Consistently Vacant Homes in Charlottesville Homes for Sale
The vacancy rate has been seriously consistent - when analyzing the market, and controlling for so many inconsistencies in the data entry*, about 33% of residential homes on the market in the Charlottesville area have been listed as vacant in the Charlottesville MLS for nearly…
Nuggets of Knowledge
One of the reasons I love Twitter is finding things like this from people know I respect: (That picture is not really Jeff Brown - it's Jeff Turner) Find me on Twitter.
Charlottesville Loses Something Hugely Valuable
And something many might not have even known about. I'm sure (and hopeful) that there will be homages to the Vinegar Hill Theatre in the coming days and weeks, but let me put forth my two cents - It. Was. Awesome. Vinegar Hill had only…
Agent Genius Spheres and News
Agent Genius, the national real estate news magazine, launched two new features/branches this morning - AG Sphere and AG News - If you're a consumer curious about what some of the best and brightest real estate minds have to say, or if you're in real…
Charlottesville Realtor Association to write Neighborhood pages on Wikipedia
Courtesy of C-Ville - Savage emphasizes the project is still taking shape, but the basic concept is that CAAR would begin a Wikipedia entry with some information about a neighborhood and expect “homeowner associations, people who live or used to live in the neighborhood, realtors,…
Charlottesville Real Estate Company Streamlines
I take no happiness or satisfaction from being right. Word came to me Friday morning that two branches of Real Estate III will be closing merging with other, existing locations. They are closing their office at Forest Lakes and consolidating into the 29 North branch…
New Appraisal Issues Affect Realtors
Ed. note: I'm pleased to have the following guest post by Karen Pape, a highly respected Charlottesville appraiser. Going with my belief that knowing whom to ask is one of my core competencies, I asked Karen to write a post on current appraisal issues. She…
Easy for Me, Useful for You
A friend asked me a question the other day (through Facebook) about a recent foreclosure that sold in his neighborhood and it triggered something I've been meaning to do - If you live in a neighborhood in the Charlottesville/Albemarle or Waynesboro/Augusta areas and would like…
I Can Think of Only a Couple Reasons to Delete Comments
And "they disagree with me" isn't one of those reasons. Why delete the comments of a very interesting thread? Because the commenters don't agree with you. Really? Why, Brad? Last I looked, there were more than twenty comments on a very interesting and pertinent topic…
The New York Times spends 36 Hours in Charlottesville
It would appear that they used this map or a variation of it. (The map is zoomable at the site) The Times starts with: ARRIVING in Charlottesville from the lush, rural Virginia countryside, you almost feel like you've stepped back into ancient Rome. The Rotunda,…