What Do You Want to Know?
The end of the First Quarter is (nearly) here. I'll be running numbers in the next few days ... what do you want to know? - Price per square foot? - Break down of attached/single family/condo? - New construction versus resale? - Days on market?…
Diverse Solutions Introduces Partnership with Walkscore
Very, very cool. You may have read about Walkscore on my blog before ... A lot of my clients searching for homes in the City of Charlottesville (less-so) in Albemarle or the other surrounding counties are very concerned about walkability. I've written about being able…
Hooray, Charlottesville is Number 11
Another day, another day on a list for Charlottesville. I can't tell whether Forbes means "Charlottesville (City of)" or "Charlottesville/Albemarle" ... Either way, we're number 11 in the "Best Small Places for Business and Careers"
CAAR Economic Summit – Localized Market Data
I've spent the day at a Charlottesville Realtor Economic Summit, and the following was a very good presentation by Barry Merchant, the chief economist for the Virginia Housing Development Authority. More analysis will come later this evening, but I wanted to put this up in…
Innovation, Emulation and Flattery
We expect to be copied - on our signs, on how we market, on how we work with clients - and that, in and of itself, is a good thing. Will others do it better? I'd like to think that no one else can do…
Growth and Development
This is why I read Dean Bruner's blog (the Dean of UVA's Darden School): Of course, we shouldn't blame the media, for growth is yesterday's news. The story today is all about the contraction—we are having a whopper of a sales-based contraction. But top-line growth…
Redefining Real Estate Signage in Charlottesville
As a cost-saving measure, all listings I market will have to be priced at $360,000. Kidding. This is our first attempt at doing custom yard signs. Some developments won't allow post signs, others require their own, neighborhood-approved signs in accordance with their homeowners associations' regulations…
Nest’s New Signs
More to come ... Feel free to see them for yourself - I'm holding an open house today from noon to four and tomorrow from three to five. Feedback - candid, blunt - welcomed. This is our first run; they will improve.
UVA Match Day tomorrow – March 19 2009
It's going to be interesting to see what impact this year's incoming (and outgoing) medical Residents have on the market. If you match at UVA, start getting acclimated: Charlottesville relocation map - most Residents must stay within a 20 minute radius of the Medical School.…