The Washington Post reported on Friday that 243, 000 jobs were added in January, a stark contrast to the 155, 000 jobs that economists predicted. On top of that good news, the unemployment rate dropped to 8. 3%, which is the lowest unemployment rate…

Click here to download Market Update charts for 2011 Something happened in the local real estate market in 2011 that had not happened since 2005 - more homes sold than in the previous year.   While the increase in activity is fairly…

Click here to download November's Market Update charts November, 2011 was similar to October in many ways for our local real estate market. For the month, the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service..

Click here to download October's Market Update charts Despite a drop in sales during the month of October as compared to the summer and early fall months, the local real estate market is doing better than it was at this point in 2010,…

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier today that Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has "raised its ratings on Harrisonburg, Va. 's general obligation debt one notch, pointing to the stability of the city's economy and maintenance of its solid…

We’re one-third of the way through the third quarter of 2011. Can you believe it?! Last month, we reported in the August Market Report that the gap in residential sales was closing from last year to this year (in July, the difference in YTD…

Click here to download September's Market Update charts September was a very good month for residential sales in our area, with 121 units sold through the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service (HRAR…

Another fantastic annual event hosted by Downtown Harrisonburg is coming up on October 21st — Block Party in the ‘Burg This party is focused on introducing college students to Downtown Harrisonburg and will be located at Turner…

If you’ve worked with a Kline May agent in the past few years, you know that after each transaction, the client receives a satisfaction survey. Kline May takes very seriously the opinions and feedback received from clients in these surveys…

Harrisonburg residents have long been known to hold the view that taking care of our environment is very important. As such, many have started using rain barrels, compost bins, solar energy, electric cars, etc. Well, the leaders of Harrisonburg…

Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance and the City of Harrisonburg have granted several businesses with facade enhancement grants this year. This grant program supports property improvements and has been able to stay in place, despite the state of the…

Massanetta Springs was established in the early 1920s. The community arose out of the Presbyterian church’s desire to house families attending the Massanetta Springs Conference Center. Gradually, the homes were sold to private individuals…

Click here to download August's Market Update charts Our local real estate market remained steady in August, with 112 residential units sold through the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service (HRAR MLS…

You may have heard about loan limits changing on FHA mortgages starting October 1st. According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Shenandoah Valley — at least at this point — will not experience any changes…

VSBN is holding their quarterly board meeting in Harrisonburg Virginia today. This will be my first board meeting with the organization. Here is a little background on our goals. Virginia Sustainable Building Network (VSBN) is the only statewide…