Bloggers and Their Rights
Bloggers deserve protected free speech too, and it looks like Waldo Jaquith, with the help of the VA ACLU, Thomas Jefferson Center for Protection of Free Expression, and Public Citizen, is set to prove that fact (again). The time will come I suspect when a…
On McMansions and Location Variable Costs
For some reason, I unsubscribed to Bacon's Rebellion several months ago. Recently I have re-discovered it and am pleased that I have. Check out this story: From an economic perspective it is the SIZE and the LOCATION of these dwellings and the fact that they…
A Clarification on Today’s News Appearance
Once again, I am grateful to WCAV for calling me to discuss the state of the Charlottesville real estate market. One point of clarification regarding this: Duncan says that people should wait to sell their homes if they can. Otherwise, he suggests selling it for…
Wrapping Up Yesterday’s WINA Appearance
More to come when I listen to the podcast and review my show notes ... Download the podcast here.
Thoughts on Negotiating Commissions
"Negotiating" does not necessarily equate to "Discount." Silly. We're thinking differently. See all of my videos here at Viddler. Update 26 May 2009: Transcription follows: Jim Duncan here with RealCentralVA.com here responding in a little way to some of the feedback that we have received…
Charlotesville and Albemarle Elections Are Getting Interesting
Dennis Rooker is running again for Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, and Rodney Thomas is challenging incumbent David Slutzky, with John Lowry running for the seat held by longtime incumbent Sally Thomas in the Samuel Miller district. In the City of Charlottesville, Kristin Szakos is…
Home Sales in Albemarle and Charlottesville Down
A very brief market update in advance of today's time on WINA's Charlottesville-Right Now! ... more detailed analysis to come in the coming days and weeks. Year over year, sales volume is down between about twenty-eight percent in Albemarle and Charlottesville. - January sales in…
Tune in to WINA today at 4:15
I'll be on Coy Barefoot's Charlottesville-Right Now! today from 4:15 to 5. Topics I expect us to cover - - A brief update on the Charlottesville/Albemarle/Central Virginia market - What's holding buyers back? - Foreclosures - Buyers' search processes - how do they search for…
It’s a Mad, Mad Real Estate World
Ed note: I'm very please to welcome Karen Pape to RealCentralVA again. She wrote in October about (then) new appraisal issues facing Realtors. The real estate market is becoming more and more segmented and unpredictable, and appraisers are going batty right now trying to draw…