City Townhouse Sales Prices Increase 34% Over Four Years
Townhouse values in the City of Harrisonburg have certainly increased rather quickly over the past few years... As shown above, we have seen a 4% to 11% increase in…
How Should The Square Footage Of Your Home Be Measured?
So -- are you trying to figure out the square footage of your home? Here are a few methods that are not certain to give you the correct answer.... Check the tax records…
Housing Inventory Levels Seem To Be Slowly Rising, With One Third Of Them Being New Homes
There are almost 150 homes for sale now in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County... we're at 147 at the moment... and this would be the first time since late 2020 that there…
Almost 1,700 New Homes (or home sites) Are Being Developed or Built in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County With Another 4,000 Planned or Proposed
LOTS of new housing is currently being developed in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County... though mostly in Rockingham County. Below are most that I am aware of, with…
If You Expected The Local Housing Market To Slow Down Drastically, This Probably Is Not What You Meant
Two years ago the "median days on market" was 15 days in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. By a year ago, it had dropped to a median of six days on the market. Given…
800 Mixed Income Housing Units Planned For Bluestone Town Center
800 (or more) new housing units may soon be coming to Garbers Church Road and Erickson Avenue... at Bluestone Town Center... potentially featuring... homes for sale homes…
Renting vs Buying a Townhouse at Congers Creek
Most of the townhouses at Congers Creek are being purchased by homeowners, but some are being purchased by investors as rental properties... which means you will likely…
Mortgage Interest Rates Have Been Trending Back Down A Bit
After soaring from 3.2% in January 2022 to 5.3% in May 2022, mortgage interest rates have actually started to level off and even decline in recent weeks. The graph above…
Strong First Five Months of Contract Activity in 2022
Look out... before you know it, I'll be saying the year is halfway over!? As usual, the months are flying by in 2022 and we are now looking backwards at a full five…
Comparing Tax Bills in the City of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County Over Time
If you're buying a $300K house, will you pay more in property taxes if that house is in the City or the County? In most cases, you will pay more property taxes if you…
Do You Own A Rental Property? Perhaps You Should Sell It? Pretty Please!?
If you own a rental property in the City of Harrisonburg or in Rockingham County, perhaps a townhouse or duplex or small single-family home, are you potentially…
Will Home Renovations Surge In 2022 and 2023?
This scenario seems to be very common right now... [1] We decided a year or two ago we wanted to sell our house and move to a bigger or nicer or different house. [2]…