two thirds of buyers purchased detached single family homes in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. The other third of home buyers bought townhouses…
2021 Year In Review in the Harrisonburg Area Real Estate Market
Happy New Year, Friends! I hope you had a delightful, relaxing, fun and healthy holiday season and New Year celebration. Today I am coming to you with a "year in review"…
Massanutten Resort Home Sales Up 34%, Prices Up 17% in 2021
If there is one micro market that has outperformed the overall market in the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County area -- it's Massanutten Resort. Likely fueled by lots of…
111 Affordable Housing Apartments Proposed on Lucy Drive
The Woda Cooper Companies, out of Ohio, are requesting the rezoning of a 4.731 acre parcel on Lucy Drive to allow them to build affordable workforce apartments. The…
A Few More Ways To Think About Your New Rockingham County Property Assessment
Ahhhh! The real estate assessment for my house just went up 30 percent! No way!? Mine went up 40 percent! I heard Bob's down the street went up 55 percent! What is…
Thinking About Home Buying By Examining Past Sales
You might be thinking about home buying by zeroing in on a neighborhood that you find interesting... -- I really think I'd like to live in ____ neighborhood. I love the…
My Predictions for the 2022 Real Estate Market in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County
Keep in mind as you read this that I was horrendously off target with my 2021 predictions for our local housing market. :-) But, that being said, here's what I'm…
My Predictions for the 2021 Harrisonburg Real Estate Market Were Terribly Inaccurate
It seems I have been much too conservative in my predictions for our local housing market over the past few years. After a 12% increase in the number of home sales in…
There Is Currently Only ONE Townhouse For Sale in the City of Harrisonburg!?
Yes, it can be done... ...you can buy a townhouse in the City of Harrisonburg... ...but it's much more difficult now than it was in the past! Townhouses Sales in 2021 in…