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2023 housing market off to slow start
Virginia home sales were off to a slow start in 2023, with a 30% decline in January from a year ago, or 2,454 fewer sales, according to data released in February by Virginia Realtors. Across the state, 5,609 homes were sold, marking the slowest January that Virginia has seen in eight years. Fewer sales have […]
Va. home sales saw sharp drop in October
Virginia home sales in October decreased by 30.2% from the same time last year, the largest year-over-year sales decrease in more than a decade, according to a Virginia Realtors report released this week. In October, 8,828 homes sold in Virginia, 3,828 fewer than in October 2021. Nationally, home sales declined for the ninth straight month […]
Hampton Roads’ July active house listings down
Hampton Roads’ active residential listings in July continued to lag behind monthly totals for the past four years, according to Real Estate Information Network Inc. data published in August. Active listings have dropped steadily every July since 2014. At the end of July, there were 4,129 homes actively listed in the region. In 2021, that […]
Va. housing market sees sharp drop in sales
The housing market is cooling off, compared to a year ago. Home sales in Virginia dropped by nearly 19% in June, compared to sales in June 2021, the sharpest drop in the housing market since the beginning of the pandemic, Virginia Realtors reported Friday. In June, 13,324 homes were sold in Virginia, which is 3,208 fewer […]
Va. median home sales price breaches $400k for first time
The statewide median sales price for a home in May rose above $400,000 for the first time, according to the Virginia Realtors‘ May 2022 Virginia Home Sales Report. The median price was $401,082, up 8.7% and more than $32,000 from a year ago. In total, 13,048 homes sold in Virginia in May, an 8.5% decrease […]
Economic growth to continue slowing, ODU experts say
The U.S. economy will continue to slow in the second half of 2022 and a recession is increasingly likely, according to the Old Dominion University’s Dragas Center for Economy Analysis and Policy’s mid-year economic forecast released Friday. Increases in inflation are expected to slow as well but harden, leaving costs elevated, report Robert McNab and […]
March NoVa home sales down 4.9% from 2021
Northern Virginia saw fewer home sales last month compared with March 2021 due to low inventory and higher rates, according to a Northern Virginia Association of Realtors report published Friday. The market saw a 4.9% decline in home sales over March 2021, not far off from the 4.5% drop nationwide. “I expect that rapid price […]
Va. economic growth will slow in 2022, ODU economists predict
Virginia’s economy is likely to grow at a slightly slower pace in 2022 than it did last year, with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to make future predictions murky, according to the 2022 Annual Economic Forecast released Wednesday by Old Dominion University’s Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy. “If we can control COVID-19, the economy […]
Va. housing market broke records in 2021
Last year Virginia’s housing market was one for the record books, according to a new report released Jan. 21 by Virginia Realtors. In 2021, there were 154,340 home sales statewide, a 10.2% increase over 2020, according to the industry association. The median sales price was $350,000, a $30,000 jump, or 9.4% increase, from the previous […]
Homes inventory declined sharply last month in Va.
Virginia’s inventory of homes continues to decline, but buyer demand remains high, according to a report released Tuesday by Virginia Realtors. At the end of November, there were 16,242 active listings across the commonwealth, nearly 25% fewer than the same time last year. The rate of decline in homes on the market slowed down over […]
Do Virginians have more confidence in the housing market in 2020?
Are you thinking about making a move this year? Whether buying a first home, upgrading or downsizing, Virginians are entering 2020 with a positive outlook on the real estate market. According to a December 2019 real estate report by Roanoke College, almost 40% more respondents are positive about markets today compared to the same time […]
