Category Archives: Market Updates

What Did The Q3 2014 Real Estate Market Look Like?

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The Nest Report, our quarterly look at the real estate market in the New River Valley, is out for the third quarter of 2014. I wrote in August that the second quarter of 2014 was different than expected, and at the time we didn’t really know why. I suspected it was because of a very short summer for Montgomery County Public Schools, and from what we’ve seen in Q3 and now, Q4, I think that that was, in fact, much of the reason for the slow down. Read More

2014 Nest Report – What Did The Market Do In The Second Quarter

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To say that the second quarter of 2014 has been unusual would be an understatement. Pockets of the market excelled, while others did not. Inventory was up, median sales were down, and yet there were more contracts written in the second quarter of 2014 than there were in the second quarter of 2013. Read More

The Nest Report Q3 2012

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The Nest Report – your light reading as you nod off to sleep. In all seriousness, after doing two quarters of real estate market reports here in the New River Valley (see Q1, and Q2), we’re thrilled that so many of you ask “when’s the next quarter going to be available?”. It makes our bean counters happy to know that their work is so desired; they don’t get a lot of attention, you know. Read More

A 3.8% Real Estate Tax Is Not In The Health Care Law

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Please remember – there is no 3.8% real estate sales tax in the new health care law … ————- Real Estate Transfer Tax ObamacareIt’s been written here before. It’s simple, really – don’t make more than $200,000 (or $250,000 if you’re filing jointly). But since you shouldn’t be restricted to how much you make – and if you make that much, congratulations! – here’s the deal. Remember that little health care debate that raged in 2010? Part of that bill had a provision that applied a 3.8% tax on unearned income for high-income taxpayers and doctors at roids; that tax has been mistakingly labeled as a real estate transfer tax, and it’s simply not true. The truth is: Read More

The Nest Report Q2 2012

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Here we are, more than six months into (through?) 2012, and it seems that the real estate market in the New River Valley has changed since last year at this time. That was certainly the case for the first quarter of 2012, and it looks to be the case for the second quarter, as well.  Once again, the bean counters in Nest HQ have done a fantastic job compiling all of these statistics. Read More