How Do you Define “Recovery”?
The Charlottesville Bubble Blog wonders this very question; I have a feeling that this will be one of the main topics of my time on WINA Friday (today) from 4:15 to 5. I wonder if the median income has changed in the past two years…
Market Data Coming Soon
(Click through for the video) A new way to display and interact with market data in the Charlottesville market is coming soon ... I was hoping that it would be ready this month, but things just didn't work out. Sometimes being a first-mover has its…
Blog Wayback – You’re Going about It all Wrong – Or How to Search for Homes in Charlottesville (Without a Realtor)
Blog Wayback Series Continued ... From March 2009: You're Going about It all Wrong - Or How to Search for Homes in Charlottesville (Without a Realtor)How do you search for homes? In Charlottesville or anywhere else? I got a call recently from a buyer who…
Single Agent Dual Agency – Do Consumers Care?
Do consumers care about Single Agent Dual Agency? Maybe. The Code of Virginia states: A. A licensee may act as a dual representative only with the written consent of all clients to the transaction. Such written consent and disclosure of the brokerage relationship as required…
Anyone Can Lose a Home
Sent in by a reader .... From the New York Times; that they got a crazy loan(s) isn't the most powerful part of this story. The rapid spiral of debt, and hopelessness is; this story is a "must read."Between humongous loan balances and high rates,…
Monday Morning Reading 18 May 2009
5 Things to Avoid Before Buying a Home - Simple tips that can save a lot of heartache, stress and money.Real Estate Insurgency Manual, Part 1: Outmaneuver and Neutralize - Much of this is how and what Nest aims to accomplishCity of Charlottesville discriminating against…
Newspapers and Realtors
It's not often that I agree with (or read, really) Daily Kos. But ... the parallels between the recent decision by the Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors (MIBOR) to prevent Google (and other search engines) from indexing IDX results and this proposal to "save" newspapers…
Twitter Week in Review
@ARDELLd @mizzle Virginia has statutes for both buyers and sellers. # RT @tcar @BawldGuy upper leadership (on the staff side) worked very hard to get this before the board. --- members betrayed by members # Running out to take the older one to soccer tryouts.…
Charlottesville Tweetups go Mainstream
(Click through for the video) Mainstream Media, that is. WCAV has a nice story on First Wednesdays and the Charlottesville Tweetups: How in the world do these relate to my life as a Realtor? Tangentially in one regard and directly in another. Friends are clients,…
If Your Potential Realtor is Googling This
Be aware. And be concerned. Browsing through my search results, I came across this search query, which tells a story all by itself: what to do when seller says no to dual agency Here's what you do - you laud them for being informed about…