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.

Highlighted Listings on Trulia

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...

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New International Cuisine in Harrisonburg: Beyond

Downtown Harrisonburg will soon have a new restaurant.  It will be called Beyond, and will feature international cuisine. The proprietors will be the same folks who own and operate the highly popular Taste of Thai on South High Street. The location? The old Spanky’s building at 50 West Water Street....

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Another Development Downtown?

The Daily News Record reported today that a real estate developer out of Charlottesville, Virginia, will be going in front of the Harrisonburg City Council this evening to propose a 66-apartment project on 2 acres to be developed in Downtown Harrisonburg. A developer will seek City Council’s help tonight to...

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Get The Most Value From Your Home Improvements

Sellers — or homeowners looking to receive top dollar when you’re ready to sell — is your home improvement to-do list overwhelming? Now you can prioritize your to-do list! HomeGain has a helpful calculator on their web site to assist you in determining which home improvement projects to work on...

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A “Massive” New Real Estate Project in Harrisonburg

A new 160-acre real estate development is proposed to be built on the Harrisonburg City / Rockingham County border by the Post Office on the South end of town. This project is awaiting zoning approval, but is likely to get the “OK.” The complex will include 384 residences in the...

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Save Your Money, Improve Your Credit Score

It is important to have a good credit score and to save money in order to purchase a home — or even just to live comfortably! Here is a fantastic article published by the Washington Post that gives some great tips on how to save money easily this year, and...

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