Comments on: Charlottesville Real Estate Company Streamlines http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/ Tracking Charlottesville's Real Estate Market since 2005 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Is This The New Normal in the Charlottesville Real Estate Market? | RealCentralVA.com http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-31216 Is This The New Normal in the Charlottesville Real Estate Market? | RealCentralVA.com Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:22:34 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-31216 [...] a relatively small percentage of whom are productive ), the number of productive Realtors, the number of brokerages. The number of Realtors nationwide may be forecast to drop, but I don’t see [...] [...] a relatively small percentage of whom are productive ), the number of productive Realtors, the number of brokerages. The number of Realtors nationwide may be forecast to drop, but I don’t see [...]

]]> By: Utah Dave http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-26132 Utah Dave Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:40:19 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-26132 This has been my soap box. Big game is up for anybody right now. The big players are changing. This has been my soap box. Big game is up for anybody right now. The big players are changing.

]]> By: Jim Duncan http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-19340 Jim Duncan Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:20:27 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-19340 Thank you for your comment. I'm only interested in reporting news that affects our region. Please correct me if anything I wrote is inaccurate, and I will immediately correct/retract/clarify. As I said in my post, I see this only as a sign of the current economic times and that I'm confident that REIII will be just fine. *Edit - I removed the previous comment from another commenter at his request. I also removed the name from this comment. I know him and he's a friend, so I called him immediately and talked to him about the post, comment, etc. Thank you for your comment. I’m only interested in reporting news that affects our region. Please correct me if anything I wrote is inaccurate, and I will immediately correct/retract/clarify.

As I said in my post, I see this only as a sign of the current economic times and that I’m confident that REIII will be just fine.

*Edit – I removed the previous comment from another commenter at his request. I also removed the name from this comment. I know him and he’s a friend, so I called him immediately and talked to him about the post, comment, etc.

]]> By: The Hook News Blog » Blog Archive » RE III to close an office http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-19336 The Hook News Blog » Blog Archive » RE III to close an office Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:09:54 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-19336 [...] the biggest area realty firm, Real Estate III, has decided to do some office consolidation, an ardent property blogger reports. « City drops quest for parking company, authority Water Authority not ready for pipeline [...] [...] the biggest area realty firm, Real Estate III, has decided to do some office consolidation, an ardent property blogger reports. « City drops quest for parking company, authority Water Authority not ready for pipeline [...]

]]> By: Jim Duncan http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-19326 Jim Duncan Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:54:17 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-19326 Barbara - I do think that franchises are going to be diminished by the market shift. I am seeing more and more Realtors nationwide evolve from under the franchise umbrella and go out on their own. In doing so, they minimize (eliminate) the overhead associated with the "big-box" infrastructure and mentality. Coincidentally, I received an email from a local Realtor a few weeks ago asking just this question ... I'll answer it in a post early next week. Barbara -

I do think that franchises are going to be diminished by the market shift. I am seeing more and more Realtors nationwide evolve from under the franchise umbrella and go out on their own. In doing so, they minimize (eliminate) the overhead associated with the “big-box” infrastructure and mentality.

Coincidentally, I received an email from a local Realtor a few weeks ago asking just this question … I’ll answer it in a post early next week.

]]> By: Barbara McMurry http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-19323 Barbara McMurry Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:30:35 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-19323 Hi Jim, By big box I'm sure you don't mean franchises? Surely not- Hi Jim,
By big box I’m sure you don’t mean franchises? Surely not-

]]> By: Jim Duncan http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-19319 Jim Duncan Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:04:02 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-19319 I do wish I had been a fly on the wall this morning when they announced it to the full company ... some of the ones I've spoken to have been non-plussed to happy about the shift. I do wish I had been a fly on the wall this morning when they announced it to the full company … some of the ones I’ve spoken to have been non-plussed to happy about the shift.

]]> By: Charles McDonald http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-19318 Charles McDonald Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:00:44 +0000 http://www.realcentralva.com/2008/10/27/charlottesville-real-estate-company-streamlines/#comment-19318 You hit the nail on the head Jim. Like with a lot of businesses, the "nimble" companies will be able to "weather" the "storm" better... You hit the nail on the head Jim.
Like with a lot of businesses, the “nimble” companies will be able to “weather” the “storm” better…

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