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,...
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%...
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...
Housing Affordability in the City of Harrisonburg
How affordable is housing in our area? This is Part One of a two-part blog post, which will take a closer look at housing affordability in Harrisonburg (Part One) and Rockingham County (Part Two). Housing Virginia — along with the Virginia Association of Realtors®, Virginia Tech, and the Virginia Housing...
The Farm Real Estate Market in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County
Last year we wrote a blog post about the multi-family home market in our area, which highlighted key points regarding investment and rental income for the past year. Now we’d like to take a closer look at another part of our area’s real estate market — the farm. The Shenandoah...
Harrisonburg Area Real Estate Market Report: October 2010
We’re well into the final quarter of 2010 already, can you believe it?! Remember last month when we reported the dire numbers of September? Well, the October numbers are in, and it is not completely positive, but not completely negative either. It feels as though we’re balancing on a tight...