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Month: July 2005

GENERAL REAL ESTATE

New condo in Turtle Creek

This property will be going into the MLS on Thursday, with showings to begin on Friday morning. JDuncanRealEstate Craigslist Googlemaps Please call or email me if you would like any more information on this condo; it truly is one of the nicest, cleanest, best decorated…

OFF-TOPIC

Cell Phone towers

To add to my recent research on cell phone service providers ... this great site which lists cell phone towers in the area. (Thanks, Boing Boing!)

GROWTH

Water may be coming soon

We are getting closer to a possible resolution to our water infrastructure woes. WINA reports that The Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority has been considering four options; one is the favorite, one is still in the running, and the remaining two are running at the…

GENERAL REAL ESTATE

Morning links

National Home Sales Set Record Pace Preparing for a Market Change What is Costs to Live Well in the US My current listing in Stony Point (and here) craigslist posting My listing in the Highlands (and here) My mom's listing in the City (and here)

OFF-TOPIC

It’s hot!

Today and tomorrow are supposed to be brutally, oppressively hot. Please think of those around you and remember the Cool Aid program that has been providing air conditioners for area people of all ages whose health is put in jeopardy by summer's high heat and…

GENERAL REAL ESTATE

Market question

Simply a question I have been asking myself for the past couple of weeks. I have been noticing more agents selling their own investment properties of late ... does this signify a "feeling" of the market or merely a coincidence?

GENERAL REAL ESTATE

Today’s eminent domain article

Courtesy of the WashingtonPost.com - To call it a backlash would hardly do it justice. Calling it an unprecedented uprising to nullify a decision by the highest court in the land would be more accurate. In the four weeks since the Supreme Court sanctioned the…

GROWTH

Alternative transportation poll

The Daily Progress has a poll asking "Do you think Charlottesville needs more alternative transportation options?" When I answered the poll question this morning, 80% (178 votes) had answered yes. 17% (39 votes) answered no, and the ever-present "Not sure" contingent consisted of 4 votes…

GENERAL REAL ESTATE

End Growth in Greene?

From cvillenews - If there's one thing that every candidate for the Greene County Board of Supervisors can agree on, it's the need to end growth. So reports Kate Andrews in today's Progress: This should prove an interesting story to follow. The region is facing…

GENERAL REAL ESTATE

“Discount” brokerages taking hits

Earlier this year, a knockout looked possible for discount REALTORS® everywhere once the Justice Department joined in the fight against the National Association of REALTORS®. But the WSJ's James R. Hagerty says the discounters' noses are bloodied by recent minimum service legislation sweeping the nation…

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