Fuel efficiency advocates
A strong majority (66%) of Americans agree that it is patriotic to buy a fuel efficient vehicle that uses less gasoline and, therefore, requires this country to import less oil from the Middle East.... About three out of five conservatives (57%) agree that buying a…
ASAP’s annual report
WINA - The annual report from the group Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population contains its goals for 2005. ASAP wants the County to provide information on how many people it estimates could live here without affecting quality of life. The group is also looking…
Limited service takes a hit
In a sign of possible things to come, The state Senate in Oklahoma passed an emergency measure last week that sets mandatory services for brokers involved in real estate transactions.The legislation provides that a transaction broker has duties and responsibilities "which are mandatory and may…
Match Day!
This past Thursday was Match Day, the the new Residents find out which Medical School they will be attending. Most importantly, these Residents are a built-in market that comes about each year. Good for real estate.
Ah. Self-employment
Coaching part of my daughter's soccer game today and then off to Northern Va.... No fun there, but I feel obliged to go to support the company.... They go in a stack behind my desk. (more…)
Borrowed
This is how I feel sometimes. Our (albeit small) mountain views are in the process of being hidden by the new townhouses being built. (more…)
Why is our market insulated?
Today's Cavalier Daily reports on Charlottesville's (Albemarle is implicitly implied) low unemployment.A recent survey by Manpower Incorporated, an employment services company, found that the City of Charlottesville has the sixth-best employment outlook in the nation for the second quarter of 2005.A Career Services study showed…
Brief analysis
The Fed has raised the overnight cost of money enough that further hikes will push up long-term rates. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's "conundrum" ? short rates rising while long ones steadied ? turns out to be no riddle at all, just an illusion. Short…
A slowdown?
The property I put on the market in Crozet this past week is still available.... Perhaps these two examples are an indication that I may actually have the opportunity to use my xix-month (or even two or three-month) marketing plan. (more…)