Green trends poised for take-off
Green building starts to really take off! According to a recent survey conducted by NAHB and McGraw Hill Construction, there has been a 20 percent increase since last year in builders dedicated to green building issues. The number is expected to rise by another 30…
Charlottesville Blog Carnival
The Charlottesville Blog Carnival is hosted this week by Duane Gran. Next week's carnival will be hosted here. If you see a particularly fascinating or insightful (or not) post between now and next Thursday at 7pm, please email me. Golly, what's a carnival? If you…
May Newsletter is out!
The May Newsletter is finally complete. Please email me if you would like a copy.
Search for sex offenders
One of the standard disclosures on our real estate contracts is the Virginia version of Megan's Law. Now, we have this - a national google mashup of the National Sex Offender Registry. This is our State site (no mashup). Whatever your thoughts over whether sexual…
5th Street/Avon Road coming soon?
If only ... A major feature of the project will be a developer-funded public road that will link Fifth Street and Avon Street Extended, a connection that the County is eager to see—especially now that the massive Biscuit Run development has County drivers fretting about…
Where are these negative ads?
I have heard a great deal about the purported negative ads being broadcast by WINA. I caught the tail-end of reports on WVIR and and watched the report on WCAV (who has some of the ad text, thankfully) There are new radio ads that go…
Gas prices and real estate
Finally - something to distract from all the talk about a possible real estate bubble - gas prices that may reach four, even five dollars a gallon. These current and projected increases raise at least a couple of questions - Have you changed your daily…
CAAR’s 1st Quarter market report
CAAR has released their first quarter market report and David Hendrick with the DP analyzes this morning the changes in the market. The seemingly dramatic increase in inventory can be attributed partially to the large number of condo conversions in the market - one response…
Connected communities
As our region continues to grow, each area has its own perspective on how to handle growth - Why the focus on so many counties? Simple - they are all connected. The land-use decisions in Louisa will impact the real estate market in CharlAlbemarle -…
Search terms
I am frequently amused at the ways visitors reach this blog. Not only do I frequently get a little chuckle, but these term provide some valuable insight into the minds of searchers. Knowing what my readers want to know helps me target my writing a…