Selling
Selling your Christiansburg home.
What homes are selling for, how fast they go, when the market is busiest, and what Virginia requires of sellers.
At a glance
- $317,500Median sale priceLast 12 months, down 4% from the 12 months before
- 13 daysMedian time on marketHomes sold in the last 12 months
- 99%Of the original asking priceWhat sellers received, median of the last 12 months
- Buyers judge your price against what similar homes nearby sold for. Start there.
- Virginia sellers give buyers the state's residential property disclosure statement, plus an association resale certificate when there is one.
- Most sales close in late spring and summer, so contracts are signed earlier in the year.
Supply and demand today
427 Christiansburg homes sold in the last 12 months. Today 107 are for sale and 51 more are under contract, and 57 of the homes for sale have had at least one price cut.
Price it from real sales
Buyers compare your home to what sold nearby, so you should too. Look at recent Christiansburg sales and your neighborhood page for homes like yours in size, age, condition and lot, sold in the last six months.
Median sale price by kind of home, last 12 months
Days are the median time on market for each.
Want a number for your home? Ask for a free valuation and a local real estate professional will prepare one from recent sales nearby.
Prefer to sell it yourself? List it free, or read how to sell your home by owner in Virginia.
When homes sell
Over the last five full years, July, June and May had the most closings in Christiansburg: 33% of the year's sales between them. Contracts are ratified about six weeks before they close, so the busiest stretch for new contracts comes earlier in the year.
Home sales closed by month, 2021 to 2025
The three busiest months are highlighted.
Get the home ready
Fix what an inspector will find
Leaks, worn roofs, failing systems and missing handrails turn into repair requests after the inspection. Handling them first keeps the negotiation simple.
Clear and clean
Pack what you will not need for a few months. Clear counters and closets. Clean everything, windows included.
Photos that do the work
Your photos are your first showing. Bright, professional photos of every room, taken on a clear day, make the case before anyone visits.
Gather the paperwork
Have your survey, warranties, recent utility bills and records of improvements ready. If you have a homeowners association, order the resale certificate early.
What Virginia requires of sellers
A written listing agreement. Before an agent provides brokerage services, Virginia law requires a written agreement that states the fee and how it is paid, the services the agent will provide, and when it ends.
The disclosure statement. You give buyers the residential property disclosure statement published by the Virginia Real Estate Board. It tells buyers that you make no representations about the home's condition and that they should do their own due diligence, such as a home inspection.
Association resale certificate. If your home is in a homeowners or condominium association, you (or your agent) get a resale certificate from the association and give it to the buyer. Buyers can cancel within a short window after receiving it, so ordering it early protects your timeline.
Lead-based paint. For most homes built before 1978, federal law requires you to disclose known lead-based paint and hazards and to give buyers a 10-day period to test, which can be changed or waived in writing. About 30% of the Christiansburg homes for sale today with a known build year were built before 1978.
Offers and the road to closing
Compare offers on more than price. Look at the financing, the deposit, the contingencies and the settlement date. A slightly lower offer with fewer conditions can be the stronger one.
After you ratify a contract, expect a home inspection and possibly repair requests, an appraisal for the buyer's lender, and the buyer's final walk-through. The buyer chooses the settlement agent; you can hire your own attorney to review documents and advise you. From a ratified contract to closing is about six weeks.
Questions, answered
How long does it take to sell a house in Christiansburg?
Two parts: the time on the market until a buyer signs, which this guide tracks from the last 12 months of Christiansburg sales, and the time from a ratified contract to closing, which is about six weeks.
What if a listing agreement has no end date?
Under Virginia law, a brokerage agreement without a definite end date ends 90 days after the date of the agreement.
What does a seller pay at closing in Virginia?
Virginia charges the seller a grantor's tax on the sale price or assessed value, whichever is higher. The mortgage payoff, prorated real estate tax and any costs the contract assigns to the seller are also paid at settlement.
What disclosures do Virginia home sellers give buyers?
Sellers give buyers the residential property disclosure statement published by the Virginia Real Estate Board, an association resale certificate if the home is in an association, and for most homes built before 1978, the federal lead-based paint disclosure.
Sources
Every fact here that is not a market number comes from a primary source below, checked on the date shown. Market numbers come from listing and sales data. Something out of date? Tell us.
- Code of Virginia § 54.1-2137: brokerage agreements required
- Code of Virginia § 55.1-703: residential property disclosure statement
- Code of Virginia § 55.1-2308: resale certificate disclosures in the contract
- Code of Virginia § 55.1-2312: cancellation of contract by purchaser
- Code of Virginia § 55.1-1006: choice of settlement agent
- Code of Virginia § 58.1-802: additional tax paid by grantor
- U.S. EPA: real estate disclosures about potential lead hazards
- Montgomery County Treasurer: important dates
- Town of Christiansburg: tax rates