441 closings. 13 years. Reps are the only thing that makes an agent good.
There is no shortcut to being good at this. You get good by doing it, several hundred times. So instead of telling you I'm experienced, here is the count: every residential transaction I've closed in Hampton Roads since 2014, pulled straight from the MLS. 441 closings, $141.7 million. The typical REALTOR® closes 10 transactions a year, and many licensed agents never get near that. I've averaged 34 a year for thirteen years. Below is exactly what those reps consist of.
1. What 441 reps actually look like
Experience is a claim every agent makes. It's also a countable thing, so let's count it.
The National Association of REALTORS® reports that the typical member closed 10 transaction sides in 2024. That figure describes the typical member, and a large share of licensed agents close well below it — or nothing at all — in a given year. Agents sustaining thirty or more closings annually are a small fraction of the licensed population.
Across thirteen years I've averaged 34 a year. Not for one good stretch — for thirteen years, through a refinance boom, a pandemic, a rate shock and a market that has changed shape three times.
Closings per year, against the typical REALTOR’s 10
The dashed line is the 10 transaction sides closed by the typical NAR member in 2024 — a bar many licensed agents never reach in a year. 2026 covers closings through August 31.
That's the volume of practice. What matters more is its variety, because the thing that makes an agent useful isn't having done 441 deals — it's having already seen the specific situation you're about to walk into.
Reps by situation
Every number below is a count of times I have personally been through that exact scenario, start to closing table.
| The situation | Times I've closed it |
|---|---|
| VA loan purchase or sale | 189 |
| Conventional financing | 140 |
| Condo or townhome | 98 |
| Under $200,000 | 72 |
| FHA loan | 49 |
| All-cash buyer | 41 |
| $600,000 and above | 30 |
| Both sides of the same deal | 14 |
And the ground covered: 270 distinct subdivisions across 44 ZIP codes and 8 cities. When I say I know a neighborhood, there is usually a closed file behind it.
The range of what I've seen
Reps only count if they cover different ground. 116 of these went under contract within a week and 121 closed above the asking price — and plenty of others were patient, carefully-priced listings in slower stretches of the market. Bidding wars and long holds, entry-level and waterfront, all inside the same book of business.
That range is the point. Knowing which situation you're actually in, and pricing for it from the start, is most of the job — and it isn't something you can read your way into.
2. The market didn't get more expensive. It got faster.
Everybody talks about prices. Prices are the boring part — they went up, you already knew that. The number that actually changed how you have to buy and sell a house here is how long you get to think about it.
In 2014, the median home I closed sat on the market for 92 days. In 2026, that number is 6 days. That is not a market that got 15× more expensive. It's a market where the decision window collapsed by a factor of fifteen.
Median days on market, by year closed
My closings only. Days on market as recorded in REIN MLS. n = 428.
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| Year | Closings | Median DOM | Average price | % above asking |
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The mirror image of that is what buyers had to do to win. In 2014, none of my closings went above asking price. By 2022, half of them did.
Share of my closings that sold above the asking price, by year
Closed price greater than final list price. n = 428.
Three eras, same agent, same region. 2014–2017: median 55 days on market, 8% sold above asking. 2018–2021: 29 days, 28% above asking. 2022–2026: 12 days, 43% above asking. If your mental model of buying a house here was formed before 2018, it is calibrated to a market that no longer exists.
What price range do I actually work in?
The fair answer is a range that has moved a long way. My 2014 closings averaged $188,477. My 2025 closings averaged $498,306, and 2025–2026 together average $482,130. Across the full record the average is $330,970, but that figure is weighted by a lot of early-career transactions in the $150–250k range and it doesn't describe what I'm doing now.
Average sale price, by year closed
2026 covers closings through August 31. n = 428.
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| Year | Closings | Average price | Median DOM | % above asking |
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So: today I'm closing in the mid-$400s on average, with nine closings above $750,000 and five above a million. The full-record average is on this page because I'd rather show the whole climb than crop it to the flattering part — but the recent number is the one that answers the question.
How fast is fast, really?
Across all 428 closings: 27% went under contract within a week. 53% within a month. Only 15% took 90 days or more — and most of those are concentrated in the early years and in one specific price bracket, which brings me to the finding that surprised me most.
3. The cheapest homes take the longest to sell
This is the opposite of what most people assume, and I've had the same conversation about it a hundred times.
The intuition is that affordable homes fly off the shelf and expensive ones linger. In my book, it runs exactly backwards. Homes under $200,000 took a median of 54 days. Homes over $600,000 took 12.
Median days on market, by closed price band
n = 428 closings, 2014–2026.
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| Price band | Closings | Median DOM | % above asking |
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The usual explanation is financing — entry-level homes get bought with government-backed loans, those loans carry condition requirements, and deals slow down. The financing data on all 428 of these closings shows that's part of the story but not the whole of it.
What the financing data actually shows. Financing type does track with speed: cash closes in a median of 18 days, conventional 23, VA 30, FHA 35. But the under-$200,000 band is the least VA-heavy bracket in my book (29%, against 54% in the $200–300k range) and the most cash-heavy (18%). So the slowest price band isn't the one most loaded with VA buyers — which means the simple version of that explanation doesn't hold.
What does hold: government-backed lending overall — VA, FHA and VHDA together — is heavily concentrated below $600,000. It's 57% of my closings under $200,000 and 20% above $600,000, and those loans genuinely do close more slowly. That accounts for part of the gap. It doesn't account for all of it, and the rest is most likely property condition and the depth of the buyer pool at that price point — factors this dataset doesn't measure.
The practical advice survives either way, because it rests on the appraisal, not on the loan mix: if you're selling an entry-level home here, fix what an appraiser will flag before you list. More than half your likely buyers are on a loan with condition standards, and a failed appraisal costs you six weeks.
Where the work actually happened
I'm licensed across Hampton Roads, and the book reflects that — but not evenly.
Closings by city
n = 428. Cities with fewer than 5 closings shown for completeness.
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| City | Closings | Average price | Median DOM | Volume |
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The spread in speed between submarkets is real and it is large — the quickest cities in my book have moved at a median of under three weeks, the slowest at more than two months, in the same years with the same agent. Time on market is intensely local here. Pricing a home in one city against comparables from another, or setting a seller's expectations from a regional average, is how people end up disappointed.
Detached vs. attached
Detached homes are 77% of my closings (330), averaging $350,449. Attached — condos and townhomes — are 23% (98 closings, $26.0M in volume), averaging $265,375. Their time on market is nearly identical: 27 days versus 30. The condo market here is not slower. It's just smaller.
The Shore Drive corridor
20 closings, $8.9 million along the Shore Drive corridor — Chesapeake House, Ocean Park, Baylake Pines, Seagate Colony, Chesapeake Beach, Bay Island, Lake Shores and Cove Point. Twelve of those are on Shore Drive itself. In one building alone I've closed four separate units between 2019 and 2021.
Every closing, on a map
The fastest way to answer the only question most people actually have: does he sell in my neighborhood?
All 428 closings, grouped into the 44 ZIP codes where they happened. Bigger circle, more homes. Click any circle for the average price, typical time on market, VA share and the neighborhoods inside it.
Where I've closed, 2014–2026
Grouped to ZIP-code level rather than pinned to individual addresses. n = 428 across 44 ZIP codes.
View all 44 ZIP codes as a table
| ZIP | City | Closings | Average price | Median DOM | VA | Neighborhoods |
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A few things jump out of it that the bar charts don't show. My work is dense along the water — the Ocean View and East Beach side of Norfolk, the Shore Drive corridor and Bayside in Virginia Beach — and dense again through Chesapeake, which is where the largest single concentration sits: 32 closings in 23320 alone. There is steady Peninsula work in Hampton as well, and the map shows where the concentrations are strongest.
If your ZIP code has a big circle on it, I've probably sold a house on your street or the next one over, and I can tell you what it went for without looking anything up.
4. Nearly half the homes I've sold were bought with a VA loan
This is the number that makes my book different from almost any other agent's in the country.
Nationally, VA loans are about 10.6% of home-purchase originations — roughly one in ten. Across my 428 closings, the figure is 44.2%. Add FHA and VHDA and 56.8% of every home I've sold was bought with a government-backed loan.
That isn't a marketing claim, it's the composition of my business, and it's the direct consequence of working a region built around Naval Station Norfolk, NAS Oceana and JEB Little Creek — and of being a Navy veteran that other service members tend to call.
How my 428 closings were financed
REIN-recorded finance code at closing. Every one of the 428 has a value — none blank.
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| Financing | Closings | Share | Average price | Median DOM | % above asking |
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VA loans are slower than conventional — and it's worth knowing by how much
There's a persistent story that sellers should avoid VA offers because they're slow or fragile. My data says they are somewhat slower and not remotely fragile.
Median days on market, by how the buyer financed
n = 428. VHDA (5 closings) and Other (4) are shown but too small to read much into.
Cash closes fastest at a median of 18 days, conventional at 23, VA at 30, FHA at 35. So a VA buyer costs a seller about a week against a conventional buyer — a real difference, and a much smaller one than the folklore suggests. And VA buyers in my book went above asking 35% of the time, more often than conventional buyers at 27%. A week of patience has been worth real money to my sellers.
Where the VA buyers are
Norfolk is the most VA-concentrated city in my book at 57% of closings, which tracks with Naval Station Norfolk. Suffolk runs 50%, Hampton 43%, Chesapeake 40%, Portsmouth 40%, Virginia Beach 37%. Even my least VA-heavy city is more than three times the national rate.
The condo gap
Detached homes: 49% VA. Condos and townhomes: 27%. And condo buyers paid cash 24% of the time versus 5% for detached. The likeliest reason is that a condo has to sit on VA's approved-project list before a VA buyer can use their benefit there — and most buildings in this region aren't on it. If you're a veteran shopping condos, that single fact will shape your options more than anything else.
5. The 37 homes I've sold more than once
This is the part of the dataset I didn't expect to find, and it's the part I'd pay attention to if I were buying here.
Thirty-seven addresses in my book have closed more than once — I sold the house, and then years later I sold the same house again. A few I've sold three times. Those 37 properties account for 77 closings, roughly 18% of everything I've done.
That's a nice thing to know about repeat business. But it's more interesting as data, because it's a true paired sample: the identical house, the identical lot, the identical floor plan, sold twice, years apart. No appraiser adjustments, no "comparable" fudging. Just what one specific home was worth then and what it was worth later.
Across those 37 repeat pairs, the median total gain was 20.3%, and the median annualized appreciation was 6.25%. The strongest was a 1950s home in Camellia Acres that more than doubled — up 127% over 7.7 years. At the other end, one modest home resold in 2019 for slightly less than it had brought in 2015.
That last one matters as much as the winner. Hampton Roads is not one market that rises together. Over the same stretch of years, one home in my book gained 127% while another slipped slightly below what it had sold for four years earlier. Anyone who tells you "real estate always goes up around here" is averaging away the neighborhoods where it didn't.
What the repeat sales suggest about holding periods
The median gap between my first and second sale of the same home was several years, not months. At roughly 6.25% annualized, the arithmetic on a short hold is unforgiving: between agent commissions, closing costs, and the Virginia grantor's tax, a typical sale costs somewhere in the range of 7–9% of the price. At 6.25% a year, you need to hold roughly a year and a half just to break even on transaction costs — longer if the market pauses. That's the honest answer to "should I buy if I might get orders in two years," and it's usually not the answer people want.
6. When homes actually sell here
There's a real seasonal rhythm in this region, and in a military town it isn't quite the national one. My closings cluster in April and June — 11% of everything I've closed lands in June alone — which tracks the summer PCS window backwards through a 30-to-45-day escrow.
But the more useful number for a seller isn't when homes close. It's when they list, and how long they then sit.
Median days on market, by the month the home was listed
Grouped by list month across all years. n = 428.
Homes I listed in May went under contract in a median of 19 days. Homes listed in October took 55 — nearly three times as long. November is a genuine surprise at 21 days, likely because the people still shopping in November are the ones who actually have to move.
If you have flexibility on timing and you're selling in Hampton Roads, listing in late spring puts you in front of the PCS-driven buyer wave. If you don't have flexibility — and most military families don't — the October number is worth knowing so you can price for it rather than be surprised by it.
Methodology, and what this data can't tell you
I'd rather show you the seams than have you assume there aren't any.
What's in it
Every residential transaction recorded in REIN MLS where I was the listing or selling agent, status Sold, pulled August 31, 2026. That's 428 closings between June 2014 and August 2026, totaling $141,655,178. I've been working in real estate for thirteen years; the MLS record here starts with my first recorded closing in June 2014, so the transaction data spans a little over twelve of those years. Prices are actual closed prices, not list prices. "Days on market" is REIN's recorded market time. Financing is REIN's recorded finance code at closing, populated on all 428 records. The national VA comparison figure (10.6% of purchase originations) comes from CFPB HMDA data as summarized by VA Loan Network, July 2026.
What's missing
This is REIN data only — transactions handled outside this MLS, including some new-construction purchases that never hit the MLS, aren't captured. Buyer-side and seller-side closings are pooled together. Financing type is included and complete — REIN records a finance code on all 428 — but the export does not identify which side of the deal I represented.
How the totals are counted
Three things are worth stating plainly, because volume figures in real estate are easy to inflate and hard to check.
How the 441 is counted. REIN records 428 sold listings with my name on them. On 14 of those I represented both the buyer and the seller, which is two closings — one for each client — at a single settlement. Counted that way the total is 441; counted as MLS listings it is 428. Both numbers are on this page so you can see exactly how the figure is built. The dollar volume of $141,655,178 counts each settlement once and is the more conservative measure; counted the same way as the 441, it would be $145,205,978.
The 428 transactions cover 388 distinct properties. Thirty-seven addresses sold more than once — I sold the house, then sold it again years later — which accounts for 40 of the 428 closings. If you counted each property only once, at its most recent sale, the total would be $130,513,714 rather than $141,655,178. Both are real: a repeat sale is a separate transaction with a separate seller, a separate buyer and a separate closing. I'd rather you know which convention is in use than assume.
Sides split 270 list-side and 171 buyer-side (the 14 double-ended deals appear in both). One additional closing was a co-listing where I was the secondary agent.
Prices on this page are averages, not medians. Days on market and the repeat-sale appreciation figures are medians, because both distributions are skewed enough that an average would mislead.
On the honest limits of a sample this size
428 transactions is a lot for one agent and a very small number next to a regional market that closes tens of thousands of homes a year. Where I have 139 closings (Virginia Beach) the figures are reasonably stable. Where the count is in single digits, treat the number as illustrative rather than representative — I've shown the counts alongside every figure so you can weigh them yourself. My book also concentrates in the areas I work most, so this is a picture of my corner of Hampton Roads rather than a census of the whole region.
Everything above is descriptive. None of it predicts what your home will do. Real estate values, days on market, and appreciation vary by property, condition, timing and financing, and past results do not indicate future performance. If you want to know what your specific home is likely to do, that's a conversation about your house — not about my averages.
Analysis current as of August 31, 2026. Source data: Real Estate Information Network, Inc. (REIN) MLS. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed; independently verify.
What this data means if you are the one selling
Everything above describes a market. This section is the short version for a seller — the four findings in this dataset that change what you should actually do, rather than what is merely interesting to know.
May listings went under contract in a median of 19 days across this record; October listings took 55. Almost nothing else available to a seller produces that size of effect at no cost. If your timing has any give in it, this is where to spend it.
Homes under $200,000 took a median of 54 days against 12 days above $600,000 — the opposite of what most sellers expect. Government-backed lending is concentrated in the lower bands and carries condition standards. A failed appraisal costs about six weeks, and it is largely preventable.
VA deals ran a median of 30 days against 23 for conventional, roughly a week. Over the same record VA buyers went above asking 35 percent of the time against 27 percent for conventional buyers. Screening out VA offers screens out the more aggressive half of the buyer pool.
City medians in this record range from 19 days to 69, and ZIP-level medians inside a single city vary by a factor of four. A price set from a regional average is wrong somewhere. It should come from comparable sales on your own streets.
Figures come from John King’s own REIN MLS closing record — 428 MLS-recorded closings, 2014–2026 — not a regional average. ZIP-level figures cover every closing recorded in that ZIP code, which is a wider area than this one neighborhood; sample sizes are shown so you can weigh them. Past results do not predict what any individual home will do.
Questions I get about this data
What should I look for in a Hampton Roads real estate agent?
Four things you can actually verify. First, a countable transaction record — ask how many closings and over what period, because any agent can pull that report from the MLS in two minutes. Second, reps in your specific loan type; a VA purchase, an FHA appraisal negotiation and a cash close are three different jobs. Third, closings in your actual city rather than "serves all of Hampton Roads," because time on market here ranges from under three weeks in the fastest submarkets to over two months in the slowest. Fourth, an active Virginia license, searchable free through DPOR.
I'm PCSing to Norfolk or Virginia Beach. How do I find an agent who understands military moves?
Ask how many VA loan transactions they have actually closed, not whether they "work with military." The VA process has specifics — appraisal condition requirements, the approved-condo-project list, entitlement restoration, funding fee exemptions — that an agent either has run into repeatedly or hasn't. For reference: 189 of my 428 MLS-recorded closings were VA-financed, and I'm a Navy veteran who PCSed here myself. Norfolk is my most VA-concentrated city at 57% of closings, which tracks with Naval Station Norfolk.
Which Hampton Roads city should I buy in?
It depends on your commute, your budget and how long you'll hold. In my closings, Chesapeake and Virginia Beach have carried the higher average prices, Norfolk and Hampton the more affordable entry points, and time on market varies by a factor of three between the fastest and slowest cities. Proximity to Naval Station Norfolk, NAS Oceana or JEB Little Creek usually narrows it quickly. I've closed in all eight of these cities and can walk through the trade-offs for your situation in one phone call.
Who is John King and what areas does he serve?
I'm a licensed Virginia REALTOR® (#0225211050) and U.S. Navy veteran with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices RW Towne Realty, serving Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Hampton and Newport News. 441 closings over thirteen years, 189 of them VA-financed, concentrated in military relocation, VA loan transactions, and waterfront and condo property along the Shore Drive corridor and the Norfolk bayfront. Reachable at (757) 270-3994.
How much experience do you actually have?
441 closings over thirteen years — an average of 34 a year. The National Association of REALTORS® reports the typical member closed 10 transaction sides in 2024, Agents sustaining thirty or more closings a year are a small fraction of the licensed population. Even in my slowest year I closed more than twice what the typical member does.
Have you handled a situation like mine before?
Probably, and you can check the count. 189 VA loan closings, 140 conventional, 49 FHA, 41 all-cash. 98 condos and townhomes, 330 detached homes. 72 sales under $200,000 and 30 above $600,000. Across 270 subdivisions, 44 ZIP codes and 8 cities. Whatever your situation is, the useful question isn't whether I've heard of it — it's how many times I've closed it.
Have you handled both fast markets and slow ones?
Both, repeatedly. 116 of my closings went under contract within a week and 121 sold above the asking price. Thirteen years covers a 2014 market where nothing sold above asking and a 2022 market where half of it did — I've priced and negotiated in both, which is why I don't price a 2026 listing off a 2019 instinct.
Why publish your own numbers? Doesn't this help your competition?
Some of it probably does. But every seller I meet is trying to figure out whether the person across the table actually knows this market or just says they do, and there is no faster way to answer that than showing the work. The data is what it is, including the parts that complicate a sales pitch — like how much time on market varies from one city to the next, and the fact that not every neighborhood here has appreciated at the same rate.
How many homes have you sold in Hampton Roads?
441 closings over thirteen years, totaling $141.7 million in volume, all recorded in REIN MLS. That comes from 428 sold listings, 14 of which were double-ended — I represented both the buyer and the seller. By city: 139 in Virginia Beach, 99 in Chesapeake, 96 in Norfolk, 51 in Hampton, 20 in Suffolk, 15 in Portsmouth, 7 in Newport News and 1 in York County.
How long does it take to sell a house in Hampton Roads?
In my closings over the last five years, the median is about 12 days — but that number hides a wide spread. Homes over $600,000 have run a median of 12 days; homes under $200,000, 54 days. Time on market also varies widely by city, from under three weeks in the fastest submarkets to more than two months in the slowest. The right answer depends heavily on where you are, your price point and your home's condition.
Do homes in Hampton Roads sell above asking price?
Sometimes, and much more often than they used to. In 2014, none of my closings sold above the asking price. From 2022 through 2026, 43% did. Across the full record, 28% closed above list and 29% closed exactly at list.
How much do homes appreciate in Hampton Roads?
The cleanest evidence I have is the 37 homes in my book that I've sold more than once — the same property, sold twice, years apart. Across those pairs the median annualized appreciation was 6.25%, with a median total gain of 20.3%. The range was enormous, from a home that gained 127% to one that slipped slightly over four years. Regional averages hide that spread.
What share of your sales are VA loans?
44.2% — 189 of my 428 closings were financed with a VA loan. Nationally VA is about 10.6% of home-purchase originations, so my book runs roughly four times the national rate. Counting FHA and VHDA as well, 56.8% of the homes I've sold were bought with a government-backed loan. Norfolk is my most VA-concentrated city at 57% of closings.
Should a seller be worried about accepting a VA offer?
Less than the folklore suggests. In my closings, VA deals ran a median of 30 days on market against 23 for conventional — about a week's difference. But VA buyers went above asking 35% of the time versus 27% for conventional buyers. In my experience that week has usually been worth it. I've closed 189 of these; the process is familiar, and most of the friction people remember comes from appraisal condition items that a seller can address before listing.
Can I use my VA loan on a condo in Hampton Roads?
Only if the building is on VA's approved-project list, and many here are not. It shows in my data: 49% of the detached homes I've sold were VA-financed, but only 27% of the condos and townhomes — and condo buyers paid cash 24% of the time versus 5% for detached. If you're a veteran shopping condos, check a building's VA approval status before you fall in love with a unit. It's the single biggest constraint on your options.
I'm PCSing in about two years. Should I buy or rent?
Run the transaction-cost math before anything else. Selling a home typically costs 7–9% of the price once you add commissions, closing costs and Virginia's grantor tax. At the 6.25% annualized appreciation my repeat sales show, a two-year hold is roughly break-even in a good market and a loss in a flat one. That doesn't make buying wrong — building equity, a fixed payment, and the option to rent it out all matter — but "I'll just sell it when I get orders" deserves a spreadsheet, not a vibe. I'm happy to run yours with you.
What is the best month to list a house in Hampton Roads?
May, on this evidence. Homes listed in May went under contract in a median of 19 days across John King's 428 closings, against 55 days for homes listed in October — the widest seasonal spread in the record. November is a notable exception at 21 days.
How do I price my home to sell in Hampton Roads?
From comparable sales on your own streets rather than from a city or regional figure. In this record, city medians range from 19 days to contract in Chesapeake to 69 in Portsmouth, and ZIP-level medians within a single city vary by a factor of four. A regional average will be wrong in one direction or the other.
What should a seller fix before listing?
The items a VA or FHA appraiser can flag: roof, moisture and drainage, peeling paint on pre-1978 homes, exposed wiring, handrails, unsafe steps and broken glass. Across this record 56.8 percent of closings were financed with a government-backed loan, so these standards apply to most transactions — and a failed appraisal costs roughly six weeks.
Do more expensive homes sell faster in Hampton Roads?
In this record, yes — which surprises most sellers. Homes above $600,000 went under contract in a median of 12 days against 54 days for homes under $200,000. Government-backed lending concentrates in the lower price bands and closes more slowly, though property condition and buyer-pool depth account for much of the remainder.
How to choose a Hampton Roads agent — including how to check me
If you're comparing agents, here is what I'd actually look at. It's the same list I'd use if I were hiring one.
Four things worth verifying
1. Closings you can count, not adjectives. Ask how many transactions they've closed and over what period. Any agent can pull their own MLS production report in about two minutes. If they won't, that tells you something.
2. Reps in your loan type. A VA purchase, an FHA appraisal repair negotiation and a cash close are three different jobs. Ask how many of each they've done.
3. Closings in your actual area, not "serves all of Hampton Roads." Time on market in this region varies from under three weeks in the fastest submarkets to over two months in the slowest. City-level knowledge is not optional here.
4. An active license. Virginia licenses are searchable free through DPOR. Mine is #0225211050.
My answers to those four
441 closings across 13 years, averaging 34 a year against a typical REALTOR® member's 10. Every figure on this page comes from my REIN MLS record and can be verified by any agent with MLS access.
189 VA loans, 140 conventional, 49 FHA, 41 cash. 98 condos and townhomes, 330 detached.
139 closings in Virginia Beach, 99 in Chesapeake, 96 in Norfolk, 51 in Hampton, 20 in Suffolk, 15 in Portsmouth — across 44 ZIP codes and 270 subdivisions. The map above shows exactly where.
License #0225211050, active, with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices RW Towne Realty. Navy veteran, Machinist Mate, five years.
Who I am, plainly stated
I'm John King, a licensed REALTOR® in Virginia and a U.S. Navy veteran, working out of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices RW Towne Realty. I sell residential real estate throughout Hampton Roads — Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Hampton and Newport News — and I work with buyers and sellers in roughly a 60/40 split toward listings.
My practice concentrates on military relocation and VA loan transactions: service members PCSing into or out of Naval Station Norfolk, NAS Oceana and JEB Little Creek, and veterans using their VA entitlement. Forty-four percent of everything I've closed was VA-financed, against a national rate near 10%. I also do a meaningful amount of waterfront and condo work along the Shore Drive corridor and the Norfolk bayfront.
If you're relocating here on orders, buying with a VA loan, selling a home you bought last tour, or just trying to work out which of these cities fits your budget and commute — that's the conversation I have most days. (757) 270-3994.
The neighborhoods behind these numbers
Every closing in this study happened somewhere specific. These are the areas I've written up in depth — market data, what sells, and what buyers ask me about most.
Virginia Beach
Alanton ·
Chic's Beach ·
Great Neck ·
Lynnhaven ·
Bayside ·
Kempsville ·
Ocean Lakes ·
Bay Colony ·
Town Center
All Virginia Beach →
Norfolk & Chesapeake
East Beach ·
Ocean View ·
Greenbrier ·
Great Bridge ·
Hickory
All Norfolk →
All Chesapeake →
Military & PCS
PCS relocation guide · Naval Station Norfolk housing · NAS Oceana housing · JEB Little Creek housing · Renting out your home after PCS
Buying & selling
Buyer's guide · Seller's guide · Current listings · Homes for sale in Hampton Roads · Relocation sales · Selling as-is · Expired listings · Inherited homes · Divorce sales · FSBO · Real estate FAQs
More about how I work: about John King · all communities · market commentary · get in touch.
Want this run on your specific home?
Everything above describes hundreds of homes. Yours is one house, on one street, in one condition, at one moment. That's a different and much more useful analysis — and it's the one I actually do for a living.
John King · Navy veteran, Machinist Mate · REALTOR® with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices RW Towne Realty
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