Market shift a good thing
The market's going to turn ... many Realtors won't survive. "There are two things that brokers watch: interest rates and the bubble scare. In general, what I've witnessed is that brokers are taking a hard and strong look at expenses built in a great market…
Eminent Domain being reheard?
The Connecticut homeowners who lost the landmark Supreme Court eminent domain decision filed a petition yesterday for a rehearing. The families want the high court to reconsider the 5-4 ruling they say already has "opened up the floodgates to eminent domain abuse." ... Already, according…
Target is open
My wife just called and said that the Target is open, presumably for a "soft open" that will enable them to work the kinks out before the planned grand opening. Let the festivities begin.
Places 29
Transportation, open space and neighborhood concerns are some of area residents' top priorities for the master plan for the U.S. 29 corridor in northern Albemarle County. ...The areas of top public concern for Places29 include pedestrian connections and facilities, preservation of the county's natural environment,…
Eminent Domain article
The Roanoke Times ran an article yesterday interviewing members of the Virginia Property Rights Coalition about eminent domain in Virginia. The article provides some interesting insight into how eminent domain is often used not as the actual means to acquire property, but to intimidate the…
Fluvanna and eminent domain
It would be nice to see other local governments do something like this. Alarmed over a decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court last month in Kelo v. New London, the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution at its Wednesday, July…
Alternative transportation from a CVille-centric POV
The Daily Progress today continues its series on methods of alternative transportation and growth. There is a good discussion at cvillenews. Anderson estimates that it would cost $10 million to $15 million per mile to build a Charlottesville streetcar. It sounds expensive, she admitted, but…
Region’s home sales continue at blistering pace
Indeed, despite some predictions of a coming slowdown, home sales in the Charlottesville area continued at a fierce pace in the just-ended second quarter of 2005, exceeding the numbers for the same period of 2004. “We continue to see a great real estate market,” said…
Alternative methods of transportation
Sitting in traffic, it's easy to think “build more roads.” It sure seems logical: More space, less congestion. But sometimes things aren't as simple as they seem, at least to alternative transportation proponents. They are true believers in the “if you build it, they will…
Talking my way out of a sale
Yesterday while on floor duty at my office, I either talked my way out of a potential sale or took a good step towards earning some clients' trust. A couple from Northern Virginia came in asking about condos in the area, strictly for investment purposes.…