Problems commenting
I upgraded Askimet the other day and at least one regular commenter has been blocked. I hope that that is resolved, but if anyone else is being blocked, please let me know. Since the change the other day, I have received over 1,000 comment spams.…
Vacant houses
I've written about vacant houses before. In the Charlottesville/Central Virginia area*, there are 1709 residential properties on the market. 620 of these are vacant - a staggering 36%. Breaking the numbers down a hair more: 1278 properties are not marked as "new construction." 38% of…
Albemarle County tax assessments rise (2007 edition)
Again. It's amazing what a simple press release will generate - The HooK and the Daily Progress were first to publish, but, here's the release anyway (full release below the "fold") The average annual increases for specific magisterial districts are as follows (biennial increases are…
Charlottesville Neighborhood – Fifeville
From a reader: I live near the intersection of 5th St. SW and Dice. There is some question as to what my neighborhood should be called. One realtor tried to market the area north and south of West Main Street as “midtown,” though it hasn’t…
Links for 1-21-2007
Questions to ask a potential real estate agent (via Lifehacker) No more Crossing Guards Paint Preview Tool (Hat tip: Consumerist) Bamboo is the new Granite 10 Ways to build a downpayment (HT: Consumerist) The best and worst real estate markets Housemath - how much does…
Brace yourselves for the snowstorm
It might snow tomorrow. Those of you who get snow regularly, you may commence scoffing and snickering. Three inches of snow is a veritable blizzard. You too, Kristal. Stock up on bread, milk, water and sterno. However, Accuweather says: Considerable cloudiness with snow with little…
Search for homes on Yahoo
And schools, too. MLS data is not complete, but it's a start ... if only MLS' would innovate like this. Via the Yahoo Blog. Here are Charlottesville Schools (Albemarle County, while not part of Charlottesville City is included in "Charlottesville." That you can refine by…
Transportation and land use
Might transportation reform be nigh? Heck, just visit Bacon's Rebellion - there are at least three articles there worth reading. Related reading. The bills are here. There is never going to be either a quick or an easy fix. Take note that there are an…
Charlottesville blogger ponders City Council run
Joining with Barack Obama and John Edwards, local attorney, area native and blogger, Jennifer McKeever ponders a run for City Council. So long as she's in it solely for the glory and the money, she'll be alright.
Blog loading faster
I certainly hope so. The past few weeks (months?) My blog has been slow loading. I have done a couple of things to help it along, but was tempted to switch hosts. It's hard to grow readership when the blog takes forever to load -…