Feb 6 '23 April 13, 2024 Country Club Villas coming to Ford’s Colony **Exciting Update: Groundbreaking at Eaglescliffe in Ford’s Colony** Spring 2024 We are thrilled to announce that construction has officially commenced on the long-awaited Country Club Villa project in the Eaglescliffe section of Ford’s Colony. Initially planned in the early 2000s to include seven mid-rise condo buildings, the project has since been revised. After completing two […]
Feb 4 '23 Glo Fiber Announces Partnership with Ford’s Colony in Williamsburg, VA Glo Fiber, powered by Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (“Shentel”) (Nasdaq: SHEN), announced that they have formed a partnership with the Homeowner’s Association of Ford’s Colony to deploy next generation fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband services to Ford’s Colony residents. Ford’s Colony is an award-winning community in Williamsburg, Virginia, situated on 3,200 acres with more than 2,700 homes. Construction […]
Jan 19 '23 This Is It’: Kenny Loggins coming to Williamsburg on farewell tour It’s one final trip to the “Danger Zone.” Well, at least when it comes to any major touring. Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and yacht rock icon Kenny Loggins is doing a farewell tour in 2023, aptly dubbed “This Is It,” and he’s coming to Williamsburg. “It’s been an amazing journey since starting with Jimmy Messina in 1971, […]
Jan 18 '23 Bray-Digges House, original home of the 18th-century Williamsburg Bray School, moves from William & Mary to Colonial Williamsburg Historic Area In the early-morning hours of Feb. 10, an 18th-century building with an extraordinary history will travel from its location on the campus of William & Mary to Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area. The move marks a new chapter for the building, which served as the original home of the Williamsburg Bray School and is likely the […]
Jan 11 '23 Golf Carts now allowed at Powhatan Shores At it’s January 10, 2023, meeting The James City County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance permitting the use of golf carts on public roads in Powhatan Shores. Powhatan Shore becomes the fifth neighborhood in the County to be approved for golf cart usage since 2007. The other neighborhoods currently approved are Chickahominy Haven, Cypress […]
Jan 11 '23 5 Reasons This Isn’t a Repeat of the 2008 Housing Crash Many homeowners are still haunted by the 2008 housing crash when property values collapsed and foreclosures spiked. The memory of sudden catastrophe at a time when the real estate market had been riding high may help explain why 41% of Americans say they now fear a housing crash in the next year, according to a […]
Jan 2 '23 March 29, 2024 New Development coming to Colonial Williamsburg As of March 2024, this development has been tabled . Stay tuned for further updates. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has selected Norfolk-based Frye Properties Inc. to redevelop the former Spotswood Golf course at the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club. Plans for the property are still in the planning/design stages. A rezoning application will need to go […]
Dec 13 '22 Waller Mill Heights Williamsburg’s newest neighborhood Sales should start soon on the newly renamed Waller Mill Heights community in the Upper York County area of Williamsburg VA. The developer Harrison and Lear of Hampton VA purchased the 306-acre Carr Hill property from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. The parcel is located along Waller Mill Road in York County near Heritage Humane. Waller […]
Nov 15 '22 NAR’s Lawrence Yun Predicts US Home Prices Won’t Experience Major Decline, Could Possibly Rise Slightly in 2023 if Mortgage Rates Remain at 7% ORLANDO (November 11, 2022) – Amid the backdrop of high inflation, elevated mortgage rates and slowing sales activity, severely limited housing inventory will prevent large home price drops for most of the country next year, according to NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. Yun analyzed the current state of the residential real estate market and shared […]
Nov 11 '22 Median sales prices are holding steady in Hampton Roads The real estate market for October in Hampton Roads included some highs and some lows, but for the first time since May, the median sales price (MSP) of homes sold in the region held steady rather than dropping when compared to the previous month. According to data compiled by the Real Estate Information Network (REIN), […]