Author Archives: Lisa Oates

About Lisa Oates

Lisa is the creative mind behind The Harrisonburg Homes Team, providing streamlined content management, quality authorship, and graphic design for Harrisonblog. She's passionate about blogging, enjoying life, and a good cup of coffee.

Exploring Harrisonburg: Green Valley Book Fair

In search of new books at bargain prices? Harrisonburg's very own Green Valley Book Fair offers a wide variety of books (and gifts!) in a huge book warehouse. Just inside the front door, a map stuffed full of pins from visitors across the globe proves that it is absolutely worth the visit!

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Harrisonburg Real Estate Market Report: July 2015

Home sellers in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County are experiencing satisfaction due to the increase in buyer urgency, drop in days on market, and getting an average of 96% of their final asking price. Sales prices and contracts written continue to rise, and we're excited to see how the local market finishes up the summer season. Read more in our market report!

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How To Survive a Remodel While Living In It

Remodeling can add significant value to your home, but completing any project while living in it is not easy. We've got firsthand experience in surviving remodels, and have come up with a handful of tips to make it a little more manageable.

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Bridgewater Received $944,000 from VDOT to Fund Dry River Road Project

Dry River Road, situated behind Marshall's Distribution Center, Shickel Corporation, and Perdue, connects the Town of Bridgewater with Route 257 heading west of Dayton and into Montezuma. This is a heavily traveled road for folks with a variety of transportation needs: vehicles, big rigs, buggies, tractors, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Though the speed limit is only 25 mph, it can prove quite dangerous with such heavy traffic on a "commute" route. Enter VDOT...

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