Bike Week in Charlottesville
Check it out at ACCT's site. Ride a bike on one errand every other day; start somewhere! (gas prices are absolutely impacting ever facet of our lives - real estate, too) "Many people did the 'drive to qualify,' " looking in farther-out suburbs to find…
Darden’s Dean is blogging
I don't know if this is a widespread trend among Business schools, but it's great that Dean Bruner, Dean of the Darden Business School is blogging. Check it out.
Why is this concept so hard to understand?
Information wants to be free. Seeking to control the information is passé. Related - What if Zillow is right?
What if the Meadowcreek Parkway didn’t exist?
It's just a question. There have been countless (at least a few thousand) stories written about the Meadowcreek Parkway over the years. What if the community was able to think of a brand-new transportation solution, not bound by the vestiges of 40-year-old (plus) thinking? Would…
This is a test – it is only a test (of print advertising)
I have long advocated against print advertising - in 2006, 2007, and this year (there are more stories here, but this is but a sampling) and my argument has been consistent - there is no method by which to track print advertising's ROI. But -…
Reader Question – What do you think about Fifeville?
"curious if you are familiar with the fifeville neighborhood in charlottesville. and if so what you think about the huge price tags on houses in a neighborhood that is clearly still in the early stages of gentrification" Thank you for the question. For starters, I…
Reader question – five hundred thousand to one million dollar properties?
I love reader questions. The meebo widget on the side allows for private messaging, so please take advantage of it! Regarding the stats you posted on the $1+ million homes -- do you have any such data on the $500-$1 million market? Thank you! Thank…
Condos in Charlottesville
Some are good, some notsomuch. The HooK had a nice story on the state of the local condo market and Calculated Risk points out a story from the Washington Post. If you're researching the condo market in Charlottesville/Albemarle, start here for some of the backstory.…
What’s a mortgage broker to do?
From today's HooK story on foreclosures in Charlottesville: Prang works out of his house for Carteret Mortgage; he says his mortgage consulting is geared toward the Christian community and home schoolers, which is what his wife does with their three children. "I try to do…
Do you Google people you meet?
I do. Ted Demopoulus does. It's simple business intelligence. - If I'm in a meeting with my laptop open and my phone rings with number I do not recognize, I'll quickly Google the number (it's amazing how many Realtors' cell phone numbers aren't found via…