Posted on February 17, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
Good news this week for a major homebuilder in the Williamsburg VA area: Moody’s Investors Service raised the corporate ratings of the Miami-based homebuilder Lennar Corp. Lennar has developed and is building homes in numerous Virginia communities for 55+ active adults. They include Colonial Heritage in Williamsburg VA, Lees Parke in- Fredericksburg, VA –, and [...]
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Posted on February 17, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
Richmond Homearama 2012 returns this year to Summer Lake in Chesterfield County, VA;. Each home showcases the very latest in home construction, design, and technological innovations. The homes are furnished and decorated by regional interior design teams. The show is open April 21 – May 6, 2012, Wednesday – Sunday, 12–8 pm. Admission is $10 [...]
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Posted on February 16, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
757 254 8136 for further information. Or email me John@MrWilliamsburg.com Learn more about Colonial Heritage in Williamsburg VA Learn about other 55+ active adult communities in Williamsburg, Yorktown, VA Beach, Chesapeake and Suffolk VA.
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Posted on February 11, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
While plans are underway for the May 2012 Homerama at Culpepper Landing in Chesapeake , it’s back to the beach – Norfolk’s East Beach community that is – for the TBA ( Tidewater Builders Association) Fall Homearama 2012 showcase of fully furnished and landscaped homes. The event, set for Oct.13-28, 2012 will mark an unprecedented [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
February 2012 I previously posted an update on real estate sales in Williamsburg VA Now it’s time to review the surrounding areas of Hampton Roads . That market which is primarily composed of Carrolton, Chesapeake,Gloucester, Hampton, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth Mathews, Newport News Norfolk, Poquoson, Smithfield, Suffolk, Va Beach, Yorktown and York County Virginia , [...]
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Posted on February 10, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
Most of the home buyers I work with in the Williamsburg Area will typically use the James City County, Williamsburg or York County Va assessed value as a basis when determining an offer price on a home. They erroneously believe that is what the property is worth.There may be some areas that are close in [...]
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Posted on February 10, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
Mortgage foreclosure settlement In a historic deal after repeated delays and over a year of negotiations, the Justice Department, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and 49 state attorneys general has finalized a $26 billion civil settlement with five of the largest mortgage lenders for wrongful foreclosures through robo-signing wherein homes were foreclosed upon [...]
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Posted on February 9, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
CoreLogic a leading provider of information, analytics and business services, today released its first national Foreclosure Report which provides monthly data on completed foreclosures, foreclosure inventory and delinquency rates. Completed foreclosures for all of 2011 totaled 830,000 compared with 1.1 million in 2010. In December 2011 there was a month-over-month decrease in completed foreclosures to [...]
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Posted on February 8, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
Heating up ,but one month in lets not celebrate yet ! Jan 2012 area highlights Total area home sales in Williamsburg/ James City County/ York County are up 11% from Jan of 2011 Under contract /Pending Sales for January are up by a Whopping 38.16% to 105 homes, versus January of last year at 76 [...]
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Posted on February 4, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
Learn more about Ford’s Colony homes, lots, townhomes, condos, & community here Like what you are reading ? Want to receive updates by email in the future ? Sign up here psst … I’m a Realtor! Thanks for stopping by my website. I would love to help you find your dream home and community [...]
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Posted on January 21, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
If the idea of living in a traditional village setting with all of the modern comforts sounds good to you, then Port Warwick in Newport News should be on your short list. Port Warwick is a mixed-use urban village where a resident can walk from home to work, shops and restaurants, or make a short [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
Banks filed foreclosures on roughly 205,000 homes in December, the lowest monthly total since November 2007, according to RealtyTrac, which said the 1.8 million foreclosures for 2011 dropped nearly 35% from 2010. . Unexpected delays — including robo-signing issues that first arose in late 2010 — kept 2011 numbers lower than expected. Still, one in [...]
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Posted on January 11, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
The LPGA came up with one more addition before unveiling its full 2012 schedule, returning to another former stronghold with a return to Kingsmill Resort , near Williamsburg , VA after a two-year hiatus. The LPGA schedule — which the tour will officially release later Tuesday — for now will feature 27 events, up from [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
The residential real estate market in Hampton Roads finished 2011 strong. Settled residential sales and under contract residential sales each posted healthy results in the final month of the year. Settled residential sales for the region increased 21% in December 2011 when compared to December 2010 (1,589 vs. 1,311). It was the most settled residential [...]
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Posted on January 10, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
Time for a little recap of 2011 for Williamsburg, Virginia real estate. It’s always interesting to see which neighborhoods buyers were attracted to during their Williamsburg VA home search. Where were people buying homes in Williamsburg/ James City County in 2011 ? Well, let’s find out. Several new home neighborhoods in the area continued to [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
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Posted on January 7, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
Sheeran Sotheby’s International Realty closed its last Williamsburg office. At the peak of the market the company had three offices. One on Richmond Rd, a new home sales center in Greensprings West and an office in Governors Land. It seems that it’s focus on the luxury market was it’s demise. The brokerage became a Sotheby’s [...]
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Posted on January 5, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
2011 MOST EXPENSIVE HOME SALES This time of year it’s always interesting to look back and review the most expensive homes sold in the Hampton Roads VA area. According to data reported by the Real Estate Information Network ( REIN) a Multiple Listing Service that covers the area. In 2011 there were 75 single family [...]
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Posted on January 4, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
A Maryland company has purchased the financially struggling Ford’s Colony of Rocky Mount, North Carolina for $3.25 million. The Halle Companies, located in Silver Spring, Md., and developer of the Villages of Apex in North Carolina, has purchased the assets formerly owned by Realtec of Williamsburg, Va. In January of 2011, the upscale community’s golf [...]
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Posted on January 4, 2012 by mrwilliamsburg |
Homearama, the TBA (Tidewater Builders Association’s) semiannual showcase of new homes, will be held in May 2012 at the Culpepper Landing community in Chesapeake, Virginia. Culpepper Landing previously hosted the Fall 2009 Homearama and featured 12 homes, ranging in price from about $350,000 to more than $500,000. Since then, the community has grown and now [...]
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Posted on December 24, 2011 by mrwilliamsburg |
What is $9,950,000 That’s the price being asked for Ford’s Colony Country Club, Alex. Almost half of what was owed on the property in April of 2010 when it filed for bankruptcy. Prudential Financial named Affiniti Golf as the new manager in May of 2011 as they emerged from chapter 11 proceedings.Affiniti was brought on [...]
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Posted on December 16, 2011 by mrwilliamsburg |
Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rates for Hampton Roads Virginia are decreasing in most pay ranks in 2012 according to new Defense Department data released this week. In our area an E-7 with dependents living in the Hampton / Newport News VA metro area will receive $1,566 in 2012 compared to $1653 in 2011 for [...]
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Posted on December 9, 2011 by mrwilliamsburg |
For the fifth consecutive month, the Hampton Roads real estate market showed strong results in the number of settled sales and under contract sales. In addition, the months’ supply of inventory continued to decline as the number of active homes for sale maintained its steady drop from May 2011. However, the median settled sales price [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2011 by mrwilliamsburg |
HomeSteps, the Freddie Mac real estate sales unit, kicked off a sales promotion this week to unload some of its inventory of lender owned foreclosed homes in Virginia and a number of other states. The Winter Sales Promotion for owner-occupant buyers includes: Paying up to 3 percent of the final sales price toward the buyer’s [...]
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Posted on November 15, 2011 by mrwilliamsburg |
As I reported back on Oct 15th a number of leases have been signed for the Settlers Market. The new owner of the center, Federal Capital Partners has announced additional lease agreements to bring four additional anchor tenants to Settlers Market, one of the most prominent planned development sites in Williamsburg and the gateway to [...]
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Posted on November 9, 2011 by mrwilliamsburg |
Hampton Roads and Richmond VA have made it onto a list of the 10 best metropolitan areas for military retirees to launch new careers. The list was compiled by the financial services company USAA and the veterans membership organization Military.com. It is intended to point new military retirees, typically still in their 40s, toward cities [...]
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Posted on November 2, 2011 by mrwilliamsburg |
Golf Writer Andy Reistetter takes his exclusive "Play-Write" series on the road north to Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia. While known for its historical role in the emergence of American democracy, more should be known about its present-day role as a 45-hole world-class golfing destination. Whereas George Washington and Thomas Jefferson walked down the main street [...]
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Posted on October 22, 2011 by mrwilliamsburg |
Traditional Golf Properties and a team of investors acquired Falls Village Golf Club in Durham, N.C., expanding their cluster in the Raleigh-Durham market to three golf courses. Traditional Golf Management, based in Williamsburg, VA will be operating Falls Village along with their current area clubs: The Preserve at Jordan Lake (Chapel Hill, NC) and Chapel [...]
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Posted on October 20, 2011 by mrwilliamsburg |
UPDATE Nov 2011 More condos sold at the Westin Virginia Beach Town Center Residences auction in about 30 minutes Sunday than during the past two years. Armada Hoffler, the 38-story tower’s developer, hired an auctioneer to sell 18 of the 24 unsold condos at the Westin residences in a bid to stir up interest and [...]
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