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.

Home Sales and Statistics for Broadway, Virginia

Broadway — population of roughly 3,500 — is located about 15 minutes north of Harrisonburg on Route 42, which, like Bridgewater, turns into Main Street. There are locally owned shops and businesses along Main Street and a whole plethora of housing options available. Some of the most notable subdivisions in...

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Home Sales and Statistics for Dayton, Virginia

Dayton is a small town (population 1,196 according to the 2010 Census) located between Bridgewater and Harrisonburg on Route 42. If you ever want to live “where everyone knows your name,” Dayton is it… in a good way! Local folks head to Dayton for many things: the Dayton Farmers Market,...

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Home Sales and Statistics for Bridgewater, Virginia

Bridgewater is a great place to live (I know… I’m a resident!). It is located 5 miles south of Harrisonburg, with Route 42 turning into Main Street through this quaint and friendly little town. The population is about 5,000, and boasts such entities as Dynamic Aviation, Shickel Corporation, Marshall’s, Purdue,...

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Harrisonburg Area Real Estate Market Report: November 2010

The results are in! We are almost through the year 2010, so the year-to-date numbers are really telling us a story of how the year has progressed versus last year. Last month (October’s Market Report), we reported that sales were down over 20% from September, and down over 4%...

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Housing Affordability in Rockingham County

In Part One of this post, we discussed the affordability of housing in the City of Harrisonburg. Now in Part Two, we’ll take a closer look at housing affordability in Rockingham County. Is it affordable to live in Rockingham County? How has it been trending? Is it more affordable now...

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