The Sydney Lambert
The EasyLiving Home
The Charity House
In just a few months, Homearama builder Herb Watson of The Walters Company has sold not one, not two, but three Homearama homes.
The homes were on display in the 2008 and 2009 Tidewater Builders Association showcases of homes.
Just in time for Thanksgiving, Watson sold The 2008 Charity House in Ashville Park in Virginia Beach, where three of the seven homes will now be occupied. He also recently sold The Easy Living Home from the 2009 event in Culpepper Landing in Chesapeake His 2009 Charity House, named The Sydney Lambert, sold before the opening of the show. Proceeds from the 08 and 09 Charity Houses will benefit Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters at a time when the funds are sorely needed.
Eight of the 12 2009 Homearama homes have been sold, reflecting an increasing volume of sales in Hampton Roads just as the S&P Case Schiller index reflects increasing prices across the country.
An article in the Nov. 18 issue of The Virginian-Pilot reports sales volume up 2.3 percent in October over September and 28.1 percent over October 2008, the largest year-over-year gain for 2009. Read more.
Today’s S&P’s Case-Shiller indexes reports U,S. home prices rose for the fifth straight month and posted the second quarterly increase. Read more.
It actually wasn’t the 90-plus degree heat and intense humidity that warmed the crowd gathered at 