The NRVLiving Real Estate Blog

The first half of the year is behind us, and we're officially on the backside of 2008.  There were some surprising conclusions that came out of the market in the first half of the year, namely that the time it took to sell a home was less, yet prices were stable or falling in most areas except fo...

Well, they're on their way, at least. At last night's Town Council meeting, Radford got two pieces of business right ... they passed - unanimously, I might add - a rezoning for Tyler Place, a five-story mixed use development with a five-story garage.  They also voted - again unanimously - to beg...

Congratulations to the Christiansburg Dixie All-Stars, headed to the Dixie League World Series in Mississippi. I liked Seth Willis' quote:  "We're ... just happy to be here."  Proof you can start the athlete cliches early. :) If you enjoyed this post, why not leave a comment and subscribe via RS...

Today's post comes from the NRVLiving Real Estate Group's very own Steve Ayers, a Blacksburg Townie and Food Afficionado of some  kind.  I've been bugging him for a year to bring us something here on the blog, and we've finally found a topic that's near and dear to his stomach - err, heart.  Welc...

Taxes.  Everyone's got to pay them, and they never go down.  That's the bad news. The good news is that by paying taxes, we're contributing to the infrastructure that makes the New River Valley such a great place to live.  But how the heck do they come up with the amount you need to pay?  Well, i...

A cause came to my attention the other day that I thought worth sharing here on the blog.  I spend a lot of time working with the Valley Interfaith Child Care Center, and I know firsthand how difficult it can sometimes be to raise money for a cause you KNOW is worth it.  With that in mind, I lear...

With the first half of 2008 in the books (with 954 sales in the first half of the year), you might have been wondering what the most expensive sales in the Blacksburg/Christiansburg/Radford area have been in the first half of the year.  When the median home price in the same area is $188500 YTD, ...

Full disclosure - I'm a Blacksburg resident, have been since 2001.  Now that's out of the way. Excellent op-ed in Sunday's Roanoke Times regarding the high cost of elitism.  My favorite line (emphasis mine): "The costs came in the forms of economic stagnation, limited job opportunities, underfund...

Now that the first half of the year is behind us, I thought I'd take a look at homes sales in the Blacksburg/Christiansburg/Radford area a little bit more.  At the beginning of the month, in the Absorption Rate post, I showed how every market studied has seen Days On Market go down, along with th...

Don't know if saw the article last month in the Roanoke Times about the number of Christiansburg residents who, according to the article's author, are "'pajamas journalists' -- keystroke correspondents eager to bestow percipience on the politics, issues and bones of contention rattling local gov...