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by Jim Duncan on October 4, 2006

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July 2009 (5)
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03: Really? Housing has Stabilized? (0)
03: Crozet Mudhouse – Will it Increase Property Values? (1)
01: New Disclosure Form and No Texting (2)
01: Blog Wayback – Future of Realtor.com, etc. (0)
01: Bundoran Farm (0)

June 2009 (22)
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29: Donate to Charlottesville Tomorrow (0)
28: Twitter Week in Review (0)
26: Sign Here and Don’t Bother Reading this Contract (I Haven’t) (0)
24: A Conversation about the Charlottesville Real Estate Market (0)
22: More and Better Pictures, Please (8)
21: Bundoran Farm – How All Development Should Be (5)
21: Twitter Week in Review (0)
18: It’s About PRICE (2)
17: Blog Wayback – Recycling in Albemarle? (2)
15: Who will Make This type of Video for Charlottesville? (3)
14: Nearly Mid-2009 Market Report for Charlottesville and Albemarle real estate market (6)
14: Eminent Domain in Charlottesville (0)
14: Twitter Week in Review (0)
12: Trader Joe’s Coming to Charlottesville (2)
09: Property Videos – What do Buyers Want? (7)
08: What’s an HVCC and How does it Affect the Real Estate Market? (5)
07: Twitter Week in Review (0)
04: Nest’s Signs Rock (3)
03: Blog Wayback – What is a Buyer’s Broker? (3)
02: Crozet Coffee Shops – Trailside Coffee in Old Trail (0)
01: Wireless on the Downtown Mall (0)
01: Financing a Home Inspection (4)

May 2009 (34)
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31: Twitter Week in Review (0)
29: The Mudhouse is Coming To Crozet (0)
28: Free Enterprise Forum’s Reality Check Report (2)
27: Charlottesville is Number Four on another List (0)
27: Photographs of Belmont in Charlottesville (0)
26: Real Estate Radio in Charlottesville – Recap (0)
26: Charlottesville Pie Down – Ridiculously Good Fun (0)
24: Question Your Charlottesville Realtor? (0)
24: Twitter Week in Review (0)
22: Diverse Solutions Speeds it up (0)
22: How Do you Define “Recovery”? (0)
21: Market Data Coming Soon (0)
20: Blog Wayback – You’re Going about It all Wrong – Or How to Search for Homes in Charlottesville (Without a Realtor) (0)
20: Single Agent Dual Agency – Do Consumers Care? (40)
19: Anyone Can Lose a Home (4)
18: Monday Morning Reading 18 May 2009 (0)
18: Newspapers and Realtors (2)
17: Twitter Week in Review (0)
15: Charlottesville Tweetups go Mainstream (0)
13: If Your Potential Realtor is Googling This (0)
12: Policy Maps in Charlottesville and Albemarle (3)
11: Monday Links – 11 May 2009 (0)
11: Times have Changed – Telling a Story (0)
08: Hinting at Nest’s Announcement (2)
08: FranklyMLS Working Again in Charlottesville (2)
08: New Resource for Realtors and Parents in Albemarle (0)
08: Cvillepedia – A Vast New Resource for Charlottesville and Albemarle (0)
06: Nest’s New Office Reflects our Philosophy (3)
06: Blog Wayback – Transparency in Real Estate Fees (0)
04: Search for Homes by Price Reduction (0)
04: Where is Albemarle Growing? (0)
03: Regal Theaters Doubt Charlottesville Can Build a Road (0)
03: Belvedere is Moving Along (0)
01: Discovering Bodo’s Bagels (4)

April 2009 (24)
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28: Realtors versus the MLS and the Real Estate Board (14)
27: Geobarn at Bundoran Farm (4)
27: Carnival of Real Estate (3)
24: Martha Jefferson Redevelopment Finds a Partner (3)
22: Blog Wayback – How Much Do I Charge For Sending Out a Referral (0)
21: What is RealCentralVA? (1)
21: Yeah, I’ll support Free Speech (0)
20: Upgraded Theme (0)
20: Re-Visiting Thursday’s Radio Appearance on WINA (0)
16: The National Geographic Likes Charlottesville (2)
16: MLS Search Not Working (9)
16: Transportation Survey (0)
16: Tune in – WINA Today (0)
13: Top 10 Charlottesville Bars (0)
13: Must Read Advice from Kris Berg (0)
13: First Quarter Market Report for Charlottesville and Albemarle (5)
12: Sold Properties by Property Type in Charlottesville and Albemarle (3)
12: Buy Local (17)
12: Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors’ 1st Quarter Market Report (1)
08: Blog Wayback – Revisiting Some of My Favorite Posts (0)
08: What Makes Living in Charlottesville Special? (0)
06: Shenandoah Joe’s on Ivy Road in Charlottesville (5)
03: Friday Links – 03 April 2009 (1)
02: How To Buy Homeowner’s Insurance (0)

March 2009 (29)
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31: What Do You Want to Know? (11)
29: Are Tweets Copyrightable? (0)
27: Diverse Solutions Introduces Partnership with Walkscore (3)
27: Hooray, Charlottesville is Number 11 (3)
26: CAAR Economic Summit – Localized Market Data (4)
25: Innovation, Emulation and Flattery (3)
24: Growth and Development (1)
21: Redefining Real Estate Signage in Charlottesville (11)
21: Nest’s New Signs (20)
18: UVA Match Day tomorrow – March 19 2009 (0)
18: Where is the Affordable Housing in Charlottesville and Albemarle? (3)
17: Online Crime Data for Charlottesville and Albemarle (1)
16: I’ll Take My Black-and-White View of Honor any Day (0)
16: Imagine the Possibilities for Real Estate (1)
13: You’re Going about It all Wrong – Or How to Search for Homes in Charlottesville (Without a Realtor) (20)
11: Speaking about Entrepreneurship and Encouraging Buyers’ Due Diligence (1)
10: Learning About Short Sales (6)
10: Searching for NGIC Jobs? (1)
09: OpenSpace Co-Working in Charlottesville (0)
09: What do These Cities have in Common with Charlottesville? (1)
07: Bloggers and Their Rights (4)
07: On McMansions and Location Variable Costs (0)
05: A Clarification on Today’s News Appearance (1)
05: Wrapping Up Yesterday’s WINA Appearance (0)
05: Thoughts on Negotiating Commissions (1)
05: Charlotesville and Albemarle Elections Are Getting Interesting (2)
04: Home Sales in Albemarle and Charlottesville Down (1)
04: Tune in to WINA today at 4:15 (0)
02: It’s a Mad, Mad Real Estate World (53)

February 2009 (31)
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27: Are You Kidding? (5)
26: Buyer Activity is Up in Charlottesville (24)
25: Entrepreneurial Career Advice (2)
23: Condos Are a Shifting Market – Even in Charlottesville and Albemarle (1)
22: Learning from the Bubble Blog (10)
20: On Confidence and Differentiation without Denigration (0)
20: Sued For Blogging about Publicly Available Information (2)
20: Moving to Charlottesville? (3)
19: Rant of the Year – Rick Santelli (10)
18: Albemarle County Property Tax Rate set to Increase (6)
17: Thoughts on Dual Agency (31)
16: First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit – 2009 (0)
16: A New Direction – Nest Realty Group (16)
15: Charlottesville Tweet Up – Wednesday 18 February (0)
15: Leading to Tomorrow’s Announcement (0)
13: Reflecting on Zillow’s Influence Over the Past Three Years (0)
12: Dog Friendly Hotels Around Charlottesville (0)
12: Upgraded to new Wordpress (0)
11: Two Short Sale Tips (5)
10: Stay Tuned (3)
09: Design and Context Matter (2)
07: Change is Afoot (0)
06: Fifteen Thousand Dollars (32)
05: First Wednesdays – Video (0)
05: Is There Radon in Charlottesville? (1)
04: Possibly Completely Unfounded Market Analysis (2)
03: Thoughts on IDX (4)
02: Billable Hours, Straight Commission, Hybrid or Both? (9)
02: No More Real Estate Signs in the Median? (0)
02: A Thought on Anonymous Comments (0)
01: Undersestimating the Demand For Recycling? (0)

January 2009 (50)
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30: Real Estate Brokers can Stop Learning After 15 Years (8)
28: Wednesday Morning Video (1)
28: Albemarle County Schools Closed Today (0)
27: Finding the Bridge between Those who Are Buying and Those who Are Not (3)
27: Albemarle County’s “County View” (0)
27: 5 Real Estate Myths (1)
26: Dammit, NAR (1)
26: Monday Morning Video (2)
26: Interesting New Virginia Environmental Blog (0)
26: Waldo got Subpoenaed (0)
24: From the Desk of “No Kidding” (0)
23: Buyers’ Recourse if Builder goes Bankrupt (2)
23: Why Aren’t You Buying RIGHT NOW? Part 1 (14)
22: UVA’s South Lawn Project (0)
22: Washington Post Recognizes Crozet’s Beer Trail (0)
22: Albemarle County Assessments are on the Horizon (2)
22: Free Range Neighborhoods – Designing Everyday Natural Places to Motivate Outdoor Play in a Risk Averse Society (3)
22: Revisiting Lowball Offers (2)
21: Test Video (1)
20: It’s All Confidential (1)
19: Notes From a Buyer Meeting (1)
19: Challenging the Status Quo (8)
17: Market Perspective from Twitter (2)
15: Did you Meet your Neighbors on Your Commute? (1)
14: Are You Buying – RIGHT NOW? (3)
14: Are You Paying Attention to the General Assembly? (0)
14: They Didn’t Move to Charlottesville, but They Sent me This (1)
14: If Realtor.com Can Do It, Can’t I? (16)
13: The Slums of Tomorrow Might Be here Today (9)
13: But Somehow I’m Supposed to Tell Sellers that Print Marketing Works? (0)
11: Server Maintenance Tomorrow Night (0)
10: What Do I Gain from Watching Incoming Visitors to My Blog? (0)
09: Four Seasons Development in Ruckersville Going to Auction (1)
09: Recap of Yesterday’s Radio on Charlottesville-Right Now! (1)
08: An Interesting Discussion About Train Service to and from Charlottesville (0)
08: Tune In To WINA Today at 4:15 (0)
08: Mark Your Calenders – Credit and Bankruptcy Lunch and Learn (0)
07: Shadow Inventory – What Will Its Impact Be on The Charlottesville Real Estate Market (5)
07: Charlottesville Foreclosures Study sheds Light on a Surprisingly Hidden Market (7)
06: If He’s the Whore, Who’s the Pimp? (4)
05: This Week’s Carnival of Real Estate (0)
04: Four Years of Blogging at RealCentralVA – And No End in Sight (11)
04: Hiatus Over – Wrapping up 2008 (0)
04: Not Only is the Downtown Mall Walkable (0)
03: Lowball Offers Aren’t Insulting (12)
03: Charlottesville Regional Housing Inventory Update for January 2009 (2)
03: 2009 Predictions (0)
02: 10 Mistakes Sellers Make (0)
02: Great Discussion on New Urbanism and Walkability (0)
02: Search For Homes With Basements in Charlottesville (4)

December 2008 (30)
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31: Church Hill, Weather Hill – Who’s Next? (2)
26: A Brief Hiatus on RealCentralVA (0)
24: Good News Reported about Future of Charlottesville’s Real Estate Market (0)
22: End of The Year Market Report for Charlottesville Region (13)
19: Shared Workspace in Charlottesville (5)
18: Where Are the Walkable Neighborhoods in Charlottesville/Albemarle? (3)
18: UVA Match Day 2009 – March 19 (0)
17: Google Transit in Charlottesville (1)
17: Search Tool Down (0)
15: Charlottesville Tweetup Roundup (9)
14: RealCentralVA is on Alltop (0)
13: Very Funny – “Housing Prices Only Go “UP!” (3)
13: Upgraded to Wordpress 2.7 (0)
11: Short Sales in Charlottesville – What Realtors (and Consumers) Need to Know (0)
11: Friday Links – 12-11-08 (0)
11: Upcoming Stories (1)
10: I Heart Woot (0)
09: A Must-Read “Tale of Two Foreclosures” (11)
08: Interview With Chris Schooley (0)
08: Charlottesville Builders – Local is Good (and Bad) (2)
07: A Few Infrastructure Discussions worth Paying Attention To (3)
06: Telling a Story of a House (0)
05: Cogent Analysis versus Self-Serving Advocacy (0)
04: Grinches in Charlottesville (1)
03: Charlottesville Tweet Up – 12 December (0)
03: Why Aren’t 100% of the listings in IDX? (1)
02: Foreclosures in Charlottesville Greater than Previously Known/Acknowledged (3)
02: Magnifying the Little Guy’s Voice (0)
01: What’s a Beme? (0)
01: Condolences (1)

November 2008 (29)
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30: Every Customer Counts (9)
28: When Forbes Says Charlottesville is Among The Best Educated Cities (0)
25: Builder’s Bankrupt – What about the Warranty? (11)
24: Inter-City Rail in Virginia! (1)
24: Charlottesville Regional Economy – Good, Bad and the Ugly (11)
24: Higher Loan Limits for the Charlottesville MSA (1)
22: Update on New MLS Search Tool (2)
21: Too Cynical to Post about the Foreclosure Christmas Presents (0)
21: A New Question for Sellers to Ask When Interviewing Listing Agents in Charlottesville (1)
19: The Toy Lift in Charlottesville (2)
18: Whole Foods Delayed? (0)
17: Are You a Complete Moron? (5)
17: Experience Pays (5)
15: Attention Realtor.com – Use Spell Check Please (4)
15: New Search Tool not Working (5)
14: Gas Station Coming to Crozet (0)
14: Wrapping Up Tuesday’s Radio Appearance (2)
13: Valleywag Notices Charlottesville (0)
11: As Promised – A New Way to Search For Homes in Charlottesville (9)
11: Get Ready for a Tax Hike, Albemarle County Residents (1)
10: Media Appearance – WINA Tuesday (2)
09: David Slutzky to Challenge Rob Bell? (0)
09: Blogging for Business Panel – Orlando Florida NAR 2008 (0)
09: What Makes a Great Hyper-Local Blog (3)
07: A New Way to Search for Homes In Charlottesville (0)
06: Going to Orlando Today for the Realtor Convention (0)
06: Getting Involved in Waynesboro (0)
03: Foreclosures in Charlottesville – Answers to some of the Questions (0)
03: Carnival of the Green # 152 (2)

October 2008 (38)
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31: Consistently Vacant Homes in Charlottesville Homes for Sale (2)
30: Nuggets of Knowledge (1)
29: Charlottesville Loses Something Hugely Valuable (5)
28: Agent Genius Spheres and News (0)
28: Charlottesville Realtor Association to write Neighborhood pages on Wikipedia (8)
27: Charlottesville Real Estate Company Streamlines (7)
27: New Appraisal Issues Affect Realtors (1)
27: Easy for Me, Useful for You (0)
26: I Can Think of Only a Couple Reasons to Delete Comments (8)
24: The New York Times spends 36 Hours in Charlottesville (0)
23: A Great Time to Buy! (a house in Charlottesville) (3)
23: Two Interesting Stories from Today’s HooK (1)
23: Just Give Us Your Money (0)
23: Play and Live with the Passion of a Kid (2)
21: “Just Get On with It Already” (0)
20: Hauser Homes offering Huge “Discounts” (0)
17: This is What a Foreclosure Auction Looks like in Charlottesville (3)
16: Election Day Traffic in Charlottesville area should be heavy (0)
16: Lots of Foreclosures in Today’s HooK (0)
16: From the Archives – Do Days on Market Matter? (2)
15: Realtors – Be Careful Whom you Follow On Twitter (20)
14: Economic Roundup, Starting with Jon Stewart (0)
13: Yes, Virginia, You CAN Get a Loan in Charlottesville (7)
12: Pat’s Take on the Crash (0)
11: “Official” Market Report Released (1)
10: No Crime Data for You! What are Charlottesville and Albemarle Afraid of? (4)
09: Updated Market Report for Charlottesville Region (2)
09: The Biggest Builder Foreclosure (so far) In Charlottesville (2)
08: Waynesboro and August Brief Market Report (0)
07: And You Wonder Why HOAs Get Bad Reputations (0)
07: Market Report Price Range test (0)
07: How Quickly do Social Media Directors Respond? (6)
06: Realtor Incentives, Nice Areas of Charlottesville and Dual Agency – pulled from search (0)
05: Register to Vote! (0)
03: Albemarle County now has TWO Curbside Recycling Options (2)
03: Note from Century 21 Mortgage (5)
01: Still Trying to Find a Correlation Between the Shift and the Residential Real Estate Market (9)
01: September Madness (0)

September 2008 (30)
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30: 30% “Discounts” on Condos in Charlottesville (7)
29: Trulia, Zillow, Cyberhomes or the Charlottesville MLS? (21)
29: A New Theme (8)
28: Learning About the Bailout (0)
25: Things to Do In and Around Charlottesville (0)
23: Read the Fine Print (13)
23: NGIC Employees can choose Their Own Buyer Representation (3)
23: C-Ville Gets it on Real Estate Blogs (0)
22: Bicycle Production on the Rise (0)
22: Buyers – Do your Due Diligence about School Districts (1)
18: Reader Question – Why No Western Bypass? (12)
17: (Other Peoples’) Thoughts on the Mortgage Crisis (4)
16: Download the Charlottesville Market Report (2)
16: Goodbye George (1)
16: From the Archives – Title Insurance and CLUE Reports (0)
15: Comments Feed for RealCentralVA Fixed (0)
15: New Reader Poll – Who Reads RealCentralVA? (0)
14: Charlottesville Area Needs More Sports Fields (0)
12: Where to Search for Rentals in Charlottesville (2)
11: Thank You Bluehost (4)
11: Albemarle Place is Back on Track – Take Two (0)
08: Divorced Commissons, Greg Swann Style (3)
08: (nearly) Third Quarter Market Report for Charlottesville Region (7)
05: Crap (8)
05: Better to Beg Forgiveness Than Ask Permission (2)
05: ACAC is Coming to Crozet (0)
04: Charlottesville Real Estate Market Report Coming Monday (0)
04: C-Ville Goes Green (0)
02: Posts With Enduring Interest – Just for Sellers (2)
02: We’ve Been in This Cycle For a Long Time (0)

August 2008 (33)
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29: RIP C-Ville By Owner (2)
28: No Roaming – What a Shame (6)
27: Belvedere will Survive (6)
27: New Construction, Median Sales Prices and Sales Volume for Central Virginia (0)
26: Charlottesville Has a Ton of Great Blogs (1)
25: A Sign of the Times – Short Sale in Old Trail (8)
25: Posts with Enduring Interest – Take Two – Just for Buyers (6)
24: WVTF Interview about Charlottesville’s High Rankings (2)
24: Unrelated to Real Estate – Complacency and Indifference (0)
22: RE Blog World – September 19 – Las Vegas (0)
22: That Someone Searched Google for this Depresses Me (0)
22: Charlottesville’s Rivanna Trail (1)
21: Third Quarter Market Report Coming Soon (0)
21: Choosing the Right Buyer’s Agent (2)
20: Going Green to Save Green (18)
19: The Bubble Blog Interviewed Me (1)
19: Tuesday Links – 08-18-2008 (1)
18: Charlottesville’s Bubble Bloggers – Part 2 (2)
18: Agent Update for 2008 (3)
17: Judging Realtors Based on their Blogs (2)
14: It All Depends on What you Consider Green (2)
14: How Did Saul get the NAR’s Notes? (3)
12: Signs the Real Estate Industry will be Better after the shakeup (0)
12: Best of C-Ville 2008 (4)
11: Charlottesville’s Bubble Bloggers Revealed – Part 1 (11)
07: Going Dark Friday (2)
07: Why Must the “Full Commission” Myth be Contantly Perpetuated? (4)
06: Links for August 07 2009 (3)
05: Comprehensive Interview with Charlottesville’s Bubble Blog (2)
04: What’s an Agent’s Reputation (Worth)? (2)
04: A Market “Retort” (7)
03: Caterpillar Playground (1)
01: If you want honest advice about your home, don’t listen to the people who are trying to make a living selling them (3)

July 2008 (44)
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31: Media Appearance on WINA Friday afternoon (0)
31: Will Sellers Believe Us Now? (1)
30: Number One! (0)
30: Ron Paul on the Housing Bailout Bill (1)
30: This is the Transparency that Smaller Builders need to Embrace (9)
30: Tear ‘Em Down (4)
30: Cautiously Realistic Motivation (1)
29: Where to Look For Government Contractor Jobs in Charlottesville (6)
28: Kevin Boer for NAR President (1)
28: Quick hits on the Bailout (6)
25: Rest in Peace Randy Pausch (1)
25: If You’re Not Reading Charlottesville Tomorrow (0)
25: Charlottesville Tweet-Up today at West Main (2)
25: Charlottesville is Healthy (0)
24: If You’re Planning to Buy New Construction in the Charlottesville Region (2)
23: Didn’t You Used to Do That for Free? (6)
23: No Inman Connect for Me this year (6)
22: Buyers Agents Uploading Photos of Others’ Listings (0)
22: Brilliant – a Comparative Realtor Analysis (1)
22: Bull Versus Bear – the Panel I’m Most Looking Forward To (1)
21: Podcast of Last Week’s Radio Appearance on WINA (0)
19: Thank you to the commenters on RealCentralVA (0)
18: Going to San Francisco Next Week (2)
18: Friday Links 07-18-08 (2)
17: Astute Economic Analysis (1)
16: Lawrence Yun on 4realz Thursday (2)
16: Media Appearance on Thursday 17 July (1)
16: Proof Twitter Works (1)
13: 2nd Quarter Market Update for Charlottesville Region (14)
11: Charlottesville Area Market Report for 1st Half 2008 Released (9)
11: Proof that Gas Prices are affecting buyers in Charlottesville area (4)
10: A Must-Read Story about Smoke Detectors (1)
10: The Best Comment on Charlottesville Government (0)
10: Charlottesville (Region) gets High Rankings (Again) (2)
09: RealCentralVA seen through Wordle (2)
09: Isn’t Hindsight a Wonderful Thing? (0)
08: A Cautionary Tale – Yet another Due Diligence Question for Buyers, Sellers and Realtors (5)
06: Recapping yesterday’s radio appearance discussing the Charlottesville Real Estate Market (5)
05: Albemarle now has Curbside Recycling (3)
04: Media Appearance on Sunday (3)
02: Are Green Homes the new “Trophy” Homes? (2)
02: A simple question leads to an interesting conversation (4)
02: Vacant Homes and Homeowners’ Insurance (5)
01: New Laws in Virginia become Effective Today (1)

June 2008 (46)
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30: Duplicate content in the RE.NET (6)
30: Social Media Explained and Expanded (0)
29: Green Financing reaches possible mainstreaming (1)
28: An Outstanding Conversation on the Unraveling of the Fringes (1)
28: Should Charlottesville be like Austin or Aspen? (3)
27: Friday Links – 06-27-2008 (2)
26: CHO Responds to Questions about their impending demise (0)
26: Does the Baby Convey? (5)
26: This is what I do not understand about the Virginia General Assembly (1)
25: For a Six Million Dollar Listing – Why Not Proofread? (1)
25: What are the Chances the Charlottesville Airport would Close? (7)
23: Why live in Downtown Charlottesville? (1)
23: Are homebuyers and sellers the only ones who need transportation? (4)
23: Charlottesville and Albemarle Sold properties by price range (4)
23: Riding to a few listings (1)
20: Where Will the Urban Cores Be? And why this Matters NOW (4)
19: If you don’t think gas prices are affecting buyers (2)
19: Real Cville – now taking comments (0)
19: Choosing the right buyer’s agent (11)
17: Tuesday links – 06-17-2008 (3)
16: A lifestyle shift – riding a bike (13)
16: Coming up this week on RealCentralVA – 16 June 2008 (2)
15: A thought on the current Realtor.com/AVM debate (0)
14: Walk Score and Zillow sitting in a tree (0)
13: RSS Pieces provides a rundown of how ePerks is destroying its own reputation (7)
13: Podcast of Tuesday’s Radio appearance (1)
13: Transportation Town Hall on Monday (0)
13: Street View in Charlottesville (6)
12: Fun with Search results (0)
11: Albemarle County might minimize transparent government (3)
09: Charlottesville Area Market Update – June 2008 (15)
08: Charlottesville has its own Bubble Blog! (8)
08: One line market observation (0)
07: Meme’d (1)
06: Charlottesville market report coming Monday (0)
05: I’ll be on WINA radio Monday (0)
05: Government’s not going to do it – so why not Google? (4)
04: What’s outside the window? (3)
04: Who’s going to be first? (6)
03: Charlottesville’s Festival of the Photograph (0)
03: I have no idea how often the train goes by your house – and here’s why (0)
03: Reduce density in Downtown Charlottesville? (0)
02: The 93rd Carnival of Real Estate (0)
02: Coming up this week (0)
02: Economic Summit in Charlottesville this September (0)
01: Proximity to rail equals higher property values? (2)

May 2008 (31)
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30: Getting a loan is about to get harder (0)
30: One thing that absolutely must be fixed on the new Realtor.com (2)
29: How much do I charge for sending out a referral? (10)
28: Negotiate anything (1)
28: What the DOJ-NAR settlement means for me (11)
27: Tracking Gen Y in real estate (1)
26: Take Charlottesville’s Art In Place to a different place (0)
26: Could this be part of the future of transportation? (0)
22: Policy Maps for today’s real estate consumer (4)
21: Apparently Charlottesville real estate is overpriced (12)
21: Best listing remarks of the day (2)
21: Wednesday links 05-21-2008 (1)
19: Foreclosures in Charlottesville and Albemarle (5)
18: Words all home sellers and listing agents should read (1)
18: Anyone in the Charlottesville media want to localize this story? (1)
16: A 30 second review of the new Realtor dot com (2)
16: Declining Market? Not so much (5)
15: Median Housing Prices for Central Virginia (3)
14: Light blogging this week (2)
14: Curious whether any Charlottesville HOAs restrict solar panels (7)
12: Bike Week in Charlottesville (1)
09: Darden’s Dean is blogging (0)
08: Why is this concept so hard to understand? (4)
08: What if the Meadowcreek Parkway didn’t exist? (8)
07: This is a test – it is only a test (of print advertising) (9)
06: Reader Question – What do you think about Fifeville? (5)
05: Reader question – five hundred thousand to one million dollar properties? (2)
04: Condos in Charlottesville (2)
01: What’s a mortgage broker to do? (6)
01: Do you Google people you meet? (5)
01: My favorite disclosure of the day (0)

April 2008 (44)
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30: C-Ville’s blog is live (0)
30: Charlottesville’s Coffee Shops (2)
30: Surprised that Yun’s candor wasn’t noticed (10)
28: Monday Reading 04-28-2008 (3)
28: Why Good Realtors Hate Bad MLS Data (0)
28: What will MLS data standards do for the consumers? (4)
26: The lending environment is getting even more challenging (1)
26: Upgraded to Wordpress 2.5.1.1 (0)
25: The Solution to Sprawl (17)
24: C-Ville has a blog (2)
24: 92 acres for One Million Dollars in Albemarle County (0)
24: Transparent politics in Virginia (0)
23: Where’s Charlottesville in the Case-Shiller index? (4)
23: This is the type of economic news that is concerning (3)
22: Kudos to Glenn Kelman (2)
22: Putting statistics into context that matters (0)
22: Earth Day links (2)
22: And possibly the other shoe in the condo (conversion) market (1)
21: Some good news (5)
20: CFL Lightbulbs in Plain English (6)
17: Charlottesville Earthcraft Homes tour – and a brief riff on “is blogging advertising?” (9)
16: Trulia is “new”? (0)
15: Question from a reader regarding Charlottesville area foreclosures (7)
14: Irony (0)
13: Upgraded to Wordpress 2.5 tonight (1)
13: “Official” Real estate Market report for Charlottesville area (2)
11: Online buyers’ habits changing (4)
11: Be careful picking your lender (0)
11: Real estate Market report for Waynesboro and Augusta (1)
11: Search provides insight into readers’ minds (0)
10: Twitter insight of the day (4)
10: Afternoon Links (0)
09: Great story on Belvedere in Charlottesville (0)
08: I’m reading the Daily Progress less and less (23)
07: Charlottesville area real estate market update – 1st Quarter 2008 (6)
07: The Carnival of Real Estate #85 (11)
07: Sellers are watching – and commenting (1)
04: The Social Internet (2)
04: Coming up Monday (0)
03: “Without forecasts, we don’t look credible” (9)
03: Why Belvedere? (0)
02: Do Realtors have a Board of Ethics? (1)
01: Want to know how many subprime and Alt-A mortgages there are in Charlottesville? (1)
01: Should you disclose a disruptive neighbor? (5)

March 2008 (52)
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31: It’s our money, darn it! (6)
29: A GREAT MLS stat for today (1)
29: Turn out the lights tonight (0)
28: Richmond has Google Street view (0)
27: Building a home in Belvedere (6)
27: “Won’t budge on the price” (2)
26: Charlottesville is #9 (1)
26: I can’t make it to RETech South (1)
26: The Free Enterprise Forum has a blog (0)
25: The Single-agent Dual Agency debate is revitalized at VARBuzz (5)
25: If you don’t own it, it’s going to change (0)
24: If you’re thinking about blogging about real estate (9)
24: Grasping at any good news I can find (8)
24: Monday Links 03-24-2008 (0)
24: The Charlottesville economy – up or down? (0)
23: RESPA reform in the spotlight (2)
23: You weren’t meant to have a boss (1)
21: A match day loss and possible substantial gain (1)
20: Notes from a mortgage broker in Charlottesville (3)
20: A brief lesson in reputation management (0)
20: Buy Local, save money (and energy) (2)
19: Getting ready for Match Day March 20th (1)
18: My blog as a Magic 8 ball (0)
18: That’s right – raise taxes (6)
17: Media appearance – WINA this afternoon and a brief Charlottesville market update (6)
17: I alluded to it last week – Lunch with Lawrence Yun (3)
17: The Carnival of Real Estate (1)
14: It’s Sweet Sixteen time in the Blog Brawl (2)
14: Charlottesville is like Haight Street? (0)
14: If you could ask Lawrence Yun a question, what would it be? (4)
13: A note regarding my meebo widget (5)
13: “I guess I’ve got the traffic, and now I’ve got the convenience” (5)
12: Seeking a defense of Single-Agent Dual Agency (0)
11: Lawrence Yun, thank you for speaking the truth about too many Realtors (7)
11: Complacency (1)
11: Buying new construction without a Realtor? Read this first! (17)
11: If you don’t ask, you never learn (0)
10: Drop visual tours as a marketing tool? (18)
10: Zip codes don’t work for real estate searching (2)
10: Charlottesville has an expanding economy (2)
10: Round 2 of the Blog Brawl (4)
09: Media appearance in Charlottesville on Monday afternoon (0)
08: Divorced commissions come to Charlottesville! (12)
06: Notes on this morning’s presentation to Charlottesville Realtors (9)
06: Thank you, Ken Boyd (7)
06: Latch on to any glimmer of confidence you can (0)
05: Seeing is believing (2)
04: Quick Charlottesville Inventory update (0)
04: Cut mine in half, please (8)
03: Carnival of Real Estate #80 (0)
03: A reason I’m proud to be a member of the Virginia Association of Realtors (1)
02: 1600+ real estate blogs (1)

February 2008 (69)
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29: Sunlight, water, growth and credible appraisals (0)
29: Central Virginia real estate market not distressed (yet) (1)
29: A little competition is healthy (0)
29: Fiber in Nelson County? (0)
28: Pulled from the comments – national data’s local impact (7)
27: How not to sell your house (12)
27: If they pass the Tipping Point (1)
26: Tuesday links 02-26-2008 (2)
25: Delaying posting market data (3)
25: A great comment on mass transit in Central Virginia (2)
24: What is the timeframe for the new FHA loan limits to be available for consumers? (3)
24: Charlottesville Foreclosures – not that bad (13)
23: A note to builders in the Charlottesville area (2)
22: Why Should You Use a Realtor instead of a Builder Sales Agent? (8)
22: Too short-sighted for our own good? (1)
22: Cool photo of Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall (2)
21: Another shovel digs Realtor.com’s grave (1)
21: Seriously, green homes make sense (12)
21: Thursday Links 02-21-2008 (0)
20: Even more candor from the National Association of Realtors (4)
20: Realogy sends (more) listings to Zillow – so what? (5)
19: I love that I come up first for this search in Google (0)
19: Location, location, location (1)
19: Image stabilizer for real estate photography (4)
18: Readers aren’t leads (0)
18: Bus Rapid Transit in CharlAlbemarle? (2)
18: Stupid is as stupid does (7)
17: This is exactly what the NAR should be doing (3)
16: There has to be a better way to market a house (5)
16: The Subprime Mortgage situation explained (1)
15: Shifting Charlottesville housing market claims victims (0)
15: What a difference six months make (in blogging) (3)
15: Government = Higher Housing prices (1)
15: Transfer of Development Rights bill moves forward (1)
14: FHA Loan limits’ increase potential impact on the Charlottesville market (2)
14: RealCentralVA is #30 real estate blog (5)
13: Best/Worst Headline of the Day (0)
13: Housing prices likely to stay stagnant? (12)
12: Hopefully, they’ll study the consultant’s recommendation (2)
12: If NAR spends so much money on PR (0)
12: Virginia Realtors’ conference this week (2)
12: Vote today (0)
11: We’re lucky to have great GIS in Albemarle (0)
11: Serious questions for real estate agents (0)
11: The 10 Rules to blog by (1)
09: More on SB 768 (8)
08: At what point is it cheaper to walk away? (0)
08: “SB768: Conditional zoning; replaces cash proffer system with system of impact fees.” (6)
08: If the public doesn’t speak, don’t complain (0)
07: Thursday thoughts – 2 February 2008 (2)
07: Rural Area Protection measures pass in Albemarle County (4)
06: The CNBC curse? (11)
06: Proffers, impact fees, market update, pricing land and more (0)
06: Realtor Hyperbole in perspective (0)
06: Daily Progress has a commuter’s update (0)
05: Upgraded WordPress (0)
05: Tune into WINA this afternoon (0)
05: There’s more to Waynesboro than (relatively) cheaper houses (0)
05: Charlottesville real estate market update for January (2)
05: Environmentalists with a sense of humor (0)
04: Pulled from the comments – More on Dual Agency (3)
04: Real estate is a gamble (9)
03: Instead of a Monorail in Charlottesville (4)
03: Growth and building data for Albemarle County (0)
03: Why take a Buyer’s Agent to new construction? (3)
02: You think Albemarle and Charlottesville’s reassessments hurt the budget? (1)
02: “Suing for lack of competence” (2)
01: Property taxes in Albemarle and a Streetcar in Charlottesville (5)
01: Rumors and expectations of the Realtors’ demise were greatly exaggerated (2)

January 2008 (70)
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31: I don’t like being first for this search term (1)
31: The Wall Street Journal gets it right on commissions (6)
31: Sorry, you can’t use that fireplace (2)
30: Three biggest stories in the past 7 days (0)
30: “A” is a pretty good grade, no? (0)
29: The market is working it out (2)
29: Albemarle County property assessments are out (1)
29: What happens if Charlottesville becomes a “declining market”? (2)
28: Quick housing inventory update for Charlottesville real estate market (0)
28: Vacant House update for Charlottesville area (1)
28: “A remarkable lack of spin by Mr. Yun” (7)
28: UVA Match Day is March 20 2008 (5)
28: “The Subprime Problem is Contained” (3)
27: Podcast posted – The State of the Charlottesville real estate market (0)
27: For your Sunday discussion (1)
26: Albemarle Place Changes Ownership?
26: Richmond’s feeling left out of the musical circus (2)
25: Realtors gaming the MLS (23)
25: Lawrence Yun in a fit of candor (5)
24: Who’s the first to Roost in Charlottesville? (1)
24: A new contact form
24: Domain names as part of a real estate contract? (8)
23: Albemarle County assessments are being mailed Friday (2)
23: From $90k to $400k
23: I learned a new term yesterday (2)
22: Showing in Waynesboro (1)
22: Never look at it (2)
21: Recap of Sunday’s show on Charlottesville real estate and economy (5)
20: Questions for today’s radio show (1)
20: One of the differences between Albemarle and Greene Counties (12)
19: A symptom or a cause? (5)
18: Quick market update for Charlottesville MSA (1)
18: A primer on the ever-changing mortgage market (3)
18: Real estate radio in Charlottesville on Sunday (1)
18: A bigger Charlottesville airport (3)
18: As a follow-up to my change post
17: Banning plastic bags in Virginia? (3)
16: This is why I tell my clients that everything can change (3)
16: “A C-SPAN that covers local meetings” (1)
16: Truncated Macworld Keynote
16: Wednesday links 01-16-2008
14: Hang out with the cool kids
14: Get ready for real estate assessments in Albemarle County (7)
13: Death by a thousand cuts (1)
13: Charlottesville area housing market report (2)
13: What’s holding the local real estate market back? (7)
13: Local economic outlook
12: Which photo would you use? (10)
12: Charlottesville Area Market Report for 2007
11: Bull versus Bear (1)
11: Check your school district before you buy (3)
10: Zillow might be right(er) (11)
10: A new Charlottesville green site
09: Today’s C-Ville Weekly
09: What good is a real estate blog? (1)
09: Smarter customers are the goal (1)
09: Inventory reduction sale in Charlottesville (3)
08: Tuesday links 01-08-2008 (2)
07: Speaking in New York City this week (4)
05: Tracking local politics that affect the real estate market (1)
05: Being number one for this search is good
04: Would you buy a house with this HOA restriction? (14)
04: I am not a lead (2)
04: Three years of blogging (9)
04: Appearance on local TV in Charlottesville (4)
03: More foreclosures than we’re used to (1)
03: Charlottesville Housing Inventory for the start of 2008 (10)
03: End of year Realtor stats for the Charlottesville area (2)
02: Focusing on the wrong tools (7)
01: Google’s speedy indexing of pages not always a good thing (13)

December 2007 (43)
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31: Track bills with ease in Virginia
31: A dubious argument (3)
30: Representing two buyers on the same house? (3)
30: Everyone should read this editorial
30: Who says microblogging isn’t effective?
29: Attempted Censorship or misguided public official? (7)
28: Positive housing news from mainstream media (2)
27: Greening incentives for new construction and renovations in Charlottesville
27: cVillain’s “best of” 2007
27: It appears people are trying to assess the Charlottesville real estate market
26: Private Malls are “public” places
26: Three things for Wednesday
26: Real estate blogs are international (1)
26: Learn about the FairTax (1)
23: Great discussion on Charlottesville development
21: The NAR Gateway – Preliminary report released (3)
21: The HooK’s recap of 2007
20: Are (real estate) blogs commercial? (1)
20: Know something good when you see it
20: Not sure that I like the ads on the new Realtor.com beta (2)
20: Links for 20 December 2007 (1)
19: Assessments, property taxes and shifting market values in Albemarle County (5)
19: The commercial real estate landscape changes again in Cville (1)
19: 19,000 square feet
17: Dropping prices, new construction and the inherent risk in a changing market (4)
17: Growth, wine and 2 billion dollars (1)
17: Monday’s the day for builder incentives (1)
17: New version of Askimet
17: A new limited service rule
14: Friday links 12-14-2007
14: What’s a builder to do? (6)
13: It’s a great time to buy a house (1)
13: Fragmented search with Zillow and Trulia (11)
12: Central Virginia regional real estate market update
11: Realtors spend too much time discrediting Lawrence Yun (9)
10: Clarifying my stance against Dual Agency (10)
10: Virginia General Assembly 2008 (3)
07: Builders are pro-illegal immigration? (6)
07: Friday links – 07 December 2007 (1)
05: Toy lift needs Help (1)
04: What are the arguments against Divorcing the Commission? (12)
04: Representation isn’t free (2)
03: Shifting liability

November 2007 (45)
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30: What’s a blog? (5)
30: Why Use a Realtor – decoding NAR-speak (6)
29: Thursday links 11-29-2007
28: Passionate real estate representation (3)
27: Take the Recycling Survey
27: Charlottesville’s Town Centers (14)
26: The NAR Gateway inches out of the box (3)
26: Lest you get the impression that things aren’t selling (5)
23: Trulia says – Two Foreclosures in Charlottesville?
23: Sorry about all the spam (1)
22: Seen in the search results
21: The first significant builder “transition” in Charlottesville (9)
21: Housing and tech in Charlottesville (1)
21: How do you determine the cost of doing nothing? (1)
19: Define “readily apparent” for consumers (1)
19: Light week of blogging
17: We’re all dealing with less money
16: Add MLS Data to the mix, and you’ve got a winner (4)
16: Rail coming to Charlottesville
15: Politics and the housing market (2)
13: Recapping the Albemarle BoS Elections (1)
12: Should be on your radar (3)
12: More on transparency in Realtor fees (10)
12: Toy Lift 2007 in Charlottesville (1)
12: No Vegas for me this year
12: October Market Report for Charlottesville/Albemarle (6)
09: Charlottesville relocation map (4)
09: A word on Trulia’s new features (4)
09: Proffers, timing, smart growth and questions (5)
09: One taker on my blogging offer for politicians
07: Stability in College Towns
06: Best line of the day (1)
05: What happens after the baby boomers? Take Two (7)
05: Monday Links 11-05-2007
05: Vote tomorrow
05: The greening continues (1)
05: Make sure you open all the doors (1)
05: Why write for the Bloodhound?
04: Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2008
04: Albemarle’s Third Quarter Building Permit report
02: A big day (6)
02: Media Appearance 11-01-2007 (4)
01: Vacancies, foreclosures and opportunity in Charlottesville
01: Then why aren’t the students going?
01: Builders hurting in Charlottesville

October 2007 (68)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Big donations in Albemarle politics (1)
31: They might be dropping the Fed Funds rate – so what? (7)
31: Rumors of Albemarle Place’s demise are greatly exaggerated (3)
30: Tuesday links 10-30-2007
29: Rah Virginia Mil
29: Are you willing to martyr yourself to the industry? (6)
29: 10 ways to make your home greener (1)
28: WP 2.3.1 broke my theme in IE7 (8)
28: No better science than you’ll find in Vegas (7)
26: An offer for politicians who blog in CharlAlbemarle (3)
25: NAR does good
23: Square footage, Bankruptcies and Campaign funds (2)
23: A follow up on Cyberhomes/AOL (2)
23: November Referendum on Growth in Albemarle
23: Keeping it all in perspective
22: The Carnival and the Odysseus medal come to Charlottesville
22: Cyberhomes and Realtor.com (7)
22: Marketing real estate internationally (1)
21: Where did Albemarle Place’s site go? (2)
21: Treehugger doesn’t like Charlottesville’s water conservation efforts (1)
20: Saturday links – 20 October 2007
20: My entire blog – stolen by a splog (6)
19: $270,000,000 (7)
19: 50 years of cul de sacs
19: Whither false blame? (8)
19: Journalist or Realtor?
18: Ryan Homes is not in Belvedere
18: So much misinformation about Realtors it’s almost comical (9)
17: Green building in Charlottesville is about to (hopefully) take a major step forward
17: Lower housing starts is a great thing
17: Efficiency in Government in Albemarle (2)
17: Are Libertarians gaining traction in Central Virginia?
16: Water supply and drought in Central Virginia
16: NAR stepping into wildly unknown territory (2)
16: How do we think and learn? (2)
15: Carnival of Real estate is up
15: Welcome new readers
15: Blog Action Day 2007 – My 2 cents (1)
15: 3rd Quarter Market report for Charlottesville area real estate market
14: Hindsight is 20/20
12: Open Houses in Charlottesville – 13/14 October 2007
12: We don’t need studies. We need action. We need a plan. (2)
12: Friday Links – 12 October 2007
11: Why print advertising doesn’t make sense
11: Agent bubble update (4)
11: Belvedere roundup (2)
11: September real estate market data for the Charlottesville region (6)
10: Quick market update for the Charlottesville region (3)
10: Putting real estate competition in perspective (3)
09: Question from a reader regarding Zip Realty (4)
08: Monday links 08 October 2007
08: Print? What’s that? (1)
08: Upcoming this week on RealCentralVA
08: Three thousand square feet (5)
08: Community Forum on Lending – Why do African Americans pay more in Central Virginia? Part 4 (1)
07: Community Forum on Lending – Why do African Americans pay more in Central Virginia? Part 3 of 4
06: Community Forum on Lending – Why do African Americans pay more in Central Virginia? Part 2 of 4
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06: Upgraded to Wordpress 2.3 (9)
05: Charlottesville Community Forum on Lending – Why do African Americans pay more in Central Virginia?
05: Open houses in the Charlottesville area this weekend
05: Does community involvement matter to consumers?
04: Top Real estate bloggers named by Inman (3)
04: Realtors working against themselves
03: Growth issues abound in Charlottesville and Albemarle (1)
03: Light blogging this week
01: Collaborating in real time (3)
01: And you wonder why NAR is suffering a credibility problem? (4)
01: Hop on the bus, gus (2)

September 2007 (44)
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30: Active Rain versus Move – for the layman (2)
28: What would this do to the Realtor world? (2)
26: If we could all set our budgets the way government does (2)
25: Mistakes made in real estate blogging? (5)
25: National indicators that I’m reading today (and a brief market update) (3)
25: Blog down-time (2)
25: It’s about Context
25: Agent 2.0
24: A family in need (4)
24: 60th Carnival of Real Estate
24: Inventory levels of housing in the Charlottesville Region (1)
24: Buying and Selling Real Estate in Central Virginia (3)
21: The Fall Newsletter (2)
20: Media appearance – WNRN this Sunday (2)
20: The HooK’s Green edition
20: Another reason blog “leads” are better
19: Pulled from the comments of one of last week’s stories – Albemarle growth and appreciation (2)
19: Attention Charlottesville Realtors – market your property to international clients, too
18: A foray into Albemarle politics (2)
18: Yet another reason to dislike Realtor.com (9)
18: A few links for Tuesday morning
17: The MLS conversation expands (2)
17: Another sign of a less transient market in Charlottesville
16: August’s housing numbers for the Charlottesville region
13: How to Choose an ethical lender (1)
13: Check out the HooK’s new site
12: How to explain the mortgage crisis to an 8th Grader
11: Albemarle County BoS Candidate interviews (1)
11: Virginia Real Estate BloggerCon (1)
11: Getting ready for another MLS PAG (5)
11: Upgraded Worpress
10: Carnival of real estate #58
10: Countrywide in the Charlottesville market
10: What should the Martha Jefferson neighborhood look like? (1)
10: Foreclosures, Charlottesville and CNBC (3)
06: Housing appreciation in the Charlottesville region – second quarter 2007 (8)
06: VAR Reaches out – Part 3 of 3 (5)
05: Jott gets even better (2)
05: What if I see something the inspector doesn’t see? (1)
05: Virginia Association of Realtors reaches out – Part 2 of 3
04: A new urbanist design that facilitates social drinking – brilliant.
04: An update on a “million dollar home”
04: Virginia Association of Realtors steps into the Web 2.0 world – Part 1 of 3 (3)
02: And you wonder why transit hasn’t gained traction in the Charlottesville area?

August 2007 (48)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: How to differentiate your home from the competition (2)
30: Green Links for Thursday 30 August (2)
29: Secret Agent Ken Boyd
29: Transparency in government and real estate (1)
28: Charlottesville gets ranked highly again
27: Condo conversions in the Charlottesville area (2)
27: Monday links 26 August 2007 (3)
27: What will the shift do to real estate consumers’ psychology? (2)
25: Have gas? Here’s a lawsuit
24: Helping out a good cause – Charlottesville Muscular Dystrophy Association (1)
23: There is a flip side to everything (2)
23: Google down? (1)
23: Go to hell, relo company (3)
22: Bacn!
22: There are no little deals (1)
22: Notes from the frontline (5)
21: Tuesday links 21 August 2007 (2)
20: Blog Action Day – 15 October 2007 (3)
20: Light blogging this week
17: Something all Realtors and sellers should read (8)
17: Insight into blog readers’ minds
17: Mid-Year numbers for Charlottesville Realtors
15: A Google map for every blog (1)
15: Soccer schedules, local elections and affordability – 08-15-2007 (4)
14: Real estate professionals better start saving (1)
14: How are San Francisco and Charlottesville alike?
14: A macro view versus the reality of million dollar homes in Charlottesville (4)
13: Carnival of real estate #54
13: The Power of positive thinking
13: Morning links 08-13-2007
10: Builder incentives in the Charlottesville real estate market (3)
09: July’s housing numbers for the Charlottesville region (2)
09: American Home Mortgage’s impact on the Charlottesville Market
09: Stephen Colbert and Jim Cramer on the subprime market – “we have Armageddon!” (3)
08: Taking Charlottesville wine stores to the next level
08: Some of the factors impacting the Charlottesville real estate market
07: Charlottesville is Green
07: The HooK’s Annual Manual
07: 10 Easy green tips for Charlottesville
07: What do we do if the population exceeds optimal levels? (1)
07: Just because it’s on a wall doesn’t mean it’s art
06: 2000 posts (8)
06: Upcoming stories this week
04: Saturday Links 08-04-2007 (1)
04: What did I learn at Inman Connect that I couldn’t have learned if I hadn’t gone? (1)
02: Notes on Inman Connect Part 2 (1)
02: Notes from Inman Connect Part 1 (1)
01: Setting clients’ expectations is crucial (1)

July 2007 (63)
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31: My first lead call from Youtube (2)
31: These cities may have green condos, but Charlottesville will have a LEED-certified development (2)
31: Off to San Francisco
30: Monday Links – 07-30-2007 (1)
30: Charlynar Homes update (1)
30: If you want to know about growth issues in Charlottesville/Albemarle
30: The state of the Charlottesville market – or a coincidence?
27: Quick market update for Charlottesville/Albemarle
27: If you’re not offending someone, you’re doing something wrong (3)
27: What to do with photographs when you lose a listing (1)
27: Friday Links – 27 July 2007
27: Where is your traffic coming from? (1)
25: Perhaps the nicest thing ever written about me (7)
25: The web is changing accountability – for everybody
24: Tuesday links 07-24-2007 (2)
24: The perils of being quoted in the media in Charlottesville (4)
24: Upgraded WP
23: The Carnival of Real Estate #51 (2)
23: Crafty SEO tactics for real estate bloggers (1)
20: Is real estate blogging advertising? (9)
20: Friday Links 07-20-2007 (1)
18: The death knell for print real estate advertising
18: Blogging 101 for Charlottesville (2)
18: Stephen Colbert on the housing downturn
17: A big thanks regarding my logo (7)
17: Media appearance tomorrow morning
17: Really, Al Roker? (1)
17: Tuesday links 07-17-2007
17: CharlAlbemarle’s infrastructure problems summed up in one quote (2)
16: Jim Duncan to Speak at Inman News Real Estate Connect San Francisco 2007
16: More on separating the commissions (2)
16: Charlottesville used to be #1 (1)
16: Final Logo for RealCentralVA (10)
16: Charlottesville first-half market update to be released today (5)
16: On-Demand information is a necessity (2)
13: When writing about the Charlottesville real estate market
13: 47% of Americans have broadband – why does it matter to Realtors?
12: Charlottesville MSA apparently is a risky place to get a loan if you’re a minority (9)
12: Good and bad Charlottesville lists
12: I’m glad my site comes up #1 for this
11: Market Perspective for the Charlottesville region
11: Quick Market summary for Charlottesville & Albemarle
11: Wednesday links 7-11-2007 (1)
11: A logo for RealCentralVA.com – reworked (7)
10: Got Pownce
10: Steering buyers’ agents (4)
10: Two Carnivals
09: A glut of condos in Charlottesville (3)
09: Quick market update for Charlottesville
09: Rivanna Trails map
08: A logo for RealCentralVA.com (5)
08: Just a note on subscribing to RealCentralVA via email
06: What does a franchise bring to the table?
05: Blog Tour USA in Charlottesville! (2)
05: kijiji in Cville (1)
03: New subscription plugin (3)
03: New Disclaimer/Disclosure forms in Virginia
02: eNeighborhoods MLS Alliance – pros and cons? (7)
02: Using mobile phones to track … pretty much everything
02: Tracking real estate stocks – Google Finance Style (4)
02: “Public” private property
02: Google 411 gets better
01: OpenHouse.com – what a waste

June 2007 (45)
Detailed Monthly Archive

29: One Billion Dollars
29: Home Sales down in Charlottesville – expanded
28: Gated communities (1)
28: A case for transparent government in Albemarle
27: How a heat pump works (1)
25: “Family Friendly” Fair housing questions Realtors cannot answer (3)
25: June’s last Carnival of Real Estate
24: Thoughts on vacation so far (1)
22: Does blogging get clients? (3)
22: A sustainable University and beyond
22: Realtor competence at an all-time low (7)
22: The changing news cycle
21: For all Charlottesville agents, buyers and sellers (5)
21: If you’re interested in real estate blogging (3)
21: Thursday links – 06-21-2007
19: All the agents wanted my business! (2)
18: State of the nation’s housing
18: Charlottesville Neighborhoods – Woolen Mills (2)
18: One of the best real estate resources on the web
17: Interest rates in the Charlottesville area
16: Building credibility takes time (4)
15: Earthcraft in Charlottesville
15: What is Zillow up to? (1)
14: Ten mistakes buyers make (1)
13: Market demand for green building in Charlottesville (3)
13: NAR’s greatest mistake (6)
12: Goin’ to San Francisco (9)
12: Tuesday links 06-12-2007
11: Have your say on proffers in Albemarle (1)
10: Real estate Sunday in the Daily Progress – a deeper look at the housing numbers (5)
09: Newspapers remain (somewhat) dead (4)
08: FSBOs in Charlottesville? (1)
08: Putting Charlottesville traffic in perspective (4)
08: Feel free to vote for me
06: My favorite search term of the day (3)
06: Highlights of 2007 national real estate forecasts (and changes)
06: Albemarle Place delayed at least a year (4)
05: Turtle Creek condo market update
04: Do they know Whole Foods is moving?
04: You’re buying your Monday mornings (3)
04: Realtors under 25 in Charlottesville? (4)
04: My own little green carnival
03: If there were more with this passion
02: An interview with Curbplaces.com (1)
01: Charlottesville MSA real estate still appreciating

May 2007 (54)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Nearly mid-year market data for Charlottesville and Albemarle (1)
31: Get involved, darn it (2)
31: When do we call it a disaster?
31: Staging your home
30: Wednesday links 05-30-2007
29: Carnival of real estate #44
29: Century 21’s new ad (1)
29: Free rides in the City
28: Changed the search feature on the blog (3)
28: Exceptional customer service (1)
27: Record foreclosures in the Charlottesville area? (4)
26: Albemarle’s growth so far this year
25: Friday links – 05-25-2007 (1)
24: EcoBroker in the news (1)
23: Google’s domination continues
23: Real estate will always be local (2)
23: Priced below assessment
23: Charlottesville Green Carnival
21: A call for an end Cooperative Compensation (19)
21: Monday Links 05-21-2007 (2)
21: A new theme (9)
18: What are the limits of the MLS? (2)
18: Another Charlottesville-area green development (2)
17: CurbedPlaces continues to improve (7)
16: Realtors are techno-phobes?
16: Smart growth is stupid
15: Finally! We are really no longer the #1 place to live
15: Dual Agency, selling advice and how to avoid getting sued (4)
15: Targeting condos at specific demographics (5)
14: Brief comment on RedFin (5)
14: Monday links – 05-14-2007 (2)
13: Good to know
13: One way to lasting credibility in real estate (2)
11: Empowered buyers’ online tools (3)
11: Trulia launches new features (1)
11: Google analytics gets more user-friendly
11: Buy local food in Charlottesville (4)
10: Belvedere groundbreaking today
09: Why Real estate photography matters (4)
09: Thursday links – 05-09-2007
09: Great Web 2.0 for Realtors roundup
08: Today’s radio appearance – on the Charlottesville real estate market (2)
08: Get your popcorn to watch the race!
07: A new entry in Charlottesville real estate search (5)
07: 17 is better than 1
07: Reason I despise Realtor.com #378 (3)
07: Community bettered by slowing market
06: Is this ASAP’s point of view? (1)
04: The power to change – Cville leads the way (1)
03: Want to know more about Charlottesville Development?
03: New construction question from a reader
03: Local media appearance next week (4)
02: How many Town Centers do we need in CharlAlbemarle? (11)
01: Tuesday links – 05-01-2007

April 2007 (42)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: MLS questions answered (1)
30: Local candidates’ election dollars
30: Marketing ethics to Virginia Realtors – Take Two (1)
30: Get ready for higher water bills
30: When given the option to build green, will Buyers take it? (20)
29: Dual Agency under fire in Virginia? (3)
27: There should be a way to report agents (8)
27: Vacancies in Charlottesville MSA
27: If you’re not reading this via RSS, why not?
27: Buy now in the Charlottesville market or wait? (8)
26: UVA’s growth plans’ impact on Charlottesville real estate (7)
25: Who pays?
25: Local real estate blogging – take two (2)
25: Wednesday links 04-25-2007 (3)
24: Another book to read
23: Something I said today makes sense (4)
23: What would the map look like for the City of Charlottesville?
23: This weekend
20: How do you get a green home in Charlottesville? (1)
19: Lenders, appraisers and more – Thursday links 04-19-2007
19: Green Roundup in advance of Earth Day
17: Hyper local blogging success (7)
17: 1st Quarter Market Report released for Charlottesville area (1)
16: A novel investment technique
16: Reflections on this weekend (8)
16: Too many agents – for how long?
15: How do you choose your Realtor?
12: Charlottesville is the #2 place to retire young (2)
12: Thursday links 04-12-2007
11: New soccer park in Charlottesville? (3)
10: Virginia leading the way on energy savings (1)
10: Charlottesville is the #19 Best Small Place For Business And Careers (5)
09: Monday links – 9 April 2007 (3)
08: The little things matter
06: 1st Quarter Market Report for the Charlottesville area (1)
05: One of the most irrelevant statements in this market
05: Inventory is up in the Charlottesville area
05: Home Prices as a roller coaster ride
04: Wednesday Links 04-04-07
04: Zilllow steps it up again (2)
02: Struggles with Growth in Charlottesville/Albemarle and beyond (13)
02: Even more about Days on Market (10)

March 2007 (46)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Negotiating in Charlottesville’s Buyer’s Market (1)
30: One of the great things about Charlottesville
29: cvillenews has a new look (1)
29: Signs, signs, everywhere there are signs (1)
29: All that talk about CF lightbulbs
27: Tuesday Links – 27 March 2007 – Green stuff and foreclosures
26: Good Faith Estimates
26: Teachers
26: The 35th Carnival of Real Estate
26: An Artist’s Rendering
23: And so it begins …
23: College town investment is not for everyone (4)
22: Posts with enduring value (3)
20: For mortgage brokers and lenders in Charlottesville
20: Why some Charlottesville condos are risky (4)
20: How to get free publicity from bloggers
20: Selling your home yourself?
19: Charlottesville Neighborhoods – Barracks Road
19: Monday links 03-19-2007 (4)
16: Top 5 Questions Home buyers ask (9)
15: Rules for real estate agents
15: Pricing it right
15: Coming soon – Third quarter numbers for Charlottesville
15: For a bit of hyperbole …
14: The Subprime picture
12: Charlottesville condo market poised for … (3)
12: Rolling the dice with Buyers (2)
12: Monday links 03-12-2007
10: Hitwise, Zillow and Realtor.com (1)
10: Who says transit doesn’t increase house values?
09: The downside of Trulia’s new partnerships (4)
09: Friday links – 03-09-2007
09: Soccer and real estate (3)
08: How vital is internet access? (5)
08: Charlottesville is eco-friendly (1)
07: Charlottesville is a Distinctive Destination (1)
07: Subprime mortgages in Charlottesville (5)
06: The simplicity and power of thank you. (3)
06: Tuesday Links 03-06-2006
05: Charlottesville Neighborhoods – Martha Jefferson (1)
05: CPI increases mortgage payment?
02: Friday links 02 March 2007
02: Trulia and Google bag another big one (5)
01: Charlottesville MSA is number 50!
01: Another local real estate lawsuit
01: Streetcar! (12)

February 2007 (56)
Detailed Monthly Archive

28: I really dig Trulia (1)
28: Charlottesville as a theme park (6)
28: Charlottesville Neighborhoods – Fry’s Springs (1)
28: Another reason to purchase student housing in Charlottesville (2)
27: Quick Charlottesville market numbers
27: In this market …
27: Real estate blog search
26: The Zebra’s Carnival
26: Beer and subprime mortgages
26: Subprime mortgages poised to attack (1)
24: Limited service agency bill in Virginia (1)
23: Call Jim Duncan with your Charlottesville real estate questions (1)
23: Monopoly in Wintergreen? (5)
23: Neal Boortz coming to Charlottesville
23: Are condos a good investment? (2)
22: Local wiki comes to Charlottesville
22: Heard on CNBC this morning. (1)
22: Thursday links 2-21-2007
21: Traditional versus Internet buyers (6)
20: Winter Real estate Newsletter
19: The MLS Coffin – one stake at a time (7)
19: Real estate blogging is catching on
19: Congestion pricing in Charlottesville?
19: The value of transparent blogging (3)
18: Beware of redistricting
16: Market cap on Charlottesville prices?
16: All properties have to go in the MLS? (3)
15: Rant against Delta Airlines (3)
15: Shopping for an agent and more
14: Charlottesville Neighborhoods brief hiatus
14: Days on Market penalties (6)
13: Where is Albemarle Growing?
13: Solar power links
13: Request for stories from buyers or sellers in Charlottesville
12: The new math of alternative energy
12: Home inspections, eminent domain and education (1)
11: Soccer and housing
11: New additions to the blogroll
11: Real estate blogging for newbies
10: To recycle or not?
09: Marketing ethics to Virginia Realtors (2)
09: How to market a very personal property (1)
08: Thursday links 02-07-2007
07: Two inches of snow cripple Albemarle County (3)
07: Required property tax rate reduction?
06: Is volunteering worth it? (2)
06: Charlotttesville-Albemarle conflict continues (16)
05: Searching for new construction (5)
05: Charlottesville Neighborhoods – Starr Hill (3)
03: Questions to ask your agent in Charlottesville (2)
03: Wikis and more
03: Condo REversions coming? (2)
02: Bloginar today in NoVa (5)
01: Albemarle’s GIS application (1)
01: Sold comps now matter less (7)
01: Assessment roundup

January 2007 (63)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: How much do realitors make? (1)
30: Where’s the development in Albemarle? (1)
29: Myths about Suburbia and our car-happy culture
29: Charlottesville Neighborhoods – Willoughby (2)
29: Homes are selling in Charlottesville! (7)
27: Green homes = common sense (1)
26: Home sales are down – and up
26: Disclosures versus Disclaimers – caveat emptor to a lesser degree
25: Density and too many Realtors (7)
24: An arbitrary Albemarle County bill (17)
23: Problems commenting (1)
22: Vacant houses (2)
22: Albemarle County tax assessments rise (6)
22: Charlottesville Neighborhood – Fifeville (9)
21: Links for 1-21-2007
20: Brace yourselves for the snowstorm
19: Search for homes on Yahoo
19: Transportation and land use (7)
19: Charlottesville blogger ponders City Council run (2)
19: Blog loading faster (2)
18: Real estate photographers in Charlottesville area? (1)
18: Spelling, feedback and assessments – 10-18-2007
17: Computerized housing
17: Smoke-free buildings?
16: Match day approaches for UVA (2)
16: Upgraded WordPress
16: Transparency in real estate fees (13)
16: If you drink wine in Virginia (1)
16: Links for 1-16-2006
15: Charlottesville Neighborhood – Belmont (4)
14: It’s a tie (5)
14: Withholding offers? (3)
12: Where do you search for homes in Charlottesville? (6)
12: So proud to be true
12: TDRs baby stepping forward (1)
12: Eminent Domain unabated (3)
11: Quite an honor (1)
10: Charlottesville area listing inventory numbers (2)
10: Charlottesville Neighborhoods – question for readers
09: Charlottesville Area 2006 Market round up
09: Charlottesville Neighborhood – Downtown Mall (1)
09: Two things
09: Choices and Decisions – a new study
09: Transparency in politics takes a giant leap forward (5)
08: Links 01-09-2006
08: How to market new construction (1)
08: Carnival of RE #24
07: Class warfare in Fluvanna (3)
07: RealCentralVA is two years old (7)
07: Neighborhoods of Charlottesville series
07: 2006 Realtor Stats (1)
06: Looking for a house in Charlottesville
05: Inman Connect 2007 (1)
05: Real estate photography matters (2)
05: Charlottesville is great for job-seekers
05: Sustainable building workshop in Albemarle
05: One of the things about Google I don’t like
04: Gov. Kaine’s Transportation package (4)
03: Links for 3 January 2007 (11)
02: You cannot call the correction over
02: Charlottesville in USA Today
01: Richmond loves Charlottesville (2)
01: My predictions for 2007

December 2006 (43)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Top 5 stories of 2007
29: Transportation in Virginia (8)
29: If the taxes are local …
29: 2007 Goals (6)
29: Tracking the market too closely? (2)
28: Hiatus almost over
28: Post-Christmas Links 12-28-2006
22: Friday links 12-22-2006
22: Perhaps my favorite post of the week – referencing eminent domain
22: New website is finally up (8)
20: Blogs are … (2)
20: Will Charlottesville City follow?
20: Where is the middle ground?
20: Tagged
19: Tuesday links 12-19-2006
19: Marketing integrity
19: Charlottesville Realtor and Marketing Stats
18: Carnival of RE is up
17: Poll results (3)
17: DNS issues
14: What do you tell those who bought six months ago? (4)
14: Thursday links – 12-14-2006
14: Charlottesville has a new logo (2)
13: Buyer beware (5)
12: Blog down (2)
12: Who knew?
12: Zillow cannot adapt (8)
12: The best cell coverage (1)
11: Monday links 12-11-2006 (2)
09: Charlottesville now has EVDO (7)
08: Toy Lift needs help (1)
08: How to build a business – Part II (2)
08: Flipper Nation 2
07: Zillow steps it up (9)
07: How to build a local business – Part 1
06: Status quo rules in Albemarle (3)
06: Market alert (4)
04: Comcast sucks already? (11)
04: 21st Carnival of real estate
04: Sexual offenders’ impact on property values (Part 2) (1)
04: Beating a dead horse (2)
01: Regarding markets
01: The best description of the market I have read this week (1)

November 2006 (46)
Detailed Monthly Archive

29: Wednesday links 11-29-2006
28: How is this not discrimination? (4)
28: More dogs in the kennel (13)
28: New poll (5)
27: Real estate carnival #20 (2)
27: Out of context
27: What is sufficient housing (5)
24: Friday links 11-14-2006 (3)
22: Realtor Technology Survey (3)
22: How do you know it’s over? (3)
22: Houses are selling! (3)
20: Are there Two Charlottesvilles? (4)
20: Good enough for Google and China
20: Carnival #19
17: Friday links 11-18-2006
17: Flipper Nation (2)
16: Realtor.com pushes traffic to Google (7)
15: An intergalactic MLS
15: Tipping at Closing? (1)
15: Central Virginia development moves on (7)
14: UVA library and Google
14: Upgraded to 2.0.5
13: Links for 13 November 2006
13: At least I tried
13: Real estate carnival #18
13: We’ll all be Earthcraft soon (1)
12: I love it when
10: Cracks widen in MLS dominance (6)
10: Links for 10 November 2006 (2)
10: Good customer service from bluehost
09: How to differentiate one’s blog? (7)
09: As the market slows
09: Why watch the big builders? (2)
08: It’s official
07: NAR’s campaign and the Minnesota Association of Realtors
07: Where to vote in Virginia (1)
06: 40k spam
06: Busy blogging (4)
06: Morning links 11-06-06
06: Carnival of real estate #17
04: Regarding NAR’s new campaign
04: Condos and CharlAlbemarle market stats (4)
03: Red Hot Chili Peppers in Charlottesville (1)
02: Public credibility in the blogosphere (2)
02: How do you assess your agent’s tech skills? (4)
01: Links for 11-01-2006 (1)

October 2006 (58)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Halloween Carnival
31: Brand loyalty and quality customer service (6)
30: Real estate carnival 10-30-2006 (14)
27: Albemarle is Number 10
27: PowerBook update 10-27-2006 (1)
26: Housing numbers are down (5)
26: Prices fall because home size is falling (4)
25: A market in Transition (2)
25: Thoughts on working online (2)
24: What is Zillow up to? (2)
24: How would you design Realtor.com? (5)
24: Carnival 10-23-2006
23: Monday links 10-23-2006 (4)
22: PowerBook deceased (5)
21: Scrybe
20: Neighboroo
20: What is the future of the MLS? (4)
20: Friday roundup (2)
19: Cracks in the foundation (2)
19: Nifty
18: What if – the MLS went away? (9)
18: A minor addition to the blog
18: Local Realtor makes – good? (5)
18: Augusta County and phasing (3)
17: Charlottesville MSA’s 3rd Quarter Stats
17: More pictures, please (1)
16: My real estate feeds
16: Monday links 10-16-2006
16: Carnival of RE 10-16-2006
15: Housing and Transportation costs (4)
15: Blogging’s expectations (it’s local) (4)
14: Pockets of Pain
14: How much is one person’s honor worth?
13: Is Albemarle County growing too fast? (4)
12: Out of area lenders (3)
12: Thursday links 12 October 2006
11: Hard or soft?
11: Reasons why this market is better (3)
09: RSS comes to the unwashed masses (1)
09: The Autumn Newsletter is up
09: K Hovnavian slashing development (14)
09: The Carnival is Up
09: Monday links – 10-09-2006
07: The solution to many of real estate’s problems (7)
07: Green Stuff (1)
06: Housing prices to drop? (2)
06: Fin! (1)
04: Blog updates (2)
04: Note to self (2)
04: Good things about being a real estate agent (3)
04: Difference between the self-employed and the rest (2)
03: Quick CharlAlbemarle numbers (1)
03: TDRs in Albemarle (3)
02: Real estate carnival 10-2-2006
02: On Cancellations (1)
02: Monday Links 10-02-2006
01: Charlottesville has changed (2)
01: Always fearful

September 2006 (50)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: The worst in history? (3)
29: Required reading for sellers (1)
28: Albemarle County Development Survey
28: Too funny
28: A few transportation bills (3)
27: Mortgage fraud in Charlottesville?
27: Real estate news – 2.0 style (1)
27: Wednesday links 09-27-2006
26: Correct attribution? (7)
26: Wrapping up the recycling poll (2)
25: Trulia ups the ante (1)
25: Popularizing your blog
25: Monday reading 09-25-2006 (8)
25: Carnival at the Matrix
24: Bear with me
22: What is the MLS (4)
22: Who will pay the property taxes
22: Friday links 09-21-2006 (5)
21: Google and Zillow (14)
20: Reflecting on the Convention. (1)
20: Ah, Leadership
19: Questions answered
19: Albemarle County Development Review (3)
18: Monday Links 09-18-2006
18: Wacky mortgages and scary forecasts (1)
17: Why Blog (4)
16: Gen Yers (2)
14: Clustering, phasing and more (2)
13: You think interest rates are high? (1)
12: Learned something today (3)
12: Should buyers forego inspection in a hot market? (1)
11: Being selective (7)
11: 9-11
11: Monday reading -09-11-06
11: Carnival time
10: On Call (3)
10: Default position (10)
08: Following the Charlottesville area market trends
08: Riddle me this
07: Good for something
06: Housing appreciation slows (3)
05: I’m the … (1)
05: Carnival of real estate #8
05: Prioritize the students! (3)
04: Labor Day
03: Mass transit = inefficency (3)
02: I haven’t heard this in five years
02: Simple fuel analysis (2)
01: Great questions for a Seller to ask (2)
01: Friday links 1 September 2006 (3)

August 2006 (52)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: Recycling poll (7)
30: Why use print? (4)
30: September Forum Watch
29: Green development rising (7)
29: Real estate pic of the week (5)
29: What do you want to know? (1)
28: State oversight over local development? (5)
28: Monday real estate roundup
28: Real Estate Carnival #7 (4)
27: It’s almost like they know what we’re thinking
26: The HVAC company who will get my business (1)
26: Charlottesville area housing sales
26: Great craigslist posting
25: Friday links – 25 August 2006
25: How do you feel? (3)
24: That’s a lot of Realtors (4)
23: Define Discount (2)
23: A new website and unintended consequences (4)
23: Wow. All you have to do is sit. (1)
22: Are ethics stronger today?
22: Tuesday Links – 22 August 2006
21: Baby Steps (2)
21: Summer reading
21: Carnivals
17: Last thoughts on Zillow (1)
17: Don’t Pull Posts (1)
17: Growing in the growth areas
17: Lessons learned (2)
17: A few links – 08-17-2006
15: What if – Zillow is right? (8)
15: Reasons I will be able to enjoy the beach (4)
14: Crozet and Waynesboro (5)
14: Real estate carnival 08-13-2006
13: Charlottesville Blog Carnival 08-13-2006 (1)
13: 51m blogs and counting
13: Growth in Albemarle (1)
12: Housing bubble trends
11: Saturday Links 08-11-2006
10: The best real estate blog post of the year (3)
10: Two real estate cycles (1)
10: The HooK’s Annual Manual
09: Charlottesville Blog Carnival (1)
08: Four years (5)
07: The MLS is merely a guide (4)
07: Real estate Carnival
07: Way off topic, but – AOL is scary! (1)
06: Market Data for July 2006
06: Challenges facing Realtors
04: Clustering, Phasing and Mountaintop Roundup (2)
04: Misspellings and free money
04: Whom should we tax? (3)
02: Helping those who help us (4)

July 2006 (32)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: I won’t be worried about the economy until
31: Carnival of Real Estate
31: Morning links for 31 July 2006 (3)
29: No excuses (11)
27: This is why (1)
26: Light blogging this week
25: Regional transit authority inches forward (3)
25: Outstanding clause for Buyer’s agents.
24: A few things this week
23: Local real estate blogging
23: Bwah-hah-hah (1)
21: Cable upgrades coming? (2)
20: Thursday Links 07-20-2006
19: What I want in a real estate website (10)
18: Paying for Infrastructure (1)
18: Valuation in a Vacuum (7)
17: Seeking inspiration
17: Dual Agency – Who benefits? (12)
17: Start your own MLS (2)
14: Where are the buyers? (2)
14: Friday Links – 07-14-2006
13: How to Choose a Realtor (take 2) (1)
12: July Newsletter is out!
12: All press is good press
11: Geocoding public notices (6)
10: What does this mean? (4)
09: Sunday reading
07: Real estate is local (and regional)
06: Local Government and real estate (2)
03: The 80-20 rule (1)
02: Crozet’s growth pattern (11)
02: Weekend links

June 2006 (32)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: A buried stream
29: Regional roundup
29: Craigslist, Google, Yahoo, and fair housing
29: Soccer catches on
29: Business blogging takes time
28: Towards representation (6)
23: Eminent domain restricted? (2)
23: Simple Data analysis for CharlAlbemarle
22: It’s the land
22: Thursday thoughts
21: Walker Square, the market and one other thing (4)
19: NAR comes out swinging (2)
19: Craigslist in Charlottesville (2)
19: Prepping for this week
19: Tips to sell your house
16: Saying “like” makes you sound dumb (9)
15: Charlottesville Housing “Overvalued” (1)
14: Things I would like to blog about
13: Condos in CharlAlbemarle (4)
12: 2006 Readers’ Choice Awards
12: What’s a sex offender worth? (1)
09: Where to watch the World Cup in Charlottesville? (9)
09: Charlottesville is #12
08: Cul-de-sacs, roads and more (8)
07: Property taxes, traffic and straw
06: New Construction Closing Dates
05: Afternoon Links 06-05-06
03: Builder’s Blitz in Charlottesville (1)
03: Off-topic, yet interesting (1)
03: Buyer’s or Seller’s Market?
01: Fake cities to replace real cities? (5)
01: Morning links June 1 2006

May 2006 (46)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Question to ask your Realtor
30: A thought on the Blogger’s Summit (3)
30: Morning Links 30 May 2006 (1)
26: Is the Realtor bubble over?
26: What will it take? (3)
26: Friday links
24: Roundabout in Ivy
23: What happens after the Baby Boomers? (1)
23: Part of Hollymead Town Center property to be sold (4)
22: Identity theft (2)
21: Sunday’s radio show on WNRN
19: Who is Realtor.com’s customer? (6)
19: Public Open houses
19: No idea what the housing market will do
19: Weekend links
19: What will 29 look like in 5 years? (1)
18: More on Gen X & Y and the real estate market (2)
18: Sunday morning wake-up call
17: Quick market update (7)
17: Today’s signs of the apocalypse
17: Leadership (1)
17: Housing as a “right”
16: Are people really moving to the Cities? (3)
16: Semantics
16: A few things this morrning. (3)
15: A Zero-energy home
15: Blogging is personal – and effective
14: New Habitat Store in Charlottesville
12: Fun with Google Trends
12: Links for 12 May 2006
10: Searching for homes getting easier (6)
10: A Summit for bloggers (1)
10: Back from Chicago
08: Morning links 08 May 2006 (2)
08: Gen X and Gen Y (1)
05: Charlottesville Blog Carnival 05-05-2006 (3)
04: Ha. Ha. Ha.
04: Links of interest 05-05-06
03: Charlottesville Blog Carnival (2)
03: Locked Out
03: Urban Planning … gone wrong?
02: CharlAlbemarle’s not number one!
02: Too much retail in CharlAlbemarle?
02: Mac Ads
01: RSS Appreciation Day
01: How will fuel prices affect development?

April 2006 (32)
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28: Green trends poised for take-off
28: Charlottesville Blog Carnival
28: May Newsletter is out!
26: Search for sex offenders (1)
25: 5th Street/Avon Road coming soon? (10)
25: Where are these negative ads? (1)
24: Gas prices and real estate (5)
23: CAAR’s 1st Quarter market report (1)
22: Connected communities (5)
21: Search terms
20: Things I have not had time to read (1)
19: Image is not “everything” (2)
18: Light blogging this week
17: Today’s signs of the apolocalypse
17: Regional transit in our future? (9)
17: Links for 04-17-2006
13: More on dealing with the changing market (3)
13: Century 21’s bad commercial (5)
13: Links 04-13-2006
12: A mini-revelation
12: Links for 04-12-06 (4)
11: And sometimes you are blessed with great clients
10: Morning links 04-10-2006 (3)
07: What a pain – no iPods. (1)
07: Green building making inroads (1)
07: A shorter title for this blog? (4)
06: The WSJ on Google Base (6)
05: Light blogging (4)
04: Morning reading 04-04-06 (1)
03: Market Update for March 2006 (2)
03: Wine additions
03: Working on the numbers

March 2006 (41)
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31: Friday afternoon …
30: Cheating matters (1)
29: April’s Forum Watch
29: The Changing market. (2)
28: Double check your spelling (2)
28: Trends, changes and crap (2)
27: Anecdotal evidence on the local market (4)
27: Morning links 03-27-06
24: Morning reading 03-24-2006 (2)
23: VA book festival “Business Breakfast” (2)
22: Blogging for business (4)
22: Congratulations to Sean!
22: Google Base steps it up
21: Morning reading 03-21-2006
19: One bad apple …
16: Advertising is moving to the web. (and this is news?)
16: Morning growth reading (and listening) (1)
14: Competition is a good thing (4)
13: Afternoon links for 13 March 2006 (2)
13: A sign of the times
13: A fool and his money …
10: Treehugger’s Ball, etc.
10: The development news continues
10: Homeshow this weekend
10: Kelo’s legacy (1)
09: A Pop-up on the City
09: On Barry Bonds (2)
09: A better implementation of the “Town Center” model?
08: 6,000 more homes? (7)
08: A brand new WINA.com! (1)
08: Affordability efforts in action
08: Albemarle County BoS goes RSS?
07: Regulation, housing prices, affordability … (3)
07: Albemarle Place update & podcast (3)
07: A sure-fire way to marginalize open discourse on blogs (2)
07: Staging homes article (1)
02: Hybrid Home Completely Off the Grid (7)
02: Afternoon links for 03-02-2006
02: A gas tax? (3)
02: Growth roundup (2)
01: Nike Soccer videos (1)

February 2006 (42)
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28: Loudoun & Charlottesville (9)
28: Affordable housing in C’Ville
28: New podcast for Minor Ridge listing
28: March Newsletter
27: The Portland experiment (Part 2) (2)
27: CharlAlbemarle market update (2)
26: What will become of Charlottesville? (6)
26: Earnest Money Deposit
25: 9th Grade Math, here I come (4)
24: Afternoon links, regional real estate stuff (2)
22: TJ: Founding Father of Sprawl? (1)
22: Portland as “the” example? (2)
21: Great post on housing valuation (5)
21: The 4 P’s (1)
21: Staging homes (1)
21: Bah. (1)
20: New listings
20: Affordable Housing (3)
19: Local housing market review
16: A negative Zillow review
16: “Green” bills in VA House
16: A move to print? (1)
16: Morning reading 02-16-06
14: Albemarle Place discussion (7)
14: An aggregator for the aggregators? (1)
13: Crozet Town meeting and other Growth musings (6)
13: Green building
12: So much to blog … (1)
12: A novel idea
12: Rent -v- Buy (2)
11: Wordpress Upgrade
10: Excellent reading (1)
08: VPTC Economic Development forum (2)
08: Housing appreciation in Charlottesville (2)
08: Another Albemarle Place update (2)
07: Real estate competition
06: Morning reading (1)
04: Stay ’til you have a solution!
02: If you need one of these loans … (1)
02: February’s Newsletter is out
02: Will Albemarle Place ever happen? (4)
01: February Forum watch is posted

January 2006 (57)
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31: Crozet Growth “town meeting” Feb. 9
31: Inventory is up in CharlAlbemarle
30: Blogging’s rise
28: No support on weekends (2)
27: New listing in the City
26: Population increases (shocking!) (2)
26: Another way to provide affordable housing? (5)
26: Amendment to City’s “Affordable Housing” Bill
26: Free market’s response to Eminent Domain (1)
25: Wine blog (2)
24: Charlottesville’s 2005 market statistics
24: PEC and Homebuilders together? (1)
24: New way to provide affordable housing (1)
24: Sign of the times? (1)
23: The future of real estate search (cont’d) (1)
23: “The Greenest School in America”
22: The future of Realtor.com, etc. (3)
21: Interesting transportation bills (5)
21: Hollymead Condos (3)
20: Aim high and eminent domain.
20: Transportation news links (1)
20: New listing in Charlottesville (1)
20: Mortgage rates still low
19: Technology and real estate innovation
18: New feature (3)
18: Consumers use the internet to shop for real estate (1)
18: Housing is more affordable? (2)
18: Transportation information resource (3)
17: Green gasbags? (2)
16: Albemarle BoS reviewing development process
16: Eminent Domain coming to Charlottesville? (9)
16: Kaine to tackle growth (1)
15: 1,000 posts (1)
15: Leadership Academy (1)
14: Builder shortage, etc. (3)
14: RSS for Dummies
13: Crozet’s Growth (2)
12: Recycling in Albemarle? (2)
12: Transportation items (2)
10: Buyer Presentation Letters
09: Cheap marketing for developers
08: Property tax insight (2)
07: New theme? (7)
07: Real estate assistant wanted
06: Small builders in a large-scale bureaucracy (6)
06: Ideas for future posts
06: Virginia home sales slow (3)
06: Neat Trick if you’re changing utilities
05: Morning Reading (a bit of green)
05: Crozet’s Growth
04: What is a Buyer’s Broker? (10)
04: More on APFs
04: End of year Realtor stats
03: Growth, sprawl, transportation and more (7)
03: January Newsletter is out
02: Ideas wanted
02: Morning reading

December 2005 (44)
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29: Local blogging – it’s a start. (2)
28: Neighborhood Model – revisited? (3)
28: Not used to NoVa traffic, are you? (13)
26: An eye-opening opinion on transportation (16)
26: Plagiarism and blogging (6)
23: Energy-effficient mortgages
21: Smart growth raises housing prices? (2)
20: New theme
18: RSS is about to step into the mainstream
17: In search of the GenX Buyer
16: Is CharlAlbemarle really the center of the Universe? (2)
16: How can we pay for transportation needs? (1)
16: BD #30 (1)
16: Things leaders do
15: “Frothy” no more
15: Growth, roads and APF’s (4)
14: Albemarle Place is coming (15)
13: Podcast #3 – Rodes Valley Drive in Wintergreen (5)
13: Stepping back in time
12: Reputation is everything. (2)
12: Toy Lift 2005
08: Toy Lift Friday
08: Albemarle County BoS meeting … growth issues come to a head
08: Google and transit
07: Eminent Domain update (1)
07: Land use, APFs and the public good
06: Cautiously exuberant.
06: Interest rates are high?
05: Wind energy right in our backyard (2)
05: Rivanna Village public forum
05: School closings?
05: December Forum Watch is out
04: Phone numbers and websites
04: Where is Albemarle Growing? (4)
04: Judging customers
04: New listing in Stonehenge
03: Website updates
02: Another take on Growth in Central Virginia
02: Inman News’ note on our podcasts
01: December Newsletter
01: Toy Lift needs Emergency Help!
01: What type of blogger am I?
01: Podcasts for Real Estate
01: Central VA market data

November 2005 (41)
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30: From the “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” department
30: Toy Lift 2005
30: Second real estate podcast
29: Bonefish Grill coming to Charlottesville
29: Real estate, blogging, technology (1)
28: Blog stats (2)
28: Negotiating tips
28: A few more thoughts on Google Base (1)
28: Builders’ Blitz
26: Green buildings’ footings take hold (1)
25: Affordability calculator and our region.
25: Google Base and real estate marketing (2)
23: A few new listings
23: Transportation, the MPO and streetcars
22: No local bubble, but … (2)
22: Good Press (2)
21: Telecommuters, taxes and traffic
21: Restrained growth on the horizon?
21: What do you want to know?
19: Blogging for Business (2)
19: Ha. YIMBYs.
19: Solar-powered houses
18: Central Va’s changing market (5)
16: Blog Panel tomorrow
16: Growth and the County’s credibility
15: My first real estate podcast! (2)
14: Societal benefits of homeownership (3)
13: Remodeling, etc. (1)
13: Listing update
09: Where is the Senior Housing? (2)
09: Albemarle BoS race, etc.
08: Vote.
07: Points on mortgages?
05: Selling a house is no fun (1)
03: Your ultimate home? (3)
03: Market cool-down
03: Final Albemarle BoS Candidate Forum
02: Mold can be bad
01: November’s Newsletter (1)
01: Morning reading
01: Too few use Virtual Tours (1)

October 2005 (55)
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30: Blogging’s effects and impact on my business (3)
30: Due Diligence
28: CharlAlbemarle’s water supply
28: My own personal spam. (2)
28: Open House in Crozet this weekend.
27: 3rd Quarter Housing numbers
27: November Forum Watch
26: Exactly what our region needs – more high end homes.
26: Google Scares me. (3)
25: Why not?
25: It’s working!
24: New listing in Grayrock
24: Fuel prices’ impact on “where to buy” decisions (2)
23: Candidate interviews at Charlottesville Tomorrow
22: Opportunity.
21: Albemarle BoS Debate Podcast
21: Albemarle BoS roundup
19: Gov. Warner’s transportation committee
18: Rio District BoS candidate debate
18: Eminent Domain in Albemarle County
17: Central Virginia Wine futures look good.
15: Market snapshot (1)
14: ASAP Carpetbaggers?
14: A shift to Buyer’s Agents
14: Another sign of a slowing market (2)
14: Condo bubble?
13: Belvedere and Wickham Pond
13: Eminent domain in Albemarle?
12: Northern VA taking CAAR’s lead on affordable housing
11: Albemarle County BoS Forum (1)
11: More is better.
11: APF, Bird Flu
11: “Wine Talk” publicity
11: Redistricting in Albemarle County
10: Jack Jouett BoS Debate
10: Century 21 espanol (1)
10: Don’t forget about the candidate forum this evening.
10: “A free shot”
10: Places29 planning continues
10: “Exclusively marketed by” (1)
09: Greene and Fluvanna news
08: Albemarle County BoS Candidate Forum this Monday
07: Register to Vote!
07: Mold, bubble, energy prices and Zipcars!
06: Saving energy and telecommuting
06: Local Politics and CAAR’s endorsements (1)
06: Eminent domain roundup
05: Reading today
04: New listing in Western Albemarle
04: Albemarle County BOS elections
04: Growth, politics and the market (morning reading)
03: October Newsletter
02: Wine Talk
02: Urban transit and the monorail (2)
01: Roundabouts and the Meadowcreek Parkway (1)

September 2005 (55)
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30: Green Albemarle County? (3)
29: Water
28: New listing in Ruckersville
28: October Forum Watch
28: Local traffic is truly a regional issue
27: Free Enterprise Forum enters the Rich Collins fray
27: Albemarle Place
27: Get a new hobby! (2)
26: Albemarle County BOS elections
24: Bubble
24: Morning Links
23: Regional Transportation Poll
23: Meadowcreek Parkway study (2)
22: Afternoon Links
22: Citing sources in blogs (1)
21: D’oh!
21: Quote of the Day
21: Bubble editorial, etc.
20: Efficient email
20: Get ready for winter (1)
20: Transportation discussion
19: Due diligence. (2)
17: This is what I’ve been saying!
17: Morning reading
15: Charlottesville Tomorrow
15: Affordable housing
15: Morning reading
15: Old Trail Approved
14: Old Trail hearing this evening.
14: Soccer season! (2)
13: C-Ville’s interesting stories
13: New listing in Belmont
12: Rail to C’Ville? (3)
12: To sell or not to sell? (1)
10: Free Credit report
10: Redistricting in Albemarle
09: Charlottesville’s Shelter From the Storm
09: Charlottesville area Market update/bubble?
09: Good day.
08: Alternative advertising (2)
08: Transportation Progress? (2)
08: Just a thought.
07: Who lives and works in C’Ville?
07: Another Big-box development?
06: Am I missing something?
06: Southern Pines development in Fluvanna (1)
04: New listing in Crozet
04: 16 steps to selling your home.
04: NOLA Perspective from a VMI alumnus
02: Possible Progress in New Orleans
02: Local charity needs help
02: Creative thinking needed! (2)
02: We’re Number 52! (2)
02: Katrina
02: War-zone

August 2005 (68)
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July 2005 (72)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: State Farm bring more jobs to Albemarle
31: Beach Blogging
29: Thank you!
28: Biotech jobs coming to Albemarle
28: Home inspections are good
28: Is this really “News”?
28: Meadowcreek finds money
28: Forum Watch
28: What Housing Bubble?
27: Clean your filters
26: New condo in Turtle Creek
26: Cell Phone towers
26: Water may be coming soon
26: Morning links
25: It’s hot!
24: Market question
23: Today’s eminent domain article (1)
22: Alternative transportation poll
21: End Growth in Greene? (1)
21: “Discount” brokerages taking hits (1)
21: Market shift a good thing
20: Eminent Domain being reheard?
20: Target is open (1)
20: Places 29
19: Eminent Domain article (1)
19: Fluvanna and eminent domain (1)
19: Alternative transportation from a CVille-centric POV
19: Region’s home sales continue at blistering pace
18: Alternative methods of transportation (2)
18: Talking my way out of a sale (2)
16: Shopping for mortgages?
15: Outstanding commentary on possible bubble
15: Albemarle redistricting moving forward
14: My mom’s listing on Garth Road
14: The worst-written ad I have ever seen. Period.
14: Bush Not Worried about Housing Bubble
13: Charlottesville’s market (as seen by HUD)
13: Bubble discussion
13: Greene is growing
12: Speaking of credit …
12: First steps in buying a home
11: We’re Number 90!
11: Eminent Domain editorial
11: Why do I blog?
11: Eminent Domain
09: London
09: New listing
09: Why should you get Title Insurance? … and what is it, anyway? (1)
09: Aargh.
08: Pre-approved?
08: Realestatejournal morning stories
08: Analysis on the Real Estate Market
07: Excellent Bubble article
07: Real estate boom to continue?
07: Charlottesville’s airport continues to grow
07: How to buy or sell a house (2)
06: Bubble Links (2)
06: New listing coming soon
06: Me in my office
05: Cell phone service? (2)
03: New eminent domain blog
03: Kelo Backlash Could Lead to Restoration of Property Rights Lost to Smart Growth and Eminent Domain Abuses
03: Albemarle Places creeps closer
02: Happy July 4th
02: Local libertarian group organizes to combat eminent domain
01: How did this get past the lawyers?
01: July’s Newsletter (1)
01: New listing in Charlottesville
01: Vote for me?
01: An interesting Eminent Domain article
01: Storm (3)
01: July’s Newsletter

June 2005 (66)
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29: Too good not to post
29: Streetcars!
29: Eminent Domain Q & A
29: Another subdivision meets disapproval (1)
28: The July Forum Watch is out
28: TGIFridays is coming
28: Took a survey today
28: Builders’ incentives illegal?
27: Afternoon links (1)
27: Water
25: A few Eminent Domain articles (1)
25: Drought upon us?
25: C-Ville is a great place for a “getaway”
24: Location, Location, Location
23: Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes (3)
23: New commuter rail service? (2)
23: Redistricting fallout
22: Got my Rolling Stones tickets today
22: More on interest only loans
21: Slow blogging this week.
20: It’s not always about the money
19: Emergency response times limiting development (3)
19: Another Bubble Blog (1)
19: Charlottesville is the best new place to drink wine
19: Macro real estate
18: It’s all relative (2)
18: Charlottesville Blogs
17: Bubble Talk
17: Market Trends
15: 6%? For What?
15: A New Age Restricted Community Is Coming to Greene County
15: What happens if there is a bubble?
13: CLUE reports’ impact on real estate
13: Loyalty (1)
13: Crozet’s Master Plan receives major award
13: Interest Only Mortgages
11: Inexperienced Agents (3)
10: Regional traffic numbers
10: How did real estate prices get so high?
09: Cvilleradio.org
09: “Graduation”
08: Interesting – commissions too low?
08: Employment estimates for the Charlottesville area
08: A less aggressive redistricting plan for Albemarle County
07: Virginia’s “Road to Ruin”
07: Louisa reduces tax rate
07: Coldplay in New York
06: Home networking
06: Acreage? But where’s it located?
06: June’s Forum Watch is out
06: Good news for those with private aircraft
06: Madison tax rates going up?
06: Watching a house grow
05: Central Va’s real estate market podcast
05: Home Warranties
03: Full-time Realtors
03: Builders’ Blitz
03: Morning water roundup
02: 2004-2005 Stats
02: Realtor meeting this morning with Harrison Rue
02: Madison OKs farm wine sales
01: June Newsletter
01: Tosano posts CAAR’s endorsement
01: Resources going into housing could fuel sectors that better drive growth
01: Charlottesville = excellent retirement area
01: Redistricting info

May 2005 (86)
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31: Bruce Arena on coaching youth
31: Water shortage in Louisa
30: Private property right in shopping centers (3)
28: Soccer tournament
28: Morning funny (bubble)
27: CAAR endorses David Toscano
27: Albemarle County news
26: Mass transit increases property values? (1)
26: NGIC may add employees (1)
26: Charlottesville site of Internet “War-Game”
26: Places 29 update
26: Urban Renewal
25: Nelson County continues to move forward
25: How to shop for a mortgage broker
25: