Twitter Week in Review
Just saw the new Terminator. Daughter asked "Why was Arnold Schwartzenegger in it?" I'm old. # @Marijean Crozet Pie Down? What'd I miss? # Just looked - UVA lax is getting pummeled by Cornell # @1000wattmarc what are the truths to real estate? What does…
Diverse Solutions Speeds it up
And it's all about speed ... and accuracy ... and functionality ... searching for homes in Charlottesville and Albemarle just got faster. From Diverse Solutions' blog: Two days ago, we deployed a very significant change to the way our dsSearchAgent IDX product is served to…
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.…