Monday links 08 October 2007
Curbside composting in Charlottesville? Good content is a hot commodity. Anybody can blog. Doing well is another story. (Hint: it requires a lot of work) Meetup with the cVillains tomorrow night. I feel more connected to Charlottesville and "hipper" just by reading this blog every…
Print? What’s that?
Jonathan has the answer. From a consumer standpoint, sellers ought to examine with a critical eye any agent who points to their newspaper classified ads or, worse yet, their glossy real estate magazine page as the cornerstone of their advertising. The rest of us have…
Upcoming this week on RealCentralVA
I'm trying something new this week - I'm going to try to have some sort of schedule for posting. Tuesday, I'll attempt to answer this question: What is your opinion of agencies like Zip Realty (ziprealty.com) particularly in representing the buyer? Wednesday - market statistics…
Three thousand square feet
That could be the threshold after which homeowners start to lose their mortgage interest deductibility. Michigan's Representative John D. Dingell's bill would: Phase out the mortgage interest deduction on large homes. These homes have contributed to increased sprawl and longer commutes. Despite new homes in…
Community Forum on Lending – Why do African Americans pay more in Central Virginia? Part 4
So, we understand what has happened, heard from the panelists and understand some of the discussion at our roundtable. What should we do from here? I don't pretend to have all of the answers and it will take many of us to make meaningful change. …
Community Forum on Lending – Why do African Americans pay more in Central Virginia? Part 3 of 4
I've provided the backdrop to the situation and introduced the participants on the panel. At the breakout point in the session, our table consisted of four white loan officers, an African American Realtor and an African American Darden student. We were asked by PHA to…
Community Forum on Lending – Why do African Americans pay more in Central Virginia? Part 2 of 4
I set up the overview on this report, some potential causes and the fact that PHA had invited leaders in the field to a conference on Friday afternoon. Who participated? In addition to about ten mortgage loan officers in the audience and dozens of community…
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Charlottesville Community Forum on Lending – Why do African Americans pay more in Central Virginia?
This afternoon, Piedmont Housing Alliance hosted dozens of local residents, both white and African American, in order to address a #1 rating that Charlottesville doesn't want. Every year, data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) is collected from lenders across the country. In July,…
Open houses in the Charlottesville area this weekend
PDF of Charlottesville/Albemarle is here. PDF of Fluvanna/Greene/Louisa here. Don't forget about the Parade of Homes this weekend as well - go see all the cool new "stuff" being put into homes today.