Just wondering if this could work in the Charlottesville/Central Virginia area. I still think that an implementation of this type of system is among the best I’ve seen .
Date Archives May 2008
Policy Maps for today’s real estate consumer
They have data layers for Real Estate Analysis, Neighborhood Conditions, Mortgage Originations, Education, Money & Income, Demographics, Owners and Renters, Jobs, Energy (wind and solar aren’t options – yet) – and dozens of subsets under each respective data layer. … Thanks to RWW for finding this site and for highlighting some of the data that he found interesting I’ll be moving next month, just six blocks away from where I live right now, but that part of the neighborhood is quite different.
Apparently Charlottesville real estate is overpriced
The ranking “highly overpriced†indicates that the current market house price is more than two standard deviations above its historical relationship with the equilibrium price. I tried to leave a comment asking what is considered “Charlottesville” – (the City or the MSA) – but had to login to the blog to do so.
Best listing remarks of the day
Seen in the Charlottesville MLS this morning for a new listing in a great location close to Barracks Road and Barracks Road shopping center – !!! … APPLIANCES ON PREMISES ARE NOT WARRANTED (May not work) HEATPUMP OR FURNACE IS DISMANTLED.
Wednesday links 05-21-2008
No one is out to get you The people who have the easiest time buying or selling a home are those who do not assume that the buyer or seller is the enemy. … Good agents show all properties, even for-sale-by-owner properties that don’t pay a commission. #10 is why I negotiate my fee with my buyers up front – so that this isn’t an issue.
Foreclosures in Charlottesville and Albemarle
Let’s see some localized context, courtesy a report titled ” Cumulative Foreclosure Actions In Virginia (April 2008)” sent to me by a local lender ( PDF ) – Albemarle County is #68 with .03% Augusta County is #76 with .02% Charlottesville is #78 with .02% Fluvanna County is #98 with .01% Greene County is #65 with .03% Nelson County is 103 with 0% Waynesboro City is #87 with .01% For context, look at Spotsylvania 1.69% and 1.9% Stafford, which equals 727 and 828 housing units respectively under foreclosure. Loudoun County has over 2,000 foreclosures equalling 2.14% of their housing stock.
Words all home sellers and listing agents should read
Tracking the Bloodhound Unchained conference in Phoenix via Twitter … and in particular, Russell Shaw, listing agent extraordinaire (which is likely underestimating him) … for a quick bona fides on Russell Shaw, read this : If you think traditional Realtors have had it rough imagine what it is like for the discount real estate companies. … The small discount companies aren’t even doing that well. some of the tweets about his presentation, in 140 characters or less: Courtesy of @AndyKaufman : Russell Shaw – I haven’t run a print ad in 16 years.