Hampton Roads Real Estate Realtors

About Hampton Roads (VA) Virginia Real Estate!

Hampton Roads is located on the southeast corner of Virginia and has been a significant point since the English settlers arrived in the 1600's. Its grand natural harbor makes Hampton Roads an excellent port location for domestic and international commerce. Although the military and defense contracts are still Hampton Road's greatest income producers, Hampton roads also include a health mixture of technology, tourism, service industries, real estate, and manufacturing. Hampton Roads also has much to offer in terms of enjoyment of life. Residents take pleasure in the activities that the city has to offer while at the same time having the availability of a suburban and country living throughout the area. Residents also have the opportunity of having several museums, opera festivals, sports, historic cities and towns, state and national parks, and many retail options.

Buying real estate such as a home is a very exciting part of relocating. Hampton Roads’ 2628 square miles are filled with a seemingly countless variety of homes in a number of price ranges. While single-family, detached homes are the most popular of real estate, there are many townhouses and condos to choose from as well. In addition, there are number of real estate planned communities throughout Hampton Roads, these communities maintain and enhance the natural environment, have amenities such as golf courses, natural trails, restaurants, lakes, pools, and recreation facilities which help create a friendly family atmosphere for Hampton Roads.

Real Estate Development is growing in leaps and bounds throughout Hampton Roads. In Newport News, City Center at Oyster Point is a new exciting real estate addition which is designed as an open-air gathering place and shopping district, with distinctive real estate condominiums, modern office buildings, and the Newport News Marriott. This hotel at City Center is an eleven-story, full service upscale hotel and conference facility with 256 guestrooms and 23,000 square feet of elegant meeting and banquet space. This magnificent peace of real estate also features a 12,000 square foot ballroom, with views of the five-acre fountain.

Hampton has six new real estate master plans in targeted areas of the City.  There is a lot of new construction all around such as luxurious waterfront condoniums in Downtown Hampton on Bridge Street, Hampshire Glen featuring homes in the mid $300's and many more. Hampton's newest commercial real estate addition is the Hampton Roads convention center which can accommodate over 11,000 people.

In 2005, Forbes ranked Norfolk as the 8th "Best Places to Do Business and Start Careers" and Inc. Magazine placed our market 13 th in the Top 25 Places to Do Business."  Residential Real Estate investment is exploding in Downtown alone there are current over 1,300 apartments/real estate condominiums under construction.

Virginia Beach stays on the cutting edge of the commercial real estate industry. Big companies like Geico Direct, and STIHL Inc. have millions of dollars in the past year.  In 2005 Virginia Beach announced $390 million in business locations an expansions. In expanding Virginia Beach has also built a Town Center which encompasses 25 acres and 17 city blocks. In this town center you find many classy restaurants like Cheesecake Facotry, Bravo Cucina Italiana and more.

Hampton Roads is truly a community with much military influence.  Langley Air Force Base in Hampton is home of the Untied States Air Force 1st Fighter Wing and the 480th Intelligence Wing. Langly Air Force Base also hosts the Headquarters to the Air Combat Command

Hampton Roads is home to the largest Naval Base in the world, Norfolk Naval Base.  The Norfolk Naval Base is located on 4,300 acres, and is homeport to aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, large amphibious ships, submarines, and a variety of supply and logistics ships. Norfolk Naval base has over 75 ships and 134 aircraft and over 275 air flights are operated out of Norfolk Air Station/Naval Base ever day.

U.S. Joint Forces Command, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, headquartered in Norfolk, Va., is the U.S. Navy component of U.S. Joint Forces Command. U.S. Fleet Forces command's mission is to organize, man, train, and equip Navy forces and provide planning support to Combatant Commanders. Deter, detect, and defend against homeland maritime threats. Articulate Fleet war fighting and readiness capabilities to the Chief of Naval Operations.

U.S. Joint Forces Command's (USJFCOM) Join War Fighting Center in Suffolk, VA. coordinates the U.S. military's overall joint training efforts to ensure it is the most advanced and powerful force in the world. USJFCOM joint training provides a solid basis for successful engagements in real-world operations.