This morning’s edition of the Daily News-Record ran a story reporting that the unemployment rate in the Harrisonburg-Rockingham area has dropped to 3.5%, which is down from 4.2% a month earlier. More good news on the stability of our local economy can be found on this very cool web resource...
Low Unemployment, Low Foreclosure Rates in the Valley!
This morning’s edition of the Daily News-Record ran a story reporting that the unemployment rate in the Harrisonburg-Rockingham area has dropped to 3.5%, which is down from 4.2% a month earlier. More good news on the stability of our local economy can be found on this very cool web resource...
Snapshot: Local Market Statistics
To give you a small glimpse of the real estate market in our area, check out the statistics below. Keep in mind that real estate is a cyclical business throughout the year. The Spring and Summer months are generally more active in terms of sales and new listings than Fall...
What Everybody Ought to Know About Staging Their Home — Part One
Before putting your home on the market, it is important to get your house ready to sell. (After putting your house on the market, we’ll give you some tips for keeping your house sparkling for showings. That will be part two.) Run down this list of items to prepare your...
Decrease Your Environmental Footprint
This is an important subject these days. One way to decrease your environmental footprint is to live close enough to common retail shops, restaurants, and gathering places so that you can walk or ride your bicycle (thus, not expending gas fumes into the air by leaving the car at home)...
House Swapping
The real estate market is seeing the “house swap” as an increasingly popular trend this year. Back in the day, vacationers would frequently swap houses for a week or two (like in the movie The Holiday from a couple years ago), but this is 2008. The economy has changed. Why...