Negotiating in Charlottesville’s Buyer’s Market
When responding to a counter offer on a condo in Charlottesville this week, this was my response as the Buyer's Agent, with some edits for this post. Seller is asking nearly $200k; we offered $184k. There are currently (not including any unrepresented Sellers) ten active…
One of the great things about Charlottesville
Is the vast amount of cultural activities - from Jon Stewart at the John Paul Jones Arena to Bobby McFerrin at the Paramount Theater to Vince Gill at the Charlottesville Pavilion to They Might Be Giants at Starr Hill. There is almost always something to…
cvillenews has a new look
Celebrating six years of community blogging, Waldo revamped cvillenews yesterday. cvillenews has been a leader both locally, regionally and probably nationally for local blogging. Much of the talk in the real estate net has been about local blogging, but cvillenews has been doing it much…
Signs, signs, everywhere there are signs
There's a crackdown underway. A sting operation, if you will. The City of Charlottesville (and the County of Albemarle, other localities and the VDOT) are letting it be known that signs are not to be displayed in their rights-of-way. See this letter from the City.…
All that talk about CF lightbulbs
And then this from Treehugger: Unfortunately, new research shows that the mercury released when an energy saving bulb is disposed of is in a form more able to enter the food chain than that released by power stations.
Tuesday Links – 27 March 2007 – Green stuff and foreclosures
Are there "Victims" in Foreclosures? Or is holding people accountable for their decisions unreasonable? Short Sales in the Luxury Home Market - I am curious to see what happens to this segment in the Charlottesville area; I have heard already of anecdotal pain. Translating anecdotes…
Good Faith Estimates
I have been working on a post about Good Faith Estimates (GFEs) for some time now, and Rhonda Porter at RCG wrote a great post about the same subject last week. When you are seeking to purchase a home, the lender should give you a…
An Artist’s Rendering
The first time I heard that line used by a developer to defend his not completing the development in the manner that the new residents expected, I was surprised. When he continued to defend the fact that just because the "Artist's Rendering" of the neighborhood…