Current home inventory is at 761, exactly the same as this time last year. Prices range from $7000. to $3,950,000., with a median price of almost $200,000. The current inventory averages 343 days on the market - that's almost 1 year. According to data from the multiple listing service, homes sales in 2011 were up almost 12% from 2010. The average selling price in 2011 was just under $172,000, very nearly the same as in 2010.
Location Characteristics: Occasionally omitted from Virginia maps, the Eastern Shore is a small peninsula 17 miles wide (at the widest point) and 70 miles long. It stretches south from the Maryland state line to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel which connects it to Virginia Beach. The peninsula is bounded by the Chesapeake Bay to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
By most standards, it is very rural and not densely populated. Recent estimates puts the population at just over 52,600 people. No big shopping malls here, but a great place to live and enjoy a sweeter, quieter pace of life.
Where ever you are on the eastern shore, you are never far from water. There are 43 boating facilities. Virginia's Eastern Shore is the perfect place for fisherman and water sports enthusiasts. Annual average temperature is 58 degrees. Annual average snowfall is 6 inches. The last several years has seen a major influx of real estate buyers from the north and points beyond. The baby boomers are retiring and finding Virginia's Eastern Shore to be a wonderful place to call home.
About Helen Glenn:
From a real estate perspective, I understand the needs and concerns of second-homers and folks relocating here permanently because I have personally done both. I am an experienced buyer's representative. Most importantly, having personally purchased real estate in many different markets throughout the country, I know the qualities that clients are looking for in a real estate agent. I work very hard to live up to the high expectations I set for myself because I don't want my clients to have some of the sour experiences I had in the past as a real estate client. Come Explore Virginia's Eastern Shore.
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