Harrisonblog

People, Places, Events, and Issues in Harrisonburg
(with an emphasis on real estate)

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Home Prices in Harrisonburg Compared To The Rest of Virginia

October 8th, 2009 by Lisa Oates · No Comments

Have you ever wondered what home prices are like in other parts of the state, compared to where they’re at here in Harrisonburg? I’ve been hearing about heat maps through the marketing grape vine lately, and just came across one on Trulia, one of the sites where we highlight our listings. Trulia not only has [...]

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Tags: Market Trends · Sellers

A New Blog Accessory

June 19th, 2009 by Lisa Oates · No Comments

Notice something different about the right side of our blog? We’ve added a new section called “Find Us Elsewhere,” which allows our faithful readers to:

Follow us on Twitter
Become a fan of our team on Facebook
Promote our blog on Technorati
Link to our Zillow profile — and yes, we do like to think of ourselves as local [...]

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Tags: The Team · Tools

Highlighted Listings on Trulia

February 10th, 2009 by Lisa Oates · No Comments

We recently upgraded our Trulia membership to Pro status. (See “We Just Upped Our Level of Service to Sellers.”) One great thing about this upgrade is that Trulia is constantly working hard to provide us with better tools to promote our listings, which in turn gives our sellers better web presence for their listings.
Trulia just [...]

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Tags: Sellers

We Just Upped Our Level of Service to Sellers

January 12th, 2009 by Lisa Oates · 2 Comments

Our team is proud to announce that we are now Trulia Pro members, which means that we can do a lot more for our listings on Trulia. We’ve been blogging and making our presence known on Trulia for some time now, but we have just stepped up our marketing efforts yet again by signing up [...]

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Tags: Sellers

Finding the Right Real Estate Agent for You

January 5th, 2009 by Lisa Oates · No Comments

I just read this excellent and informative post by Rudy Bachraty of Trulia entitled “How to Pick the Best Real Estate Agent for You.” It gives steps to find your ideal real estate agent in your region — either online or offline.
Before your start doing your homework, I want you to envision your ideal real [...]

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Tags: Buyers · The Team

Ask Questions. Get Answers.

December 17th, 2008 by Lisa Oates · No Comments

There are many communities online now that offer the ability for consumers to post questions and get them answered by professionals in the real estate and mortgage industries. One of my favorites to frequent is Trulia Voices. Simply ask a question and a plethora of real estate agents will see that question, and many will [...]

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Tags: Tools

A Nod to Trulia

November 20th, 2008 by Lisa Oates · No Comments

Trulia is a property search site that has been undergoing “surgery” and improving its usability over the past months. One thing I find particularly interesting is that they have a page for just about every area of the country dedicated to market trends and statistics for that area. Click here to view Harrisonburg’s real estate [...]

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Tags: Tools