Date Archives October 2008

Waynesboro and August Brief Market Report

They say that pictures say what words cannot – Listing volumes for Waynesboro and Augusta List to Sell for Waynesboro and Augusta Days on market : 2005 – 104 2006 – 105 2007 – 126 2008 – 144 Contact me if you would like more detailed information, market statistics or other market data for Waynesboro and Augusta. This market is not immune to the current market volatility.

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And You Wonder Why HOAs Get Bad Reputations

“I really don’t give a [expletive] where he is or what his problem is,” said Chick Edwards, owner and developer of the 47-lot subdivision at the south end of Oak Street in Kennewick. “It doesn’t matter to me,” said Edwards, who insists Jensen has violated terms of the homeowners-association covenants requiring that landscaping be completed within one year after an occupancy permit is issued for a home.

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How Quickly do Social Media Directors Respond?

Inman – Same Day Trulia – Same Day Zillow – Same Day It is interesting that Century 21 ‘s response was provided by an agent, Sotheby’s may not have been aware of Roost’s ad, and I’d bet that Google doesn’t care to respond. For consumers in the Charlottesville area, Roost is a search front end that pulls listing information from the MLS; for the Charlottesville area, they have 29 listings; Waynesboro has one listing – far less than the local MLS .

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Realtor Incentives, Nice Areas of Charlottesville and Dual Agency – pulled from search

“Charlottesville” technically means “the City of Charlottesville,” but has come to mean Charlottesville, Albemarle County that surrounds it as well as parts of Nelson County, Fluvanna County, Greene County, even parts of Orange County. discount real estate services buyers Charlottesville – Discount from what ? … ngic mailing – I think it’s safe to assume based on the volume of searches coming to my site that a mailing was recently sent out to the NGIC folks ( start here!

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Register to Vote!

Darren Rowse (Problogger) said on Twitter the other day – I just find it strange that in many places people have had to campaign for rights to vote an in US they campaign to get ppl to show up. … If you don’t get here by 5 o’clock, or have a post mark application by that time, unfortunately you won’t be registered to vote in time for the November election,” said Will Harvey, Secretary of the Albemarle County Electoral Board There are plenty of places around Charlottesville where you can register.

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Albemarle County now has TWO Curbside Recycling Options

If you end up filling your containers too early, just let us know and we will be happy to pick the containers up the next time your day of the week comes around (this is considered an unscheduled pickup). … Pricing: Startup Fee (includes up to 3 containers) $40 ($10 extra for every additional 3 containers) Price per scheduled pickup $10 ($5 extra for up to 3 additional containers) Price per scheduled pickup (with 6 month prepaid agreement) $9 ($5 extra for up to 3 additional containers) Price per unscheduled pickup $14 ($5 extra for up to 3 additional containers) We will try and accommodate any requests you may have so just let us know!

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