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,…
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…
Charlottesville Media Appearance – 22 July 2009 – WINA
Tune into Coy Barefoot's Charlottesville - Right Now! on WINA from five to five thirty today as I and one of my Nest Partners, Keith Davis, discuss the Charlottesville real estate market. Topics we may cover - - Where the Charlottesville real estate market is…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Want a Job? Come to Charlottesville
So says Kiplinger.com. At the heart of it all is Jefferson's university, and its concept of an "academical village." The village is built around an architecture meant to foster lifelong learning and ensure interaction between students and faculty. Today the university spreads that intellectual spirit…
Charlottesville Social Media Club – Meeting This Wednesday
You've seen the Charlottesville Tweetups (folks like Happy Hours), the First Wednesdays, (WCAV did a nice story a while ago) ... now let's try out the Charlottesville Social Media Club. This is how I think about the Club- sort of a formalized (but not too…
Charlottesville Market Report – First Half 2009
The market - buyers, sellers, Realtors, everyone, is searching (fumbling?) for equilibrium and balance. The $8k dollar tax credit is absolutely helping first time homebuyers (really anyone who has not owned a home in the past three years) - and is liable to be extended…