Jim's Virginia Beach Real Estate Blog!!

Happy New Year 2008 to all!The local and national news media continue to get the status of Real Estate overall wrong..wrong..wrong! How frustrating it is to all of us in the real estate business and how concerning and confusing it is to potential real estate buyers and sellers.Our local newspaper...

Virginia Beach is a city with a large land mass of 310 sq miles and a population of 435,000. For all these many years Virginia Beach has been growing and real estate has been healthy. With a nice tourist business (Beaches and close proximity to history ie Williamsburg) and an economy anchored by ...

The street in front of the Municipal Center in Chesapeake, Va is named Shea Drive. All cities have some reason for the naming of the streets. It could be a nautical theme if the area is near some type of water; a name from old Europe, if the development was originally inhabited by people from a p...

You know how sometimes something just pops in your head and you want to share it. Just happened to me in the mist of thoughts on year end Virginia Beach real estate and how much more I need to do to complete my Holiday Shopping.Have you ever wondered how TV and Radio news people know how to prono...

Although Real Estate in Virginia Beach and surrounding areas has slowed down, as it always does this time of year, home buyers are still taking a little time to look around. Some are looking around as they take a tour around neighborhoods known for decorating during the Holidays or to take a brea...

From time to time I check out Real Estate search phrases, in Google and Yahoo primarily, ie Virginia Beach Real Estate, Virginia Beach Homes for Sale, etc, Virginia Beach Real Estate Blogs, etc and see what comes up tops in the organic results. (I must confess that I fall back on Pay Per Click fr...

The Area of SE Va, sometimes called S Hampton Roads(although, no matter how much our Chamber of Commerce promotes the name, hardly anyone out of the area knows what S Hampton Roads is or where it is) consists of 5 Cities; Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk primarily---No...

Just thinking about all the events available for the public during the Holiday Season in the Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Norfolk and Portsmouth area of Va. I thought I would list a few for anyone who might want this information in one place.Winter Wonderland Coleman Collection Galleries-...

Actually the not so good, not so bad Virginia Beach Real Estate Statistics includes the S Hampton Roads Area of Va ie Virginia Beach Real Estate, Chesapeake Real Estate, Norfolk Real Estate, Portsmouth Real Estate, Suffolk Real Estate and All Surrounding Areas of Va Real Estate.The not so good ne...

I did a recent posting regarding a few of the many advantages of vacationing in Virginia Beach and the surrounding area of Va. area. I also mentioned that if any of you were thinking about purchasing a vacation home or second home, you might want to consider the Virginia Beach area. You can visit...