GENERAL REAL ESTATE
RIP C-Ville By Owner
I noted C-Villebyowner.com last year ... and noticed this this last week when searching for some buyer clients -
GENERAL REAL ESTATE
No Roaming – What a Shame
I've been trying to make the time to produce a verbose and eloquent narrative lamenting today's new societal norms with regards to kids' freedom to roam and the impact that our current growth trends have had. There are a few "New Urbanist" developments in the…
CHARLOTTESVILLE
Belvedere will Survive
And that is a very good thing. From today's HooK blog: ... the Church Hill name isn't going away. Instead, Goldschmidt and his Church Hill partner, Jamie Spence, have become Eagle employees and will continue to oversee the Belvedere projects under the Church Hill name.…
MARKET STATISTICS
New Construction, Median Sales Prices and Sales Volume for Central Virginia
Will Goldsmith (one of the most reliable and best reporters in the area) at C-Ville originally reported Albemarle's release of their second quarter building report. Real Cville notes that that new construction permits in Albemarle County are down significantly, as is sales volume. The impact…
BLOGGING
Charlottesville Has a Ton of Great Blogs
Most of them are fed into CvilleBlogs, but the volume there is tremendous and hard to keep up with. We're truly lucky to have such a vibrant, knowledge and diverse (blogging) community. I found this blog, titled Discovering Urbanism, last week with this genesis, which…
BUYERS
A Sign of the Times – Short Sale in Old Trail
And it's a great buy, located just west of Charlottesville in the Old Trail development in Crozet. This post breaks my unwritten rule guideline to not blog about listings, but it's noteworthy for a couple of reasons - 1 - It's a short sale in…
BUYERS
Posts with Enduring Interest – Take Two – Just for Buyers
Last year I wrote this post - Posts with Enduring Value - and I have referred to it many, many times in conversations and emails with clients and potential clients. As it was time to update the post, I thought I would do one post…
SIDEBLOG
WVTF Interview about Charlottesville’s High Rankings
Relating to a story in July about Charlottesville being selected the thirteenth-best place to raise a family, this is an interview on WVTF, the local public radio station. The audio file is here; I'm having some issues with Pod Press.
SIDEBLOG
Unrelated to Real Estate – Complacency and Indifference
I deliberately stay away from politics here, but I see this as a non-partisan issue.This is the sort of policy and lack of transparency, combined with the public's complacency, and indifference that bodes ill for our country's future, much less our economy. From the NYTimes…
RE BLOGS
RE Blog World – September 19 – Las Vegas
A confession - I procrastinate for things that aren't related to my clients. In 27 days in Las Vegas, the first RE Blog World convenes as part of the larger Blog World, and it's not just about real estate blogging. The title of the session…