Hi Mary - I came back to my Trulia account yesterday after admittedly not doing anything with it for quite some time, and saw your question last night. If you haven't received the answers you need yet, I'd be glad to talk with you a bit more. Our team has sold a few homes over on Watson this year, given the varying sizes of homes I'm fairly certain I know the block she's on.

There has been relative stability in the Blacksburg market this year, although Trulia is showing some very outdated statistics. We've seen a spike in the number of homes on the market as we've headed into the last part of the year, but truthfully we see that every year. I've posted a Web reference below for you, it'll take you to a portion of my blog that talks about home values throughout the area.

Without more information on the house I couldn't tell you with much validity the value of her home, but I can tell you that values in Blacksburg were up 5% earlier in the year over the year prior, and currently sits at 4% over last year at this time. I'd be glad to help you dig into the numbers a bit more if you haven't been able to get the answers you needed, and if you have - I hope they were helpful!

Mary - I work in No. Va, but have family in the Blacksburg area. I don't think we have any "regulars" here for that area. If someone doesn't offer up their services this evening, send me an email to vchrisner@kw.com and I will get you the name and contact info for a couple of agents in that area in the morning.