About Harrisonburg City, VA

Kai Degner is a real estate agent serving Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. He is a real estate agent with Kline May Realty, a locally-owned brokerage.

Kai's specialties are online and internet marketing of the homes he is hired to help sell. According to the National Association of Realtors, over 85% of home buyers search online during their search, so any Rockingham County or Harrisonburg real estate agent must master the business of internet and social media marketing.

Selling Homes

Kai is a real estate agent with the ability to effectively market properties to home buyers no matter where they reside. Because home buyers rely heavily on online information, anyone planning to sell their home should insist on a real estate agent with strong internet marketing skills. Contact Kai today to discuss your goals for selling a home.

Buying a Home

Whether a veteran home buyers, an investor, or a first-time home buyer, Kai Degner is a ready to focus on your particular needs and desires for pricing, square feet, amenities, timing, and location. Begin with contacting Kai, and looking over Kai's Homebuyer's Questionnaire.

Harrisonburg Housing Market Report for November 2010 - This is an excerpt of a report prepared by Karl Waizecker of Kline May Realty - While one month’s activity certainly is not a trend and one must always be cautious about drawing conclusions from short term data, our local real estate market enjoyed a bit of a rebound in November. Total units sold rose 27% from October to 93 units. The pace of sales is still below historic norms, but perhaps the November activity is a sign we are past the posttax credit “hangover”.

Comparing the first eleven months of 2010 with the first eleven months of previous years, we find 2010 is still slightly behind last year’s sales pace , totaling 77 fewer residential units sold YTD than at the end of November 2009. Still, however, we see a reversal of the trend of the previous few years. It appears from the data that the Harrisonburg / Rockingham County area real estate market hit bottom at the end of 2008 and has been (very) slowly recovering since.

Consistent with seasonal trends, we are seeing inventory drop for both single family housing and townhomes in the City and County. This is our typical winter reduction as some sellers choose to take their homes off the market for the holidays and winter months. We expect a resurgence of inventory in the Spring.

Average and Median pricing has actually remained fairly steady for the past few months, when looking at a 12-month rolling average of homes sold. This hint that prices may be stabilizing is an encouraging sign for sellers. The average and median sold prices as of the end of November remained steady, at $199,809 and $175,000 respectively, representing the following declines:

• Three Year Change
  • Average Price: -11.25%
  • Median Price: -11.12%
• One Year Change
  • Average Price: -2.89%
  • Median Price: -3.85%

For more detailed information and explanations of the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County Housing Market, feel free to contact me or Karl Waizecker at Kline May Realty.

Cocolicious. What more do you need to know? The new business opened today in downtown Harrisonburg at 14 Newman Avenue, aiming to create custom cakes and cupcakes specifically for you event.

Cocolicious has a website and a Facebook Fan Page (252 fans already!).

The Cocolicious cupcake menu shows a range of flavors, from red velvet to chocolate to yellow, and is priced by half- and full-dozens cupcakes. The cake menu offers the self-explanatory Chocolate Covered Cherry to the more curious Funny Bone. The website is quick to point out that custom taste and design options are also available, so creativity is encouraged.

The kicker is Cocolicious delivers! Free delivery to Harrisonburg, and a small fee for Rockingham County - so no need to worry about the baked goods pickup in the middle of setting up that company appreciation or birthday party (that always stresses me out!).

Good luck to this new downtown business in Harrisonburg!

Zillow has a Mortgage IQ Test widget that I just added to KaiDegner.com to help assist buyers considering how to finance a purchase. The 10-question mulitple choise test takes less than five minutes and includes feedback on why an answer was right or wrong. It's completely anonymous so don't worry - give the Mortgage IQ Test a try!

The test covers topics such as mortgage fees, mortgage rates, loan-to-value ratio, down payments, private mortgage insurance, adjustable rate mortgages, home equity loans vs. lines of credit, FHA loans, points, and fixing credit.

If you have questions, feel free to contact me. I’m not a lender or an accountant, but I can provide you with a free list of local lenders to choose from.

Everyone knows that in today's real estate market there are great deals to be had - quality properties priced extremely competitively. But what are the best deals in Harrisonburg at any given moment? That takes time to find.

To help assist buyers interested in making a smart purchase, I am introducing "Kai's Deal of the Week Video Tours." Each week, I'll be visiting a property I believe is priced very competitively for its place in the market.

From townhomes to luxury family residences, Harrisonburg has deals for anyone looking to buy in the central Shenandoah Valley.

The first deal is 2326 Breckridge Court in Harrisonburg, VA. This three bedroom, 1.5 bath townhome has recently upgraded floors, kitchen, landscaping, and more. And the price is thousands of dollars below comparable townhomes. Take a look: