The Shenandoah Valley, VA real estate market year over year numbers are following the fourth quarter numbers very closely. There was a combination of negatives and positives, but overall, the market is stable. Each of the five localities in the Shenandoah Valley saw fewer sales, but each had a hi
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02/27/2023
Have you ever gotten up in morning and just had a strange premonition that it as going to be one of those days? You know it's going to be one of those days when, You see a "Sixty Minutes News Team" waiting in your office Your twin sister forgets your birthday You turn on the news and they are j
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02/23/2023
My son, Jon, and I were having a conversation this morning that started me thinking. Then, I read Debe Maxwell's blog, "Happy Valentine's Day - You Left this World but, not Our Hearts," and that added to the conversation this morning. Jon and I were reminiscing about his childhood. His mother and
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02/17/2023
I have a question for you. Are you a poodle Realtor or a pit bull Realtor? Strange question, right? I do have a reason for asking. The local real estate market in my area has been changing for about nine months or so. Prior to the current market, sellers were in charge and buyers didn’t even try
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02/11/2023
In 1999, I started traveling to the Ukraine to teach intensives in a college. It was my first trip out of the western hemisphere and it was exciting. I was a little nervous. I didn't speak Russian. I had never taught with an interpreter. I didn't know anything about the Ukrainian culture or cust
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02/09/2023
I have four simple keys that can make a big difference in your business. If I've learned anything about the real estate business in the past two decades it is that it is unpredictable. It does have cycles, and then a recession like 2008 comes along and changes everything. Because of that, it is w
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02/06/2023
Shenandoah Valley, VA 4th Quarter Real Estate Report - 2022The Shenandoah Valley, VA 4th quarter real estate report for 2022 may be a good indicator of where the real estate market is heading in 2023. If there is one constant question I receive from real estate interested parties, it would be "Wh
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01/20/2023
Home sellers who have been watching the real estate market for the past few years may think they are sitting pretty and ready to make a big profit if they sell their homes, and they may, but if the Northern Virginia market is any indicator, they'll have to do things that sellers in 2019 and early
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12/28/2022
The Shenandoah Valley, VA real estate market is shifting, and not necessarily in a good way. Of the five localities, all five localities dropped in the number of sales for the third quarter year to year, three out of five dropped in list price to sale price and pending sales at the end of the thi
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10/20/2022
The Shenandoah Valley, VA real estate market is shifting, and not necessarily in a good way. Of the five localities, all five localities dropped in the number of sales for the third quarter year to year, three out of five dropped in list price to sale price and pending sales at the end of the thi
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10/20/2022
