Preferred Properties Brokerages in West Virginia
West Virginia has one “Preferred Properties” firm in this directory — a 34-year independent brokerage anchored along the I-79 corridor in Bridgeport, serving Bridgeport, Clarksburg, Fairmont, and the Morgantown university market with approximately 61 transactions per year.
West Virginia Real Estate Market Overview
The I-79 corridor connecting Bridgeport, Clarksburg, Fairmont, and Morgantown represents one of West Virginia’s more economically stable real estate markets, anchored by the FBI CJIS campus in Bridgeport, West Virginia University in Morgantown, and United Hospital Center. This employment base creates a more consistent residential demand than many rural West Virginia communities that depend more heavily on natural resource industry cycles.
West Virginia housing offers some of the most affordable entry points in the eastern United States. Buyers should understand the state’s mineral rights severance tradition — where coal, oil, and gas rights are frequently separated from surface ownership — as well as the seller-paid transfer tax structure that differs from most other states.