NRVLiving – Real Estate. Simplified. http://www.NRVLiving.com Real Estate in Virginia's New River Valley - mostly on topic, sometimes irreverent, always Real. Wed, 21 Aug 2024 21:10:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 http://www.NRVLiving.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-nrvliving-icon-32x32.jpg NRVLiving – Real Estate. Simplified. http://www.NRVLiving.com 32 32 noReal Estate in Virginia's New River Valley - mostly on topic, sometimes irreverent, always Real. The First Half of the 2024 NRV Real Estate Market http://www.NRVLiving.com/2024/08/23/the-first-half-of-the-2024-nrv-real-estate-market/ http://www.NRVLiving.com/2024/08/23/the-first-half-of-the-2024-nrv-real-estate-market/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2024 07:01:35 +0000 http://www.NRVLiving.com/?p=8497 By now, the Nest Market Report for the first half of 2024 has hit mailboxes and inboxes far and wide, and for the first time in seemingly forever we’re seeing what might be considered a more “normal” market. Edit – who knows what normal means anymore, but it’s not weird. The Nest Market Report is […]

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]]> http://www.NRVLiving.com/2024/08/23/the-first-half-of-the-2024-nrv-real-estate-market/feed/ 0 A New Day in Real Estate http://www.NRVLiving.com/2024/08/21/a-new-day-in-real-estate/ http://www.NRVLiving.com/2024/08/21/a-new-day-in-real-estate/#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:37:19 +0000 http://www.NRVLiving.com/?p=8492 The sky, it doth not falleth. – Someone, probably, circa 2024. You may or may not have heard that significant changes came to the real estate industry nationwide in the last week. I wrote about this in March (holy cow, the last time I wrote was in March!), and as I reread that, I can […]

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]]> http://www.NRVLiving.com/2024/08/21/a-new-day-in-real-estate/feed/ 0 The NRV Real Estate Market Through Quarter 1 http://www.NRVLiving.com/2024/04/01/the-nrv-real-estate-market-through-quarter-1/ http://www.NRVLiving.com/2024/04/01/the-nrv-real-estate-market-through-quarter-1/#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2024 09:56:42 +0000 http://www.NRVLiving.com/?p=8487 Until last week, it had been a long time since I last wrote on this blog. December 2020, in fact. After several years of writing, life got in the way. And then the market that was in 2020 (and 2021, and 2022 …) happened. Things were a little crazy. Then just a few things happened in real […]

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]]> http://www.NRVLiving.com/2024/04/01/the-nrv-real-estate-market-through-quarter-1/feed/ 0 The Winds. They Are A Changin’ http://www.NRVLiving.com/2024/03/28/the-winds-they-are-a-changin/ http://www.NRVLiving.com/2024/03/28/the-winds-they-are-a-changin/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:58:22 +0000 http://www.NRVLiving.com/?p=8480 “Change in all things is sweet” – Aristotle. As I’ve considered all of the changes coming to the real estate industry (not familiar with the proposed settlement?) in the coming months, I’ve continually come back to that quote. When I read one headline, I learned that the industry I’ve worked in for over twenty years […]

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]]> http://www.NRVLiving.com/2024/03/28/the-winds-they-are-a-changin/feed/ 0 The Answer to “How’s The Market?” Is Still “It Depends”. http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/12/14/hows-the-market-it-depends/ http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/12/14/hows-the-market-it-depends/#respond Mon, 14 Dec 2020 22:03:23 +0000 http://www.NRVLiving.com/?p=8471 It’s December 14th, 2020 as I write this – the year that seemed to never end is almost, finally, over. Which begs the question – what’s real estate in the New River Valley going to look like in 2021? Here at Nest Realty, we’re hard at work on our Annual Report, our Nest Report, which […]

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]]> http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/12/14/hows-the-market-it-depends/feed/ 0 Can I Cancel My Escrow Accounts? http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/10/20/can-i-cancel-my-escrow-accounts/ http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/10/20/can-i-cancel-my-escrow-accounts/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2020 02:39:37 +0000 http://www.NRVLiving.com/?p=8458 I recently had a situation where the lender on my personal home sent a letter saying that our escrow account was short. Like, a lot short. It turns out the lender didn’t follow its normal method of contacting us, so we had no idea once our taxes were paid for 2020 that our escrow accounts were […]

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]]> http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/10/20/can-i-cancel-my-escrow-accounts/feed/ 0 A Tale of Two Homes http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/10/08/a-tale-of-two-homes/ http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/10/08/a-tale-of-two-homes/#respond Thu, 08 Oct 2020 19:52:57 +0000 http://www.NRVLiving.com/?p=8454 I have buyers buying their first home tomorrow, sight unseen. Oh sure, we’ve done a couple of Facetime “visits”, but tomorrow their walkthrough will be the first time they’ve physically set foot in the house. There’s really nothing more stressful than closing day for a sight unseen buyer, I don’t think. One of the things […]

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]]> http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/10/08/a-tale-of-two-homes/feed/ 0 New River Valley Mid-Year Market Report 2020 http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/08/10/new-river-valley-mid-year-market-report-2020/ http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/08/10/new-river-valley-mid-year-market-report-2020/#respond Mon, 10 Aug 2020 19:38:08 +0000 http://www.NRVLiving.com/?p=8445 One of the things that attracted me to Nest Realty oh so many years ago was their focus on good, accurate data. Zillow is a popular tool, but it can’t replace solid, real-world data based on live sales. And that’s where the New River Valley Mid-Year (and Annual) Market Report comes in. Every quarter (every month, […]

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]]> http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/08/10/new-river-valley-mid-year-market-report-2020/feed/ 0 Remembering Why We Do What We Do. http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/07/21/why-we-do-what-we-do/ http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/07/21/why-we-do-what-we-do/#respond Tue, 21 Jul 2020 14:38:15 +0000 http://www.NRVLiving.com/?p=8439 When we list a home at Nest Realty, we have a list of questions we send our client to answer about what they love about the home, and the surrounding area. We call it the Seller Scoop, and it lets prospective buyers get a feel for the home that a listing description can’t necessarily share. […]

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]]> http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/07/21/why-we-do-what-we-do/feed/ 0 Are People Getting Mortgages Right Now? http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/07/07/mortgages-right-now/ http://www.NRVLiving.com/2020/07/07/mortgages-right-now/#respond Tue, 07 Jul 2020 15:58:17 +0000 http://www.NRVLiving.com/?p=8435 “How’s the market?” I’ve been writing for a while now that, despite COVID-19, the market is in reasonably good shape. I reserve the right to say that could change, but for now, the New River Valley real estate market is humming along. Specifically, sellers are STILL seeing multiple offers, and reduced time on market, four (is it […]

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