Orange County, Virginia

Lake of the Woods, a community on the eastern side of Orange accounts for nearly one-third of the real estate market activity in Orange County.

There have been very few short sales in the Orange County marketplace. As of this writing there are four short sale homes available for sale and two homes have sold as a short sale in 2011.

The U.S. Census reported that Orange County had 14,620 household units in 2009. That number has been used in the following calculations.

Summary of Incidents of Distressed Property	Short Sales	Lender/REO
LISTINGS ACTIVE OR UNDER CONTRACT, LENDER OWNED OR SHORT SALE, CURRENTLY IN THE CHARLOTTESVILLE MLS	1.06 %	1.77%
% OF ALL COUNTY HOUSEHOLDS SOLD AS FORECLOSURE OR SHORT SALE IN 2010	0.14%	0.41%
% OF ALL COUNTY HOUSEHOLDS CURRENTLY FOR-SALE OR UNDER CONTRACT	0.03%	0.06%

Orange County Homes for Sale

Orange County, Virginia is home to James Madison's Montpelier, which was recently restored to its original structure. Many festivals are held on the grounds of the Montpelier estate, two of the most popular are the Montpelier Wine Festival and Montpelier Races.

Orange County has two towns, Orange the county seat, and Gordonsville. Both towns are charming with quaint shops and exceptional restaurants. It has become very fashionable to restore the older homes that line the main streets of these communities.

If you are driving through the countryside of the Virginia Piedmont, make sure you visit the Somerset and Rapidan areas of Orange County, Virginia! In these two areas, you will see some of the prettiest farms and loveliest scenery in Virginia.

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