This Week’s Carnival of Real Estate
And it's the holiday edition at real/diaBlog. I always forget to submit a post for the Carnival.
Four Years of Blogging at RealCentralVA – And No End in Sight
Building Credibility Takes Time. Four years, one leap year, more than 2,600 posts, thousands of comments, millions of hits and pageviews ... I now control my name in Google and there is an infinite amount left for me to learn ... A lot has changed…
Hiatus Over – Wrapping up 2008
And throwing it away. Forcing myself to take nearly ten days off of writing has been very productive. I've been writing, but not posting. By deliberately not posting, I've missed it - the writing, the posting, the commenting - I think I'll try to do…
Not Only is the Downtown Mall Walkable
It provides for a great day with the kids. I love Sean's description of his day on the Downtown Mall with his kids. Read the whole thing. I'm grateful to him for sharing. One of the things I enjoy best in the world is putting…
Lowball Offers Aren’t Insulting
Lowball offers are indicative of several things - 1) Buyers' lack of confidence in the market 2) Buyer's attempts to price in anticipated declines in the market 3) A possible indication that sellers' have unrealistic price expectations. 4) Fear - on the part of buyers…
Charlottesville Regional Housing Inventory Update for January 2009
This is a post to provide a baseline going forward rather than a comprehensive analysis. We all know where the Charlottesville regional real estate market stands; predicting tomorrow, next week, next quarter is a job unto itself. For starters- in context ... 5 - 8…
2009 Predictions
2008 Stunk. 2009 will be better, one hopes. I'm not making any predictions. 2008 proved so unpredictable that I cannot even begin to predict what 2009 will bring. I just know that I will continue to work hard, smart, innovate where possible, and be as…
10 Mistakes Sellers Make
There's nothing here that's necessarily ground-breaking, but a clever refresher is always welcomed (and who doesn't love a little viral video?) 1 - De-Clutter 2 - De-pet 3 - Leave during showings 4 - Strongly consider the first offer 5 - Lowball offers aren't insults…
Great Discussion on New Urbanism and Walkability
At CvilleDevelopment. Related: Where are the walkable neighborhoods in Charlottesville? and Are there Two Charlottesvilles?
Search For Homes With Basements in Charlottesville
At the request of a reader using my "search for homes" tool - now you can search (and save your searches for delivery via email or RSS) for homes with basements ... a simple but very useful addition. Also ... you can now search for…