A new year brings new opportunities, new challenges, new experiences, a new outlook. 2012 brought an increase of 9.2% in home sales for the year, and though home values dropped 1%, our team is confident that this number will turn to the positive in 2013. Lets take a look at...
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Harrisonburg Area Real Estate Market Report: December 2012
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day. That is a quote from Edith Lovejoy Pierce, a poet who obviously produced inspiration. We find ourselves in a...
Harrisonburg Area Real Estate Market Report: November 2012
Can you believe 2012 is coming to a close already? We’re almost half-way through December, and soon we’ll be ringing in the new year! This year has been nice for the local real estate market. Perfect? Excellent? The Best? No. But nice, yes. Residential contracts have been strong throughout the...
Existing Home Sales on the Rise, Locally and Nationally
If you are a fervent follower of this blog, you already know that residential real estate sales have been climbing this year compared to last, and that prices have risen slightly and remain stable. In fact, our latest Market Report showed a 9.0% increase in sales, and a 1.0% rise...
Harrisonburg Area Real Estate Market Report: October 2012
Fall is such an invigorating time in the Shenandoah Valley. There are always an abundance of fun events happening — apple festivals, halloween parties, pie baking contests, craft fairs — and the overall mood in the area is pleasant. The local real estate market has felt equally as pleasant this...
Harrisonburg Area Real Estate Market Report: September 2012
Autumn is officially here, and we are blessed to live in the Shenandoah Valley, where the vibrant colors pop along the mountains and the temperatures drop to a cool 50 – 60 degrees, with an occasional warm afternoon. The local real estate market typically dips during the fall months in...