We're pretty dead set on staying in our current neighborhood, so the

search is pretty limited. We're in Raleigh Court, and it would be tough to leave at this point. Way too convenient. Problem is, the houses are either small like ours or big and expensive. Pretty good chance we'll just keep adding improvements and die here.

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Posted: 06/17/2020 at 11:08AM

I had no idea how hot the housing market was in Roanoke County until we -- Alan11 06/17/2020 10:24AM

I have a realtor friend in the NRV and said May was his best month ever. ** -- RUHokie 06/17/2020 12:16PM

Yeah, realtors play this game a lot -- MrBayAreaHokie 06/17/2020 12:01PM

FWIW, probably means it's not a good time to buy a house. ** -- BG Hokie 06/17/2020 12:01PM

Very true. More people who have to buy now than there are sellers. ** -- Femoyer Hokie 06/17/2020 12:20PM

The desirable homes in my neighborhood... -- No1Hokie 06/17/2020 11:27AM

There was a house in my neighborhood that had sat vacant for 10 years -- HokieNoVA 06/17/2020 1:53PM

We're not really planning to move, but I was looking at houses in -- 4dhokies 06/17/2020 10:59AM

Daughter in Cincinnati had similar experience... -- Rinoki21 06/17/2020 10:49AM

That sounds just like when we purchased our home in 2006. -- MP4VT2004 06/17/2020 11:58AM

Where in Cincinnati if I may ask? Just curious, since I did notice... -- cincyhokie 06/17/2020 11:23AM

Deer Park ** -- Rinoki21 06/17/2020 9:22PM

I'm in the city, and houses are moving at a crazy pace where I live. -- reestuart 06/17/2020 10:41AM

Yep. Any house that is still on the realtor app after 14 days seems to be -- Alan11 06/17/2020 10:56AM

I was surprised the house across the street took 2 days to have an under -- hoosnowahokie 06/17/2020 10:43AM

I know that we could sell our house in no time, but the problem would -- reestuart 06/17/2020 10:55AM

Budget is our #1 problem. Our budget is 200k-250k which in SW Roanoke -- Alan11 06/17/2020 11:04AM

We're pretty dead set on staying in our current neighborhood, so the -- reestuart 06/17/2020 11:08AM

Makes sense to me. When I retired we moved -- HokieR 06/17/2020 11:21AM

We could definitely stand something bigger and one with another bathroom. -- reestuart 06/17/2020 11:38AM

Understand. We are limited to Hidden Valley. 12 year old is established -- Alan11 06/17/2020 11:11AM

People do live in one and go to the other. I've known quite -- Razor4VT 06/17/2020 12:03PM

Thanks. We are in the process of finding out if living in CS and going to -- Alan11 06/17/2020 12:40PM

Yep, we sold and rented for a year. Had to have the money on hand -- hoosnowahokie 06/17/2020 10:56AM

So you had to move twice? ** -- Brown Water 06/17/2020 11:01AM

1 1/2 times. We didn't unpack a lot of stuff. -- hoosnowahokie 06/17/2020 11:10AM

Bought my first house in West Salem 1984. Interest rate was 13%. -- Stork 06/17/2020 10:36AM

SHUN! ** -- FfxStationHokie 06/17/2020 10:29AM

We're pretty dead set on staying in our current neighborhood, so the

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