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Friday Chart – 1st 17 Days of September

The first 17 days of September. This is the time of year that we start to see the Charlottesville real estate market start to slow down … I tell my clients that if they’re looking to sell their house, things tend to taper off until October and once we hit Halloween, we’re looking at Thanksgiving, then Christmas, Hanukkah, winter …

The orange column shows the number of residential properties that both came on the market and went under contract in the first seventeen days of September – an indication of properties that were priced very well.

For this chart, the … Continue reading…

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More and Better Pictures, Please

I received this note last week:

“Jim,
Can I just complain about the horrible photos on the Cville MLS? There is a listing with 25 photos and 11 of them are of the kitchen. This house has 3 bedrooms, and there are NO photos of any of them. Am I expected to sleep in the refrigerator? I think it is time for a photo article again. There are some repeat offenders out there. Help them Jim. Help them.”

And then a Realtor friend (and remarkable photographer) posted this:

Photos so bad, you'd think a Realtor took 'em

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