Friday Chart – Million Dollar Charlottesville Homes

by Jim on March 19, 2010

Looking at the first 77 Days of the past six years …

Just in Albemarle County, these are the number of homes with asking prices over one million dollars that have gone under contract in the first 77 days:

And a very basic list to sell chart for homes listed for at least one million dollars in Albemarle County. This does not take into account properties that

- Went under contract late in the year and closed in the following year
- Were withdrawn and re-listed (for less)


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It’s Match Day at UVA (and Everywhere Else)

by Jim on March 18, 2010

I’m watching with interest to see how many incoming UVA Medical Residents choose to purchase …

Traditionally UVA Resident comprise a fairly significant portion of the Charlottesville and Albemarle real estate market – generally at least three bedrooms, two baths (usually) no more than 20 minutes to the UVA Medical Center … usually not too old as Medical Residents tend to be quite busy … at the bottom of this post are a few homes that may meet some of their criteria …

This is going to be a telling year, as many of the outgoing UVA Residents are going to be selling and (some) incoming UVA Residents will be buying. Anecdotally, far fewer folks are buying than have in previous years.

Charlottesville is transient by nature, and for many, renting will prove to be a better decision.

It’s Match Day on Twitter, too -

stmiles: It’s finally here… today is Match Day! Five hours until the Big Reveal.
jessicaesquire: I try not to use twitter like a 12-year-old girl, but I am so tempted to write an entire tweet of “MATCH DAY” all in caps and nothing else.
MedicineUMMS: MATCH DAY! Mar 18, 2010 Congratulations, graduating med students! (NRMP) http://ow.ly/1bFXR Welcome new #UMass interns! http://ow.ly/1bFYF
Match Day posts from previous years -

- UVA Match Day 2009
- This is a comprehensive post I wrote earlier this year about Match Day in Charlottesville
- This is a useful Charlottesville relocation map I did using Google’s MyMaps … and it’s what I do on real maps when I’m meeting with clients [click to continue…]

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The Daily Show on Financial “Reform”

by Jim on March 17, 2010

And how they do things that would get normal people fired.

It’s ten minutes. I know, but it’s worth it.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
In Dodd We Trust
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show
Full Episodes		 Political Humor Health Care Reform

And now ask yourself … why exactly should I feel bad about doing a short sale or foreclosure? And, why should my credit take a hit?

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The Onion Speaks – About Real Estate Signs

by Jim on March 16, 2010

I Wasn’t Going To Buy This House Until I Saw The Realtor’s Headshot On The Sign

Have you seen our signs?

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Maybe the City Should Just say No to the Meadowcreek Parkway

16 March 2010

Meadowcreek Parkway Staging Area in Albemarle County, along Rio Road Rather than drag this out any further , maybe the City of Charlottesville should just end the discussion and say they’re not going to support/build/move forward with their part of the Parkway. Just stand up for what you believe in and say no. (and pay VDOT back) It’s only been 43 years since they started talking about it . … Related reading: – The most comprehensive source for Meadowcreek Parkway information – Charlottesville Tomorrow – What if the Meadowcreek Parkway didn’t exist? (travel patterns and settlement patterns have changed in the past 40 years) – Heck, I’ve been writing about it since 2005 . (ignore the Daily Progress dead link) – Meadowcreek Parkway study by the Free Enterprise Forum * Photo courtesy of

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Charlottesville Real Estate Market Update – As of 15 March 2010

15 March 2010

Just a brief update on where we are in the Charlottesville real estate market –

What does the housing inventory volume look like in Charlottesville, Earlysville and Crozet? Here is a quarter-by-quarter comparison, this quarter versus last: PDFs:

…Here’s an interesting chart – percent of homes for sale in Charlottesville, Earlysville and Crozet that have been re-listed, as in, put back on the market so as to have the days on market reset.

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Daylight Saving Time Saves Pedestrians’ Lives

13 March 2010

DOT conservatively identified a 0.7% reduction in traffic fatalities during DST, and estimated the real reduction to be 1.5% to 2%, [58] but the 1976 NBS review of the DOT study found no differences in traffic fatalities. [39] In 1995 the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety estimated a reduction of 1.2%, including a 5% reduction in crashes fatal to pedestrians . … [59] Single/Double Summer Time (SDST), a variant where clocks are one hour ahead of the sun in winter and two in summer, has been projected to reduce traffic fatalities by 3% to 4% in the UK, compared to ordinary DST. … [62] A 2009 U.S. study found that on Mondays after the switch to DST, workers sleep an average of 40 minutes less, and are injured at work more often and more severely.

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Albemarle County Wants Google’s Fiber!

11 March 2010

Albemarle County, Charlottesville and the University of Virginia are putting in a joint application to bring Google Fiber for Communities to central Virginia, and we are looking for help from the community. … According to Google, “ In the same way that the transition from dial-up to broadband made possible the emergence of online video and countless other applications, ultra high-speed bandwidth will drive more innovation – in high-definition video, remote data storage, real-time multimedia collaboration, and others that we cannot yet imagine. … There are two ways to get involved:   First, Albemarle County, Charlottesville and the University of Virginia are jointly submitting a request to Google to be considered for this trial – you can help by filling in this brief survey to provide info that will be helpful in our submittal. http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform? formkey=dHdMd2hVVUwtbTQyNFVyYTFQaFFTcVE6MA Second, Google is accepting nominations from residents and community groups saying why Google Fiber should come to their area – visit the following link and make your best case for why we should be the selected region, Google has said that community support will be important in making their choice. http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options Links to both of these items are posted on the county and city websites, http://www.albemarle.org/googlefiber and www.charlottesville.org We need to submit our request by March 26, so we need survey responses and community nominations to be submitted by March 22.

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