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Month: July 2009

ALBEMARLE

Albemarle County Curbside Recycling – Time Disposal

No more separating recycling. No more driving to one of Albemarle County's recycling centers. Lamentably, no more using the private curbside recyclers. I have written about recycling in Albemarle and Charlottesville's urban ring several times over the years, and now one of the larger private…

GENERAL REAL ESTATE

Transcript of Last Week’s Radio Show

This is a transcript of last week's appearance on WINA's Charlottesville - Right Now! with Coy Barefoot. Listen to the podcast at Cville Podcast. Coy:Let's talk a little local real estate with the folks from Nest Realty. I'm joined live in the studio by Jim…

SIDEBLOG

Twitter Week in Review

Listening to a pretty good 2-man band at my sister's wedding reception in Arlington watching planes approach landing to National Airport #fb # My blackberry needs to be rebuilt, methinks. Might just go for the Tour. Not getting any emails. # Awesome: Verizon support says,…

SIDEBLOG

Higher-End Home Sales in Charlottesville and Albemarle

The Charlottesville Bubble Blog has a thorough analysis of the higher end home market in Charlottesville and Albemarle, which is itself derivative of the Daily Progress' story this morning. The beauty of the internet is that blogs are able to provide more content and context,…

GENERAL REAL ESTATE

Thursday Links – 07-23-2009

Honesty ... Is Such A Lonely Word Maybe this is fantasy; maybe realtors need to embellish the property up to make the seller happy.  Maybe it's too much to ask that realtors act as if they have nothing to gain or lose.  Maybe agents simply…

PUBLIC PERCEPTION

10 Things Your Realtor May Not Tell You

I wouldn't have known about the allegedly controversial Smart Money article had the President of the National Association of Realtors not addressed it (without a link to the Smart Money story as is common blogging practice) .... "10 Things your Realtor won't tell you" is…

SELLERS

Showing Homes in Charlottesville

I've been showing a lot of houses lately. A lot of houses. (and writing an offer here and there as well). This past weekend was a "Chamber of Commerce" weekend - beautiful weather, not much traffic, lots of houses to see ... These are a…

SIDEBLOG

Twitter Week in Review

Scheduled appointments finished for the day. Stuff yet to be done, but at least appointments are through. # Off to see about another house in the city. # @candylynn - Maybe Tuesday afternoon. # Reading: It's not about invoices, it's about risk http://www.clientrevolution.com/2009/07/its-not-about-invoices-its-about-risk.html --interesting correlations…

MARKET STATISTICS

Nest’s Mid-Year Real Estate Market Report

Today, Nest Realty Group released our first mid-year market report. Personally, I am excited about this because it represents one of the reasons we originally partnered - to produce more thorough and comprehensive real estate market reports and analysis for the Charlottesville, Virginia region. This…

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