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Interesting Factoids from NAR’s 2020 Member Profile
compiled from 2019 and 2020 information... Business Characteristics of REALTORS® 65% hold sales agent licenses, 22% broker licenses, 15% broker associates73% specialize in residential salesThe typical member has 9 years’ experience, 17% with less than a year...
2021 Affiliate Directory: Connecting REALTORS® and Affiliates
Browse the Directory Flip through to see all of FAAR's affiliate members organized A to Z by company and also by service in the annual directory. Not only will this guide you to some of the best companies in the local area, but the directory also contains committee...
FAAR receives $4,500 for Orange County Park Project
FAAR will use a $4,500 Placemaking grant from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) to help transform an unused space in the Town of Orange into a vibrant, public destination for community use and enjoyment. The grant was designed by NAR to ensure local...
A humble thank you to the women who have impacted their world and influenced mine
Pat Breme, RCE, CIPSChief Executive Officer To honor Women’s History Month, I offer these reflections. Over a lifetime you meet people who influence your values and viewpoints and often shape your choices. I graduated from college in 1968 when women’s rights were the...
February Sees More of the Same in Local Real Estate Market
February of 2021 saw very similar numbers as January, with increases in sold dollar volume, median price, and units sold. The market saw a 10% year-over-year increase in median price, going from $316,000 in February of 2020 to $349,950 in February of 2021. Units...
Stafford County Votes to Downzone 90,000 Rural Acres
On Tuesday, March 2, the Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted 4-3 to downzone nearly 90,000 acres spread across more than 2,000 parcels in the rural A-1 zoning category from one house per 3 acres to one house per 6 acres. Supporting the measure were Crystal...
Decision time in Stafford County
Tomorrow is decision day in Stafford County. Will the Board of Supervisors adopt a unilateral downzoning changing the minimum lot size from 3-acres to 10-acres? FAAR has been strongly opposed to this action for more than a year because it could devalue rural land,...
Regional Housing Market Starts the Year with a Sprint
The new year began the same way it went out: with so little supply of homes for the raging demand from homebuyers that even houses in the top price points saw multiple offers, a relatively rare occurrence in the in the last 10 years. January closed out with a total...
FAAR 2020 housing market one of hottest in state
Check out the 4th quarter home sales report produced by the Virginia Realtors® for the FAAR footprint. The 4th quarter did not see the traditional seasonal slowing that we expect to see as the year winds down. Consumer demand was very strong in the last 3 months of...
Fredericksburg-area Real Estate Market Wraps Up a Sizzling Year
“In a year of uncertainty, one thing was certain: the housing market was hot,” states 2021 FAAR President Carrie Danko. “In March, as widespread local shutdowns and quarantines were implemented to curb the pandemic, it seemed that the housing industry should prepare...
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