SIDEBLOG
Seen in the search results
Inspiration from search terms - the top two queries will result in stories this week or next. how to determine the real price of an overvalued house new subdivision who pays what developer builder jim duncan blog - I'm in a constant battle to maintain…
GENERAL REAL ESTATE
The first significant builder “transition” in Charlottesville
A couple of smaller builders have already adjusted and made the transition from new construction to renovations. This is the first larger builder making a significant shift. From an email: As most of you know, I have had the pleasure of representing R. D. Wade…
ALBEMARLE
Housing and tech in Charlottesville
Four point four Billion Dollars. That is the total economic impact that the high tech industry had on the Charlottesville/Central Virginia region - not too shabby for a Metropolitan Statistical Area with a population of about 175k. Chemical Weapons Research Analyst, Journeyman All-Source Analyst "(working…
ALBEMARLE
How do you determine the cost of doing nothing?
That is a question that needs to be asked with regards to our water supply. Take the time to read the whole thing. "This community has struggled for over 20 years, dating back to the beginning of property acquisition for a "Buck Mountain Reservoir" in…
BLOGGING
Define “readily apparent” for consumers
So the light blogging lasted four hours. The National Association of Realtors has either gone too far or not far enough with their ambiguous dictate: (read it quickly before it goes behind Inman's subscription wall) Directors amended an article in the NAR Code of Ethics…
BLOGGING
Light week of blogging
I'm recovering from a weekend of coaching soccer - seven games in a weekend is exhausting (for coaches and players), as were the emotional ups and downs - winning one game on penalty kicks only to lose the next on penalty kicks. I've rarely been…
SIDEBLOG
We’re all dealing with less money
And the local government should deal with it, too. Slutzky countered that the tax rate was only dropped last year to counter-balance the effects of large increases in property tax assessments. “Now that we're not even close to that same scenario, I'm suggesting that a…
RE BLOGS
Add MLS Data to the mix, and you’ve got a winner
Thanks to the Lost Remote, I came across this story from Northwestern University's Readership Institute site that unintentionally makes the parallel between how Realtors think of MLS data (we want to keep it in a box, and control access). One of the most striking developments…
ALBEMARLE
Rail coming to Charlottesville
Maybe. It's been more two years since I first noted CvilleRail.org's efforts to bring commuter rail to the Charlottesville area, and certainly they've been working on it longer than that. Today brings good news - we could possibly have such a service in two years.…
POLITICS
Politics and the housing market
Spurred in part by Jonathan Miller's post today, this comment on a story I wrote at the Bloodhound, and a premonition that next year is going to bring a 15-25% reduction in the number of Realtors locally, one wonders - will the Realtor lobby be…