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Mortgage rates above 7% shock volatile housing market
Charlottesville Realtor Denise Ramey has a client who put in multiple bids for houses over the summer, when the market was booming, but they were all turned down. Now, with mortgage rates topping 7% for the first time in more than 20 years, he’s not sure if he will buy a house at all — […]
Virginia Realtors elect Winchester broker as prez
Virginia Realtors, the state’s largest trade association, has a new president and slate of officers for 2023. Katrina M. Smith, of the Blue Ridge Association of Realtors, will lead the group for the next year. She is the broker and owner of RE/MAX Synergy in Winchester and has been a Realtor since 2005. She led […]
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 […]
Median home prices rose 9% in Va. since 2021
The cost of buying a home in Virginia increased nearly 9% in the past year, according to a March 21 report from Virginia Realtors. The statewide median sales price in February was $350,000, or $28,550 higher than it was in February 2021. That’s an 8.9% increase and the sharpest gain since June 2021. Not only […]
Jan. Va. home inventory was at all-time-low
Virginia’s housing market set another record in January, hitting an all-time-low of inventory, according to a new report released by Virginia Realtors this week. At the end of last month, there were 12,203 total active listings, which is 4,478 fewer than this time in 2021, a drop of nearly 27%, according to the industry group. […]
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 […]
‘Frenzied’ housing market is normalizing
The residential real estate market frenzy in Virginia may be slowing to more normal conditions, the chief economist with Virginia Realtors said in a new report out this week. For the first time in more than a year, sales activity slowed in September, compared with a year ago. Last month, there were 13,079 home sales […]
Third quarter strong for Va. CRE market, Realtors group says
Virginia’s commercial real estate market showed signs of strength in the third quarter, according to a report released Monday by Virginia Realtors. Office markets in Northern Virginia, Richmond and Hampton Roads have been more resilient than smaller markets, with a key factor being the strength of the high-end Class-A office space market. It’s in demand […]
Home sales, price growth to slow in 2022 after rapid 2021 rises
Virginia home sales in 2022 will be down by about a tenth of a percent compared to 2021 sales, according to a forecast report released Friday by Virginia Realtors. In 2021, the report projects a total of about 148,600 home sales in Virginia, up 6.2% from 2020. “While home sales activity in 2021 will surpass […]
Virginia sees 12% increase in new listings in April
The state saw a 12% increase in new residential real estate listings since March, according to Virginia Realtors‘ April 2021 Home Sales Report released last week. Although it’s typical for new listings to increase between March and April, the organization notes that this year’s gain was larger than in recent years, and new listings were […]
