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Welcome to my Williamsburg Virginia real estate website. Here you can find information about Williamsburg real estate within one easy source: search for Williamsburg homes or land for sale; review the stages of buying or selling a home; get an update on the current Williamsburg real estate market; check out featured properties for sale; learn about home financing alternatives; or find information about life in Williamsburg.
Williamsburg and the neighboring counties of James City and York have mild weather, are close by rivers, parks, near to both beach and mountains, have cultural and historical offerings, and a variety of good restaurants. The greater Williamsburg area has a variety of housing to meet your needs from maintenance-free condos and townhomes to majestic riverfront homes and everything in between. Two highly-ranked school systems, lots of things to do, and a sense of community make Williamsburg a great place to live.
Whether you are relocating or retiring to Williamsburg, looking for new construction or resale homes, or searching for a primary or a secondary home, I will help you find the neighborhood and the property you desire. For information specifically prepared for individuals interested in retiring in the Williamsburg area please check out my companion website at www.RetiringinWilliamsburg.com.
If you want more information on how I help clients, then check out the "About Rolf" page. If you would like to find out how I have assisted prior clients, then check out what they have to say about my real estate services on the "Testimonials" page. If you have any questions, or if I can be of assistance, just click on the "Email Rolf" button under my picture or call me at 757-564-4455.
Search for Williamsburg Real Estate
Following are two ways you can search for land and homes for sale in Williamsburg Virginia:
Click here to enter your criteria and search for real estate properties online. Instantly view information about available residential real estate including single family homes, townhouses, condominiums, and land for sale in the Williamsburg Multiple Listing Service (MLS).
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Click here to email me your criteria. I will send you more detailed information, obtained from the two local MLS, about residential land and homes meeting your criteria. I can also set up an automated search that will email notification of real estate properties as soon as they are listed in either of the two local MLS.
Buyers
Whether you are a first time buyer or an experienced investor, review my Buyer Real Estate Information to learn about choosing the "right" property, making an offer, negotiating, financing and mortgage rates, moving, and everything involved in making an informed real estate decision in today's market.
Sellers
If you currently own a home in the Williamsburg area and are thinking of placing it on the market, review my Seller Real Estate Information. Find out about preparing your home for sale, selecting the right real estate agent, receiving a timely market evaluation, pricing your home appropriately, marketing it effectively, negotiating a contract, and going through the inspection processes.
Williamsburg VA Real Estate Information
Real Estate Information including free Real Estate reports, and answers to commonly asked real estate questions are available.
Williamsburg Residential Real Estate Market Update
Williamsburg Property Tax Rates and those of Hampton Roads Cities and Counties
What's Hot in Houses Today
What's In, What's Out with Home Buyers in 2008
Homebuyers: Here´s What We Want
Financing
Learn about mortgage types, applying for a mortgage, interest rates, and your credit reports. Check out lenders and loan officers. Obtain the daily interest rates for standard mortgages. Access assorted mortgage loan calculators.
Williamsburg Community
This website features extensive links to local Williamsburg communities, schools, companies, area attractions, and civic organizations and clubs. Browse this site to explore America's Historic Triangle of Williamsburg, Jamestown, and Yorktown and and the surrounding counties of James City, York, Gloucester, and New Kent, and the cities of Hampton, Newport News, and Poquoson.
 Real Estate News for Williamsburg, VA 
Click here for the current residential real estate update for Williamsburg and a historical chart of Active, Sold and New Listings for the last two years.
Area home sales down 23%, Daily Press - April 24, 2008
"The number of homes sold in Hampton Roads in the first quarter of 2008 continued to slide as prices held flat. The sales decline was especially pronounced in the Williamsburg area, which includes upper York and James City counties. A 45 percent drop in the number of homes sold in Williamsburg, compared with a year earlier, was the largest of the 22 areas tracked by the Virginia Association of Realtors. But Williamsburg's median price still held up, rising 4 percent to $314,612 from a year earlier.."
READ MORE AT: http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_homes_0424apr24,0,4170144.story
Preliminary plans OK'd for Quarterpath project, Daily Press - April 18, 2008
"Williamsburg planning commissioners approved preliminary plans for the mammoth Quarterpath at Williamsburg project Wednesday while assuring residents crucial details would still need to be OK'd before it goes forward. Of specific concern to officials and some citizens is the proposal's number of homes, which total more than 1,300 - or about 40 percent more units than a previous set of plans. But the preliminary plans filed for city review are only to evaluate issues such as infrastructure. Commissioners were emphatic in noting that Wednesday's unanimous decision was not a vote on the number of dwellings..."
READ MORE AT: http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/williamsburg/dp-local_quarterpath_0418apr18,0,984580.story
James City cuts spending 2.6%, Virginia Gazette - April 13, 2008
"A flat real estate market and state budget cuts reduced the county budget for the first time in memory. It will drop $4.6 million, or 2.6%, from this year to $169.9 million starting July 1. Property taxes will remain at 77 cents for the next twoyears to avoid political backlash. As a result, real estate taxes will increase only 0.6%, mostly due to new construction and additions.."
READ MORE AT: http://www.vagazette.com/news/local/va-news2_041208apr12,0,95253.story
Budget would cut funding for schools, Daily Press - April 12, 2008
"Williamsburg-area schools would get substantially less funding than officials planned for the upcoming fiscal year if the James City County budget proposal released Friday is approved. County Administrator Sandy Wanner's proposed plans provide $15.5 million less in capital funds - and about $275,000 less in operating funds - than district officials expect to receive next fiscal year.
READ MORE AT: http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/williamsburg/dp-local_jccfunding_0412apr12,0,2955212.story
If you know someone who is thinking about moving or buying or selling a home in the Williamsburg area, and would appreciate the professional level of service and personal attention that I provide, I'd love to help them. Just have them call or email me. I will be happy to follow-up and take care of their real estate needs.
Rolf Kramer,
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