A few thoughts as I'm in Portland this week for a quasi-real estate conference. I said on Twitter Had an interesting conversation with my Lyft driver this morning. Topics he raised: - unsustainable housing market - gentrification - rental properties - unsat infrastructure - rising population/too few housing options - no good solutions. We covered a lot in 19 minutes. I felt bad for the taxi drivers. When I was there, the taxi island saw no customers. The ridesharing island at the Portland Airport had a constant stream of … [Read more...]
RealPodVA – Curb Appeal
The Podcast continues. This week, we discussed curb appeal conveying to good people, finding happiness, and how to spend a couple thousand dollars when prepping a house for the market. We've gotten to the point where we're going to start having guests. This is a fun project. … [Read more...]
Opendoor, Dairy Central, Housing Expenditures
A few stories of micro and macro interest to break up the week. Chris Suarez at the Daily Progress - Dairy Central moving forward. This is going to be a transformative project on the Preston Avenue corridor. Lots going on here, and if you haven't been to the redone Shenandoah Joe's, you need to stop by. Allison Wrabel at Daily Progress - Albemarle supervisors to consider changing permitting in rural area. Albemarle's continuing struggles with managing its rural, urban, and overlapping identities. At the Big Picture - Housing & … [Read more...]
Describing Charlottesville & Crozet to a Friend – Part 2
A friend shared with me his description of the Charlottesville area that he'd sent to a friend. This is part two; part one is here, and it's quite useful and good. Reading this has been interesting for me; I look at Charlottesville through the lens of a (relatively) very long-term resident, and as a (relatively) long-term real estate agent. A few things Realtor.com and Zillow are quite useful with their price and tax histories, sales history, which firm brokered a sale, etc. I don't often look at the home search/research process through … [Read more...]
“Nothing But Building Equity”
Remember the real estate crash? I do. Short-term thinking is a large part of how we got to the last housing-based recession. Welp. With clients over the weekend, we went into a new construction model home. When the salesperson said this, I was taken aback. "If you build in this phase, all you'll be doing is building equity, because there are more phases to go!" Said the salesperson. No. No. No. Seriously, NO. Anyone remember the last recession? Parts of the Charlottesville market still aren't out of it. Some homeowners are still … [Read more...]
So Much Content – Podcasts, Notes, Words
I walked in a new-to-me park last week in the City of Charlottesville. Can you guess which one? Producing content is hard. So is practicing real estate. Blog posts have been in short supply of late, as client representation takes precedence. With that said, the real estate podcast is going strong, and we're finding our groove. The note is in final edits, and June looks to be a bit slower, so I'm hoping to write a bit more. RealPodVA -- Custom homes versus custom homes, and happiness Playing soccer in the rain, … [Read more...]
Charlottesville Real Estate Radio – May 2018 | Market, Density, Mortgage Rates, Time in Homes
I truly enjoy when Matt Hodges and I do an hour on Rick's Sunday Wake-up show. An hour talking about real estate? Yes please! Take some time and listen, if you're inclined. We talked about an awful lot, including: Mortgage rates - affordability, Stuck in homes/falling in love all over again UVA growth and its affects on the Charlottesville real estate market Counseling buyers and sellers through major, traumatic life shifts Home buying process Renting in the Charlottesville area (and renting first, before buying) … [Read more...]
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