Eureka! Median Days on Market more insightful than Average
The health of our local housing market has improved over the past year, but the one metric that has continued to appear quite depressing has been "Average Days on Market"…
If you are thinking you might sell your home this year, I would be happy to give you an idea about selling prices, so you can decide if 2013 is the year to proceed.
You might think that you need to make the decision that you are going to sell before you get in touch with me to start talking about starting the selling process. Not so!…
What Do Declining Inventory Levels Mean?
Two and a half years ago (June 2010) there were an astonishing 1,015 homes on the market in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County – including single family homes, townhomes…
Local Home Sales Up 10%, Prices (Finally!) Stable
NEWS FLASH --- with 11 precincts now reporting (ok, months) we are ready to predict the outcome of this race (ok, housing market) as a convincing win for homeowners. The…
Are national home prices up for the 8th consecutive year?
I received several e-mails last night from clients who were a bit confused by the story WHSV ran yesterday about the housing market. Here are some clarifications…
The Three-Legged Stool of Selling A Home
What will it take to sell your house in today’s real estate market? The age-old adage of “Location, Location, Location” still rings true – but since it is not cost…
The email flow of buying and selling a house
This is a pretty interesting infographic on the process of buying and selling a house.
Sellers, don't despair yet, take a look at buyer activity last October and November!
Some sellers are feeling depressed, not having received a contract on their house during the exciting Spring and Summer months of April through August. And since…
Did you miss the HOT spring and summer market? Selling in the fall isn't so bad after all.
As shown above, the Fall market last year (blue, 193 sales) was actually much active in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County than the Summer market. If that trend…
A property can do well within an oversupplied segment of the market if....
A property can do well within an oversupplied segment ofthe market if it has unique characteristics that set it apart from all or most otheravailable options. Despite an…
Smiling: I absolutely LOVE your house (whispering: but I have to sell mine)
I've been on both sides of the table, multiple times, in the past three weeks. Deals that should come together, but won't necessarily, yet. These days, it seems that…
Making a low offer? Beef up your other offering terms.
I know, I know, you want to make a low offer on the house. It seems like every buyer does these days -- and why not, as it is certainly still a buyer's market in…