Home sales, prices up in NoVa, Hampton Roads, Central Va.
The Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads and Central Virginia housing markets showed positive trends last month, with month-over-month and year-over-year increases in home sales and median sales prices. Northern Virginia Northern Virginia home sales in February grew 2.2% from February 2023, marking the first year-over-year growth in the market’s home sales since November 2021, according to [&hel[...]
REIN elects new board
The Real Estate Information Network has a new board of directors and executive committee, the multiple listing service for the Hampton Roads region announced Wednesday. The 2024 board includes: Gary Lundholm, president Barbara Wolcott, vice president Barry Nachman, treasurer Kimberly Plourde, secretary Lee Cross, director Amy Doll, director Dorcas Helfant-Browning, director Cavelle Mollineaux, dir[...]
Hampton Roads housing market appears to stabilize
The Hampton Roads housing market appears to be stabilizing, according to a new report from the Real Estate Information Network Inc. (REIN). “We expect 2023 to be similar to pre-pandemic years where inventory increases in the spring and summer, and as long as buyers have inventory to choose from, they’re going to shop for homes,” […]
Rising interest rates not enough to deter homebuyers
Even the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates likely won’t be enough to cool down the hot real estate market in Virginia, experts say. In an attempt to slow the highest inflation rates in 40 years, Fed officials voted on March 16 to raise the benchmark federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point to a […]