Williamsburg, VA

Homeowners with Chinese drywall

I recently posted a blog More good news on Chinese Drywall but I soon learned that what I had originally thought was good news for homeowners with Chinese drywall was really not as good as I had originally thought it was.

I received a call from a local homeowner who owns a home with Chinese drywall who had seen my blog and was calling to give me a little more informtion about what I thought was good news for homeowners with Chinese drywall. The report stated that money was being made available from the state disaster relief fund to help homeowners with Chinese Drywall. The fact that there is only $150,000 available from this fund according to the local homeowner who called me made me realize that the news I at first thought was good for homeowners with Chinese drywall was actually not that good after all!

So is there real help out there for homeowners who own homes with Chinese drywall? I can imagine how frustrating this situation must be. For most people, their home is their biggest investment and now their biggest investment is poisoned and cannot be sold without extremely costly repairs. How tragic!!

So, is there help for homeowners who own homes with Chinese drywall? I suspect there are class action suits in many of the areas where Chinese drywall was used. If you know of any resources please either leave a comment or a link to the resource on this blog for everyone to see, or contact me, Sybil Campbell REALTOR at 757-897-5889 or by email.

If you are a looking to buy a home in Williamsburg, Va or the Hampton Roads area, you need to know which subdivisions have homes with Chinese drywall. I will also be happy to share any information that I have with you.

Dinner and a movie in Williamsburg Va

Did you know you can have dinner and a movie in Williamsburg Va under the same roof?

The Movie Tavern at High Street is an eight screen dine-in cinema in the middle of the retail section of High Street. In addition to the typical pop corn, pizza, nachos and candy that you can purchase in a most movie theatres, the Movie Tavern at High Street offers burgers, wings, sandwiches, salads and other light meals. The beverage menu at the Movie Tavern includes beer and wine along with your favorite soda, lemonade or bottled water.

So the next time you want to have a fun night out, why not go out to dinner and a movie?

For more information about Williamsburg va, contact Sybil Campbell at 757-897-5889 or by email at sybilcampbell@cox.net.

Houses sold in Scotts Pond in Williamsburg, Va

These four houses sold in Scotts Pond in Williamsburg, Va in the last four months:

These four houses sold in Scotts Pond in Williamsburg, Va during the last quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. Scotts Pond is subdivision located just a few blocks from the Prime Outlets shopping mall and is a few miles from Colonial Williamsburg.

Colonial Williamsburg is in the center of what is known as the historic triangle area. To the south of Colonial Williamsburg is Jamestown Island where the original English Settlement was established in the U. S. A few miles to the north of Colonial Williamsburg is Yorktown where George Washington won the battle of Yorktown and our nation began!

For more information about the Historic Triangle of Virginia or houses sold in Scotts Pond in Williamsburg Va contact Sybil Campbell at 757-897-5889 or by email: sybilcampbell@cox.net

Snow in Williamsburg

We had snow in Williamsburg during the last weekend of January and the first week of February, yes I said snow in Williamsburg in Virginia!

It was so beautiful when we woke up and saw that snow had covered everything! The latest storm (February 6, 2010) left a layer of ice on the tree branches and snow piled up on the branches of evergreen and pine trees. It was absolutely spectacular!

The trees that were covered in ice sparkled like diamonds in the sun!

But alas the sun began to melt the beautiful ice and snow in Williamsburg quickly.

So my hubby and I jumped into his 4 wheel drive (he is a self proclaimed redneck) and headed down to Colonial Williamsburg to take pictures before all of the beauty melted away.

The photo above is of some of the homes and shops on Duke of Gloucester street. The Bruton Parrish Church steeple can also be seen above the roof lines of the homes and shops.

Click on the link for more photos of the snow in Williamsburg.

For more information about the Williamsburg area check out my Williamsburg Homes Blog or my website

In this blog you will find some data on active listing in the Williamsburg area during 2009, you will also see some practical ways that this data can help you with one of your greatest investments, your home.

The first chart includes the number of residential units sold in 2009 as well as the number of homes that went pending in 2009. To see this chart from the Williamsburg MLS click here. It is important that you note that the data includes houses sold in areas that would be considered outside of the Williamsburg area, areas such as Chesterfield, Henrico, Matthews, West Point, Surry, Chesapeake, Norfolk and Virginia Beach, Newport News, Hampton and Gloucester.

Click on this link for cumulative totals of homes sold in 2009 that were listed in the Williamsburg MLS. The cumulative totals include the city of Williamsburg, as well as James City County, York, New Kent and Charles City Counties. The counties included share a border up with either Wiliamsburg or James City County.

While lots of people want to see statistics for real estate activity in their area, they may not know how to practically use it.

Here are a few ideas:

• Days on the market is a good indicator of how long it will take to sell a home in Williamsburg area
• Median and average sold price indicate what price home in is selling in the Williamsburg area most often
  
• The number of active listings in the Williamsburg area shows how many homes buyers can choose from

For more interesting data about the Williamsburg area real estate market click here.