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The busiest month of the year for new real estate listings begins this week — April. For home buyers, this is a very important month because of all the fresh listings coming on the market, in all shapes, sizes, colors, and locations. Here is a summary of new listings from the past week. (Note: to [...]

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Saturday, April 11th has been nominated as the day for clean up in Harrisonburg this year. Blacks Run/Downtown Clean Up Day is a time for volunteers to work hard to clean up our city. Last year, volunteers picked up 1.86 tons of trash from Downtown and Blacks Run! So gather a team and sign up [...]

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According to WHSV, Governor Tim Kaine has new policies in place to cut down on cul-de-sacs, starting this July. Why? It will create better “flow” through neighborhoods for emergency vehicles, school buses, and public transportation. It could also be cost effective — snow plows, street sweepers, garbage trucks, etc. wouldn’t have to weave in and [...]

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When I first moved to Harrisonburg almost 5 years ago, it was confusing! I had moved from the West Coast and was used to roads being laid out like grids, I hadn’t lived in a college town as a “townie,” and I was still on the job hunt. It was difficult because I wasn’t used [...]

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Starting this week, the interchange between I-81 and Route 33, said to be one of the deadliest interchanges for the entire length of I-81, will begin road construction. According to Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), lane closures will occur for approximately 3 weeks, weather permitting. Expect delays if you normally travel that route, or I [...]

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Our previous post about “What You Get In Harrisonburg for $500,000” was quite popular, so I thought I’d let you know what you can get for your quarter-million. Seems like a lot of money, but around here, you get a good amount of home and property for your hard earned cash!
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750 Wyndham Woods Circle, Harrisonburg
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Our real estate team has put in hours of work to provide you with a Relocation Guide full of valuable information for those moving to the Harrisonburg area. So to highlight our Lodging section, here is a list of some great places to stay in Harrisonburg during your next visit:
Bed & Breakfasts

By the Side of [...]

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New home construction was up 22% in February compared to January of this year. It is the first time housing starts have increased since June 2008, when they rose 11%. (source: US Commerce Department)
Nearly one-quarter of first-time buyers are single females who purchased their first home on a median income of $47,400. (source: REALTOR Magazine [...]

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If you are ever interested in staying in tune with the residential listings of The Harrisonburg Homes Team, it is easy to keep up! Each of our residential listings gets its own web site (with its own domain name), and all of these listings can be reviewed on one page, for your convenience. Check it [...]

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Well… it is not back for another week, but it will be here shortly! The Green Valley Book Fair in Mount Crawford, Virginia is a 25,000 square foot warehouse stocked with too many books to count — ranging in subjects from gardening to cooking to history to fiction to children’s books. Save 60% - 90% [...]

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