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 as home inspection negotiations not coming to terms, financing issues,…
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 hours ago: listings can now…
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 credit for first-time home buyers (anyone who has not owned…
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 print gives readers the impression (and illusion as the case…
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 wanted to talk about how the Charlottesville and Albemarle real…
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 you have somebody who's actually going to stay and eat…
Google Street View in Crozet
The Google folks drove through Crozet - likely just before Memorial Day weekend this year. View Larger Map
More on the $8,000 Tax Credit
The tax credit has been useful and a decent stimulus; but ... "eventually you run out of other peoples' money" I'd love to see a map or data from the IRS showing where the tax credit was used - broken down by zip code so…
Charlottesville Real Estate – Twitter Review – 10-24-2009
Why do I post these "Twitter week in Review" posts? Simple. My blog is my home. I want the content - the thoughts, the links, the conversations - to be here rather than there. So ... that's why. Sore throat and cough, meet Wild Turkey.…
Isn’t That the Point of 29?
David Slutzky, from Charlottesville Tomorrow's story - Albemarle candidates discuss transportation, economic development, and water supply (bolding mine): Slutzky said he is concerned that VDOT wants to turn U.S. 29 into an “expressway” in order to make it easier for through traffic to travel through…