JANIE's Blog--CURRENT MARKET

My busness partner, Linda, and I tell people relocating here all the time that we just don't have that much snow anymore.  Well--after 12 inches last night and 18-20 inches the week before Christmas, we exceedes the outdated statistics saying Roanoke has 29 inches of snow fall on average.  The sa...

Recently, the new Carilion Clinic building opened in the Riverside Complex.  How exciting to see the vision of Carilion's expansion into the Clinic Model coming to fruition.  And the medical school is coming right along as well. The Virginia Tech Carilion Medical School and Research Institute bui...

So far in the Roanoke Valley, 2009 has been a landmark year with wonderful infusions to the economy.  The beautiful new Carilion Clinic building is set to open in September, 2009--just three months away.  It will be so wonderful to have the specialties and sub-specialties available to the people ...

In some regards, it seems that the world as we know it is coming to a grinding halt.  And in away it is.  People who see the glass half empty--probably see what going on in the world this way.  I prefer to see the glass more than half full.  The old way of conducting business no longer works. Thi...

My business partner and I are buyer's representatives who represent buyers coming into the Roanoke Valley from many other states.  We are having a difficult time getting across to buyers from the areas where the real estate markets are quite depressed that our market is not depressed and never ha...

Consider visiting our city.  The Roanoke Valley is a wonderful place to enjoy the cultural and recreational opportunities.  Our Downtown Historic Market District is vibrant, clean, safe, with wonderful restaurants, shops, museums, art galleries, and most often a festival going on.  Mondays throug...

ROANOKE--the Star City...a wonderful small city with the amenities of a large city. If you are looking for the symphony, ballet, opera, Broadway shows, professional theater, amateur theater, biking, hiking, watersports, a plethora of educational opportunities, an active arts community, wonderful ...

Here in the Roanoke Valley, we are having an early spring. The daffodils are blooming. Tulips won't be far behind. Today, while driving through the area, I realized the redbuds will blossom forth with their beautiful violet colors in the not too distant future. While the Valley is always beautifu...

In The Roanoke Valley we are extremely fortunate to have a medical facility called Carilion Clinic directed by a visionary CEO--Dr. Ed Murphy.  Dr. Murphy's vision is not only for the organization he heads but to "grow" this community both from a medical standpoint and from an economic developmen...

For folks coming into our area from other parts of the country, the real estate market in the Roanoke Valley although a bit slow (consider the time of year with the Spring Market soon to follow)--is relatively stable.  We are neither a buyer's nor seller's market.  Buyer's want a bargain when pur...