Tag Archives: homes
Diverse Solutions Speeds it up
And it’s all about speed … and accuracy … and functionality … searching for homes in Charlottesville and Albemarle just got faster.
Two days ago, we deployed a very significant change to the way our dsSearchAgent IDX product is served to our clients and our clients’ clients. Did you notice? No, there weren’t any new features this time around. This time, we focused our efforts on load time and performance.
Overall, we were able to make a number of changes that decreased the initial size of our IDX by nearly 30%!! We made
FranklyMLS Working Again in Charlottesville
For those of you who love using FranklyMLS to search for homes in Charlottesville, it’s working again.
I’ll spare you the gory details and who is to blame (it’s about MLS politics and shifting/evolving technical specifications), but suffice it to say, thanks to Frank, FranklyMLS is working. (Don’t forget about my search tool, too!)… Continue reading…
Search for Homes by Price Reduction
Yep. You can do that, too. 
Inspired by Trulia’s recent announcement of a similar feature on Trulia . Continue reading
End of The Year Market Report for Charlottesville Region
Agent Update – Only for Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene and Nelson:
Not having the membership numbers for the past several years, I omitted the “zero” column …
The number of Realtors in the Charlottesville area who have managed to do between one to five sides per year has remained fairly consistent over the past three years, with a surge at the height of the boom.
The productive Realtors seem to be suffering the most.
* To answer questions I get frequently – yes, I do make a living as a Realtor. As of this writing I am the 32nd most productive Realtor in the Charlottesville area. I hate writing that, but it’s a fact. (and our office is the 8th most productive office – not bad for a very small – ~7 agents – office)
Buyers and Sellers – when interviewing Realtors, do your due diligence and ask your prospective representation how productive they have been in the past 12 months – more on this in a later post.
Thank you sincerely for reading. Please let me know if you have any questions/comments/corrections.
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