Have a look at Patricia Kluge’s estate in Southern Albemarle County. From the Wall Street Journal: Virginia winemaker and philanthropist Patricia Kluge is offering her 300-acre English country estate in Charlottesville, Va., for $100 million,…
Date Archives October 2009
Friday Chart – Homes Under Contract in October
Homes placed under Contract in Charlottesville and Albemarle in the month of October: These numbers do not reflect much new construction or properties that will not proceed to closing for any number of reasons, such…
Google, Garmin and Realtors
Re-purposing a post from my posterous: If Google announcing their GPS did this to Garmin’s and Tom Tom’s stocks, What’s this going to do to Realtors’? Google announced a big real estate move about two…
Homebuyer Tax Credit (May Be) Extended
It looks like the homebuyer tax credit will (likely) be extended. Maybe. Via Calculated Risk and Bloomberg: – Income eligibility for home buyers increases to $125,000 for individuals and $225,000 for couples. – The tax…
Print Media is …
In 2006, I was a few years early in my prediction. There’s a place for print media, and advertising homes for sale in Charlottesville ain’t it. Branding a brand – or brokerage – consistently in…
Charlottesville and Albemarle – Real Estate Anecdotes and Anomalies
There’s more to the Charlottesville real estate market than data – it’s crucial to look beyond the numbers. Transcription: Jim Duncan from RealCentralVA.com here. It’s Monday morning and I’m nursing a sore throat. But I…
On Villages in Charlottesville and Albemarle
Charlottesville architect/developer Bill Atwood in Brandon Shulleeta’s story in today’s Daily Progress: Atwood said that in the retail world, “the longer you can get people to stay, the better the pay. In other words, if…