"Is it a sellers' market?" A potential client asked that question recently, specifically after we toured three neighborhoods in the immediate urban ring of Charlottesville. Each of the neighborhoods is in the County of Albemarle (meaning, County schools, police, fire, taxes, etc), but they are considered to be "Charlottesville" (22901, 22903 zip codes) As I instinctively answered the question, I thought the answers were interesting, and worth sharing. Neighborhood One Seller's market. Great location, high demand, short but consistent … [Read more...]
Mid-2017 Market Report; Let Fear not Guide You
Lots of "ifs" Reading yesterday's Daily Progress about the most recent Charlottesville area real estate market report, one significant piece of advice and context was missing from the "buy now, sell now" message. IF the time is right for you, now MIGHT be a great time to buy a home in the Charlottesville area. IF the time is right for you, now MIGHT be a great time to sell a home in the Charlottesville area. Interest rates are low. Prices are high. Inventory is low. If you are confident you're going to be in a home for at least five to … [Read more...]
Albemarle to Grow a Lot; Charlottesville a Little
Where should growth in the City of Charlottesville go? Besides, "over there"? Interesting juxtaposition of stories over the weekend from Charlottesville Tomorrow. (bolding mine) Demographers at the University of Virginia are forecasting a sharp increase in Albemarle’s population by the year 2045, but a smaller rise for the city of Charlottesville. “Charlottesville has had a fair amount of growth and I think it can continue having it, but I think it’s going to be much more challenging given its geography,” said Hamilton Lombard with the … [Read more...]
Biking to Home Inspections
Now that we have a Nest outpost in Crozet (NestWest, we like to call it), I'm hoping to be able to ride my bicycle to more home inspections. Every mile counts. (even China gets it) A great day when I'm able to ride to a home inspection. #crozet #lovecrozet #realestateisfun A post shared by Jim Duncan (@jimduncan) on Jun 27, 2017 at 12:35pm PDT Fingers crossed. … [Read more...]
Local Lenders, Filter Bubble, Realtor Value Proposition |
Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. The blog is more searchable. Interested in not waiting a few months to read it? Learn more here. For these posts, I don’t do much formatting/changing as I’m more concerned about simply having the content here (because I own the blog, and not Tinyletter) First, a request: if you have a friend you think would like or benefit from reading this note, please forward to them. Local lenders I've written about the need to use local lenders countless times. Here's one more story for … [Read more...]
Market, Trump, Great Customer Service | Monthly Note, November 2016
Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. The blog is more searchable. Interested in not waiting a few months to read it? Learn more here. For these posts, I don’t do much formatting/changing as I’m more concerned about simply having the content here (because I own the blog, and not Tinyletter) The Market The end of 2016 is near We're closing out 2016, and I'm going to do a full wrap-up in next month's note (as full as possible, for December). For now, a few points, and a few data points for perspective. Not … [Read more...]
Easy Realtors, Pushing Through, Nest County Fair | Note from Jim, October 2016
Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. The blog is more searchable. Interested in not waiting a few months to read it? Learn more here. For these posts, I don’t do much formatting/changing as I’m more concerned about simply having the content here (because I own the blog, and not Tinyletter) Some months, you have it. Some you don't. This month is one of those "don't" months. Next month's note will be complete. Apologies for the "meh" note. What are you going to do? A mantra I adopted years ago - "what are you … [Read more...]
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