Date Archives June 2008

Coming up this week

Tuesday – Why I cannot tell you with accuracy how often CSX’s trains run Thursday – One way to encourage walking/biking Friday – Market update for the Central Virginia region. I’ve found that posting market updates at the immediate turn of the month is imprudent and not the most accurate of practices, so I tend to give Realtors a few days to update the Charlottesville MLS before I post my analysis.

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Economic Summit in Charlottesville this September

Courtesy of C-Ville’s blog : For three days, these financial leaders, who represent three quarters of worldwide economic activity, will tackle the issues involved with Sovereign Wealth Funds, global financial stability, changes in the world economic power and influence, the credit crunch and the future of the new financial architecture. From UVa’s site – This unique group represents three-quarters of worldwide economic activity, reaching beyond traditional G7 meetings to include perspectives from emerging markets and developing economies on issues including: • Sovereign wealth funds; • Global financial stability and economic governance; • Challenges posed by changes in the centers of world economic power and influence; • The subprime crisis and credit crunch; and (bolding mine) • The future of the new financial architecture.

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Proximity to rail equals higher property values?

Estately , one of the best real estate search sites out there puts forth this as fact – When buying a home, living near rail lines is better . … *For real estate blog geeks (like me) the first line of my post in May ’05 is intriguing to me – “Found this blog today with a very interesting story about the above subject -” ” this blog ” is the venerable Rain City Guide .

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