Valley of Virginia Real Estate Candy Lynn

In rural counties across the country, the county fair season has started. Those of us living in rural communities communities look forward to Fair. It's a time for friends, a time for a little friendly competition - everything from tractor pulls to the the best chocolate cake!  My favorite part of the fair is the FFA (Future ...

Again - the stats say it all... I find these charts to really put things in perspective. These are just a few of the tools I use to evalutate the current market trends. I am happy to do specific statistics as they relate to your property. Please contact me: candy@candylynn.com Residential - Market Report Lexington, Buena Vista & ...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, in this case the actual stats straight off the MLS says it all... Year over year - RESIDENTIAL -  Lexington, Buena Vista & Rockbridge County Year over Year - LAND - Lexington, Buena VIsta & Rockbridge County

On Tuesday evening I noticed smoke on the mountains to the north of us - forest fire!  As the week progressed the fire rapidly spread from one ridge to the next rapidly growing from a few hundred acres to over 4500 acres of the St Mary's Wilderness. Rt 56 from Vesuvius to the Blue Ridge Parkway was closed as was the a section of the Blue ...

One man’s passion for the Valley he calls home. Keith Groah considers himself “fortunate to have lived my entire life in the Rockbridge area”. Keith’s family has been in the “building trade” for over 100 years. He has seen first hand, the passion evident in the work that goes well beyond just “making a ...

I had hoped to write this yesterday but I got carried away with editing the photos! Make sure to see the Slide Show Saturday Morning - early Its a beautiful drive to Montpelier. The sun is just up, there's a heavy frost & a soft misty like fog rising as the sun hits the fields. The drive over Afton to Charlottesville is spectacilar - ...

As I mentioned on Friday, I had the great pleasure of being a "Tailgate Judge" at the Annual Montpelier Hunt Races on Saturday.  It was a PICTURE Perfect Day! Enjoy my slide show....

I'm so excited! Tomorrow - Saturday is the Montpelier Hunt Races at James Madison's Montpelier in Orange, VA AND I am an official Tailgate Judge!  So what does that mean??? Not sure - I've never been a tailgate jusde before. Martha Strawther, Exec Director of the Races, remembers my years of Cooks & Connoisseurs and ...

The next couple of weekends are 2 of my favorites at the Virginia Horse Center...    October 25 - 28:  Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Association Region 1 Championships & Virginia Dressage Association Fall Competition Amateur and professional riders and horses from more than ten states compete during this ...