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…
Wow! Yes, You Read That Correctly, Local Home Prices Increased 40% In Five Years
The median sales price five years ago (2016) was $192,500. Last year, five years later, it was $270,000. That's a 40% increase in the median sales price over five years!…
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…
Only About Half of Home Buyers In The City Of Harrisonburg Buy Single Family Homes
Yesterday I observed that about two thirds of home buyers in our area (City of Harrisonburg plus Rockingham County) buy single family homes each year. In the City alone…
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…
274 Apartments Plus a Parking Garage Proposed For Regal Cinemas Parking Lot
The owner of the 9.5 acre parcel on which Regal Cinemas (and it's enormous parking lot) are situated is requesting a change in the Harrisonburg zoning ordinance, and 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…
Real Estate Assessments On The Rise, Big Time, In Rockingham County
If you own a property in Rockingham County you likely received a notice in the past week or so that your property has a new tax assessed value! I have heard from quite a…