Virginia Halter's (virginiah) Blog

So I was poking around the local news this morning because, unlike all of my friends,  I watch the news relentlessly.  Apparently, I can't get tear myself away from the suffering that goes on around the world.  But, just when you think bad things only happen in other countries you read something ...

Oh me, oh my, listing agents and their pricing!  I ran across a listing day before yesterday, long story short, home was listed at 3003 sq ft, loads of upgrades, $320,000.  "That's cool," I thought, "It is perfect for my client and is reasonably priced.  It could even go up another $12,000 if the...

Boy, did we get some rain last week! It came down in buckets. The next afternoon I decided to go site-seeing around Harrisburg.I wanted to visit some of the known floodplains just to see if it is all a myth or if homes in a floodplain really do turn into houseboats. Sure enough, first neighborho...

"Sold a nightmare"This is the headline on this morning's newspaper.  It is a series of six articles on how and why the foreclosure rates are sooooo high in some neighborhoods.  It is also a comment on how it affects us all, not just the individual home owners.Let's start with the embarrassing inf...

I had my son's basketball team over for lunch yesterday.  We grilled out in the backyard and it was wonderful.  The boys were outside playing basketball and football around the yard.  We adults were on the deck in the backyard or inside watching whatever March Madness was on at the time.  Lord lo...

I have a buyer that I took to a neighborhood that they had decided to build in.  I had spoken to the on-site rep and he insisted we come on that day because prices were increasing the next day.  He said it was posted all over the welcome center that prices were going up.  Of course, he had not me...

I have to tell you about a wonderful new community being planned in Concord, NC.  I visited today and found LOTS of information about The Mills at Rocky River.  This community is being developed by Grace Development , Crosswinds Development, and Ryan Homes is the primary builder.  Ryan Homes curr...

I have to tell you about a wonderful new community being planned in Concord, NC.  I visited today and found LOTS of information about The Mills at Rocky River.  This community is being developed by Grace Development , Crosswinds Development, and Ryan Homes is the primary builder.  Ryan Homes curr...

As a REALTOR I stay on top of how the market is progressing.  As a Harrisburg resident, I pay particular attention to the market here.  I wanted to take a minute to recap the residential real estate activity in Harrisburg over 2006 and what is happening now in 2007.. In 2006, Harrisburg had 352 s...

As a REALTOR I stay on top of how the market is progressing.  As a Harrisburg resident, I pay particular attention to the market here.  I wanted to take a minute to recap the residential real estate activity in Harrisburg over 2006 and what is happening now in 2007.. In 2006, Harrisburg had 352 s...