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Harrisonburg, Va.

Local Experts Predict Improved Housing Market In 2024

By LAURA RUBY

For The Daily News-Record

High home prices and interest rates combined with low inventory kept many would-be home buyers and sellers on the sidelines in 2023. Market analysts and local experts are optimistic that 2024 will be a better year for both buyers and sellers.

“This year is starting off on a good note. It’s going to be a good year. So many brokers are seeing it. They’re feeling it with January being busy,” said Kelly Sager, owner and principal broker at Sager Real Estate in Strasburg.

Front Royal-based Realtor Jennifer Freer Avery agreed, adding that an anticipated drop in mortgage rates this year will be a boon for sales.

“I’m feeling very optimistic about the upcoming year,” said Avery, an agent with Crum Realty in Winchester. “If we could see the interest rates fall a bit more — in a dream world maybe to 6% — buyers would start to feel much more

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move into their dream home, whether it’s upgrading or downsizing. If more sellers felt comfortable with their new purchase, this means more inventory for us all.”

Their optimism is shared by Virginia REALTORS, a trade association for real estate professionals that predicts a rebound in home sales activities aided by lower mortgage rates and an upward trend in new construction of single family homes. The association predicts that housing prices will continue to climb — but at a slower rate — in 2024, as demand continues to outpace supply.

Analysts predict that the Federal Reserve will lower the federal funds rate in the coming months, which would support the downward trajectory of mortgage rates since November.

As of Jan. 19, the average interest rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage was 7.00%, down 2 basis points from Jan. 12.

“The going sentiment in the industry is that interest rates will hover in the 6’s this year,” said Katie Moody, a mortgage loan originator with Homespire Mortgage in Winchester.

Pointing out that prospective home sellers are staying put because they have locked in lower rates on their existing mortgages, Freer added, “Interest rates play one of the biggest roles in our current situation.”

Moody said she saw a 40% decrease in closed loans from 2022 to 2023.

“In 2023, we saw a lot of homebuyers take a step back from the market.

The most common sentiment I heard was that interest rates were too high, and they wanted to wait until rates go down,” she said. “With the elevated interest rates of 7%-plus in 2023, it really limited buying power for a lot of folks.”

For instance, home buyers in 2021 could purchase a $300,000 house at 3% interest for a $1,500 monthly house payment. With an interest rate of 7%, those same buyers would have to purchase a $180,000 home in order to keep the monthly payment at $1,500, Moody said.

“Combine that with still very low inventory — especially in the $225,000 and under price range — and a lot of folks were priced out of the market,” she said.

Noting that many homeowners have accrued equity in their homes due to rising values, Moody said that she is seeing homeowners apply for home equity loans.

“High interest credit card debt is at an all-time high, so tapping into home equity has been a great choice for a lot of folks, even with the elevated rates,” said Moody, who has been in the mortgage industry for six years.

Sager said that closing cost assistance and interest rate buydowns offered by some regional builders in the area helped to offset high interest rates for some buyers in 2023.

“It allowed many buyers to afford to get into a new home. It’s been a real positive situation for buyers looking for a new home,” she said.

Sager pointed to another scenario in which higher rates shifted things in the market.

“With higher interest rates, it is taking a little longer to sell homes. It’s still a very short time in the scheme of things. Compared with years ago when houses would sit on the market, sitting even for 60 days is still a good market.

With the higher interest rates, more sellers are inclined to consider home sale contingencies,” she said, explaining that many buyers have to sell their homes before they buy a new one. “It is difficult in busier times, like before the interest rates went up, for them to find sellers who would consider home sale contingencies because things were going under contract so quickly.”

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Raising Goats, Making Soaps Helps Woman Stay Active

By ASHLEY MILLER

For The Daily News-Record

F O RT VA L L E Y — G o a t farmer and soap maker Deborah “Debbi” Dellinger hasn’t let a recent knee replacement surgery stop her from following her creative passions. The 70-year-old wakes up with the winter sunrise to feed and milk her 10 goats, tends to her seedlings in the greenhouse and then spends the remainder of her day following in her grandmother’s footsteps of making handcrafted natural soap.

“It’s been a labor of love,” Dellinger said. “Sometimes not as lovable as others but my philosophy is, I love them dearly, but they have to be able to pay for themselves.”

As a young girl in the Shenandoah Valley, Dellinger spent her days around plants,

thing else you can think of.”

That hard work has paid off for Dellinger, who operates a goat farm called Mountain Meritage LaManchas as well as Udderly Natural Farm Made Goat Milk Soap, from her Fort Valley property.

Mostly self-taught, Dellinger learned her trade through research and working alongside her grandmother as well as a close friend. Soap making, Dellinger said, isn’t difficult, it just takes time and a little know-how. Her Ashley Miller / For The DN-R endeavor began when she Deborah “Debbi” Dellinger, owner of Mountain Meritage LaManchas started raising her dairy goat herd. Not wanting to see the and Udderly Natural Farm Made Goat Milk Soap, tends to her 10 milk go to waste, Dellinger female goats. said it was only natural that animals and family. Growing old-fashioned soap that you she started crafting her own up in a home where her fam- make in a big count, with all blend of goat milk soaps. ily didn’t have access to ex- that grease you’ve been saving “One of my soaps, the Ratra money, Dellinger recalled from everything all year long,” diant Goat has local honey in she said. “The old hard soap. it,” she said. “The Blushing working hard.

“We made the regular We did laundry and every- Goat has my red rose petals

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Her soaps, all handcrafted in small batches on her farm, are created using a cold process. Each is cut from hand and contains no artificial fragrances, allowing the aromas to be subtle. This year, Dellinger said, she plans to start distilling to get more natural aromatics.

Popular natural soaps include: the Tingling Goat, which provides relief from bug bites and itchiness due to the peppermint in it; the Farmer’s Goat, which includes coffee to exfoliate; and the Mellow Goat, which contains hemp oil.

“I try to make them for specific purposes,” she said. “But they really can be used for anything.”

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Harrisonburg, Va.

Expert: Virginia Will Remain Sellers’ Market In 2024

By RICHARD H. HRONIK III Daily News-Record

Ryan Price, chief economist with Virginia REALTORS, predicted good news and bad news for homebuyers in the Shenandoah Valley in a phone call Monday.

The good news — average mortgage rates continuing to decline after hitting 20-year highs last fall, paired with new constructions, means there will likely be more options for buyers.

The bad news, then? With demand continuing to outweigh supply, home prices are predicted to keep rising, according to Price and Virginia REALTORS. “Pricing trends in the valley are still going up,” Price explained. “Median price is still increasing. Same with the state, statewide median sales price is still increasing. When you have a market where sales are slower, but prices are going up, that’s mainly due to the shortage of supply and the strong demand that’s out there.”

While mortgage rates are declining,

Price said increased inventory gains are a more likely cause for the adjustments in the market.

According to home sales data from Virginia REALTORS, there were more active home listings in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County in December 2023 than December 2022, with a total of 32 in the city and 209 in the county — five more and 90 more than a year prior, respectively. The valley saw some of the greatest inventory gains in the entire commonwealth, according to the sales data.

“While this might seem minor, after years of dwindling supply numbers, the last few months of data indicate the inventory levels could be stabilizing,” Price explained. “There was also a small uptick in new listings this month, which is also a sign that the supply level may have bottomed out.”

Price said these new listings were from a combination of factors.

“I almost think a lot of the new inventory on the market might be new

construction,” Price explained. “But I do think the downward trend with the mortgage rate is likely to spur more activity for buyers and sellers. A lot of the market was shying away and pretty nervous in the fall, when rates were approaching eight percent. Now that we’ve seen some improvement over the past few months, it’s likely going to add fuel to the market as we’re heading into the 2024 months.”

Average rates for fixed-rate mortgages began to decline in November, reaching 6.6 percent for a 30-year mortgage on Thursday — the lowest since May, according to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac).

“They’ve been trending down quite a bit, and they continue to do so,” Price said. “Even as recently as last week.

We’re talking, average rate is 6.6 percent for a 30-year fixed mortgage. Last time it was 6.6 was right around May last year.”

In addition, Price said some down-

ward trends in the market may turn around soon.

“We’re approaching a trough in the slowdown,” Price explained. “The sales activity is still lower than it was a year ago, but that rate of decrease, that rate of decline, continues to get smaller and smaller, which really does suggest that we are at the bottom of the market.”

Despite these positive signs, Price said the market isn’t likely to turn around anytime soon.

“It’s going to be a while,” Price said.

“We’re predicting that it’s going to be more activity than 2023, but still sort of an average market year. Slower than average but better than next year, mostly because of the improvement in the interest rate, but the lack of supply is still constraining the activity.”

Virginia REALTORS’ December sales report will be released Tuesday, according to Price.

Contact Richard H. Hronik III at rhronik@dnronline. com, 540-208-3278, or on Twitter @rhronikDNR

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Harrisonburg, Va.

FARM SWEET FARM Farm Stays Give Guests An Authentic Experience

By HARLEIGH CUPP Daily News-Record

Editor’s Note: This story first ran in the DN-R on Jan. 9.

ELKTON — From cabins tucked into hollows of the Blue Ridge Mountains to private rooms in Victorian-era farmhouses, Rockingham County is laden with farm stays and short-term rentals of just about every kind.

While the concept of shortterm rentals have been used for generations, there’s no doubt that modern takes on tourism and companies like Airbnb have redefined traveling in the United States. Plus, it doesn’t take a data analyst to see that Airbnb’s and other types of short term renting have exploded in popularity in the past few years, touching every corner of the continent including the Shenandoah Valley.

According to the county’s Economic Development and Tourism Coordinator Josh Gooden, there are more than 625 registered accounts of short-term rental owners with the commissioner’s office. Within the town of Elkton itself, there are a total of 12 approved short term rentals — 10 of which are operational right now.

“With the growth in popularity over the last several years, there has been an increase in types of rentals, particularly in rural areas of the county from tree houses to even historic service stations,” Gooden explained. “What’s particularly unique in the county is the ad-

Rockingham County history.

Dixon noted that his grandfather was actually one of the first people in the area to advertise “farm stays” in the 1970s and hosted many government officials from Washington, D.C. For several years now, Dixon and his wife have used the grounds as an event center and just recently added short-term rentals to their list of diversified income.

“The short term rental has been great,” Dixon remarked.

“We get to meet a lot of really cool folks.”

At this stay, guests have an entire three bedroom house to themselves and can be fully immersed in rural living by taking farm tours, watching lambs in the backyard paddock, and fishing from a private section of the ShenanHarleigh Cupp / DN-R doah River. Dixon has even included a farm-to-table upAirbnb guests can stay inside this renovated dairy barn in Elkton. grade for bookings by offering poultry and pork produced on dition of on-farm lodging op- healthy flock of backyard ing to go hiking.” his budding farm. portunities — which provide a chickens anytime soon.

At this stay, guests enjoy Andy Barone works fullglimpse into the agricultural a private space to themselves roots of not only the county but time as a regional sales man- located halfway between Mas- Other Farm Stays Nearby And there are many more ager for Ventrac, while Emily sanutten Resort and Shenanthe valley as a whole.”

Based on conversations with Barone has a career in local doah National Park — where locations where friends, famlocal hosts, short-term rent- real estate. Together, they they can relax from a full day’s ily members and vacationers als have proved to be a viable spend much of their time rais- adventure on a screened-in can crash for a unique Rocksource of supplemental income ing a young family. When they porch, sit by a fire ring inside ingham County stay-cation. despite the flooded market and purchased their current home a converted grain bin, sleep in These Airbnb’s are hosted provides a way for locals to con- behind the BP gas station five a farmhouse-style lofted bed- by local folks with farms to nect with travelers and create years ago, however, they also room and take home farm- share: • Hilltop Apartment above an interpersonal connection inherited a hobby-sized milk- fresh eggs. ing parlor that the previous Glendor Farm — Harrisonwith their land and the people owner used with a small opburg who take care of it. One small Riverbank Farm eration.

• Cider House at Showaland one large example of an Jack Dixon on the other The Barone’s started renoter’s Orchard — Timberville agriculture-based short term vating the 1940s- or 1950s-era hand, recently started his • Entire Cabin inside Hisrental — both based in Elkton dairy in 2021 and completely full-time venture as a farmer toric Grist Mill — Quicksburg — gave a tour of their space transformed the space from raising pastured chickens and • Bungalow at Cave Hill and some insight and what it open barn with uneven con- traditional Shenandoah ValFarm — McGaheysville means to host for Airbnb. crete floor to modern tiny ley hogs.

• Glamping Tents at Sweet Dixon’s roots run deep on house with a full kitchen and Magnolia Farm — Singers Elkton Dairy Barn the property where his fam- Glen tiled bathroom.

Andy and Emily Barone “It’s stayed really busy,” ily has been living for generaren’t farmers and don’t plan Emily Barone said, “and most ations — a property that holds Contact Harleigh Cupp at 540-5746279 or hcupp@dnronline.com to farm much more than a people who stay here are com- a unique piece to the puzzle of

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Soap

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What keeps them soft? Dellinger explained that she uses saponified tallow and shea butters with organic oils such as coconut, walnut, flax and avocado.

When trimming her soaps, Dellinger saves the extra pieces and places them inside a shower bag, creating yet another way for her customers to enjoy the benefits of the natural soap and its ingredients.

“I try to think of something new as often as I can,” Dellinger said.

Walking Dellinger’s property, it’s clear that she also has a fondness for gardening. Her gardens, when in full bloom, hold a multitude of herbs, which Dellinger said she uses for food, medicine and soap.

“I think I inherited a green thumb, if that’s what you want to call it,” Dellinger said. “I save seeds from my herbs and different plants. I have fig trees, old-fashioned hydrangeas, and red raspberries. Anything that’s here. I’m pretty much to the point where I don’t have to buy many seeds.”

Circling back around her yard, her goats frolick in the distance. There’s Rosebud, who’s the farm’s mascot, as well as Tina Turner and Janice Joplin.

Dellinger said each year she follows a theme for naming her most recent goat.

Housing

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According to Bright MLS MarketStats released Jan. 11, new listings were down in December from a year ago in Warren, Shenandoah, and Frederick counties.

Warren County saw the biggest drop, with new listings down 30% from December 2022. In Frederick County, new listings dropped 17.5% from last year. Shenandoah County saw a drop of 5.7%.

With fewer listings, the average number of days on the market also dropped. In Shenandoah County, homes were on the market for an average of 103 days in December 2018, compared with 28 days last month. In Warren County, that number dropped from 63 days in December 2018 to 23 days in December 2023. Frederick County saw a slight drop from 46 days five years ago to

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One of Debbi Dellinger’s most popular soaps, because of its exfoliating properties, is created with coffee grounds and coffee seed oil and is called the Farmer’s Goat.

“I’ve done it for years,” she explained.

“You know, we’ve had several musical greats pass away in the past couple of years from my era. It’s just my way of honoring those I appreciated.”

Back at Mountain Meritage LaManchas, Dellinger explained that her leas-

44 days last month.

New pending sales increased in all three counties from a year ago, but down from November. New pending sales rose by 31.7% in Frederick County, 22.2% in Warren County, and 5.4% in Shenandoah County year over year.

However, those numbers were down from November 2023 by 24.8% in Frederick County, 8.3% in Warren County, and 2.5% in Shenandoah County.

The number of closed sales in December was down by most measures. Only Shenandoah County saw an increase in closed sales, which were up 12.5% from December 2022.

Closed sales were down by 46.2% in Warren County and by 16.1% in Frederick from last year, and they were down in all three counties from November.

The median sold price of houses in the area was a mixed bag. The median sold price in

ing program that allows customers to enjoy fresh goats’ milk.

“In Virginia we’re able to do what is called ‘selling herd shares,’” she explained. “It’s a way people are able to get the raw milk they need for their health.”

Warren County was $392,500 in December, up 12.1% from November and up 5.8% from December 2022. In Shenandoah County, the median sold price was $300,000, down 7.7% from November and down 1.5% from last December. The median sold price in Frederick County was $405,000, down 8% from November, and up 8% from last December.

All three counties saw significant sale price increases over the past five years. In December 2018, the median sold price was $267,450 in Warren County, $182,000 in Shenandoah County, and $257,500 in Frederick County.

Sager, who has been in the real estate industry for 35 years, said that housing inventory in the area increased last year, but did not keep up with buyer demand.

“The inventory did loosen up somewhat last year,” she

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With herd sharing, a customer will pay a certain price to lease part of a goat. Depending on how much milk they want or how much milk product, because Dellinger also makes cheeses and yogurts, will depend on the quantity they receive.

“They don’t pay me when they pick up the milk. They pay say, $10 a year to lease their goat and they pay me another, say $50 a month for the goat’s upkeep. In turn, they get all the products from that goat — milk, cheese, whatever they want.”

She also provides milk to local animal rescues since goat milk is like a universal donor — all baby animals can digest it, she said.

In the summertime, when she’s not making soap or tending to her fruits and vegetables, Dellinger is sitting on the back porch with her husband, enjoying the tranquility of Mother Nature.

“I’d rather be up here walking the fence line and making repairs than sitting in the living room watching a game or football show,” Dellinger said.

“Sometimes I go a little overboard, but don’t we all?”

To learn more about Mountain Meritage LaManchas and Udderly Natural Farm Made Goat Milk Soap, visit https://www.mountainmeritagelamanchas.com/.

said, pointing to new housing subdivisions in Frederick and Shenandoah counties. “This year, we’re hoping for that to loosen up even more and we’re already seeing a lot of activity this year. When inventory is low with existing homes, new builds are very desirable.”

And, higher interest rates also kept the pace of new construction in Virginia relatively slow in 2023.

In Warren County, the number of new home permit applications in 2023 was below 2019 levels, according to figures provided by county building official David Beahm. For the 2023 calendar year, the county received applications for 148 homes, a number that includes single-family homes, townhomes, mobile homes and manufactured homes, Beahm said.

In 2019, the county received 150 applications for permits to build new homes. The number

climbed to 191 in 2020 and 200 in 2021, before dropping to 156 in 2022, Beahm said.

New residential building permits in Shenandoah County were up significantly over 2022, according to data provided by Lemuel Hancock, the county’s director of community development. In 2023, Shenandoah County received 183 applications for permits for new homes, up from 116 in 2022 and 149 in 2021, 159 in 2020 and 142 in 2019.

In Frederick County, building permits have risen steadily since 2020. The county issued 795 permits for new single family, duplexes, and townhomes in 2023, up from 705 in 2022, 681 in 2021, and 672 in 2020, according to data provided by Karen Vacchio, the county’s public information officer.

Contact Laura Ruby at lruby@nvdaily.com

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