Date Archives July 2010

Now This is Interesting – Altos’ Market Mapper

Get Charlottesville real estate market reports delivered to you based on where you are interested … var partnerId = ‘52708950’; var chartServer = ‘charts.altosresearch.com’; var regServer = ‘www.altosresearch.com’; Very interesting. So if you’re looking for market data in Scottsville, click there and sign up (spam free as always), in the City of Charlottesville, click. I’d like to be able to re-center and save the map, because very few of my readers and clients are interested in Richmond and there seems to be One note: ignore the data prior to September 2009; there was a glitch in pulling the data. I’ve added this as a page to RealCentralVA as well .

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Show Notes from Sunday’s Radio Show Discussing Charlottesville’s Real Estate Market

Assessments are a starting point when looking at market value. – Pricing a home to sell in Charlottesville – price it right from Day One, regardless of what you need or want to make. – What are some of the steps to take in preparation/anticipation of selling a home? … Less about staging and de-cluttering and more about the psychological steps taken to prepare for selling. – Selling vacant homes in Charlottesville – – This is the story about vacant homes and homeowner’s insurance – Getting rid of the house. – ” Accidental landlords ” – Accidental Landlords and the Shadow Inventory – What if – you can’t sell your home for more than you paid for it? … Businesses are held to different standards than homeowners – right, wrong ? – Fannie Mae Cracking Down on Walkaways – Fannie Mae’s Announcement – “Fannie Mae will also take legal action to recoup the outstanding mortgage debt from borrowers who strategically default on their loans in jurisdictions that allow for deficiency judgments” – Lenders Chase Borrowers for Money Lost in Foreclosures – “In many states — such as Florida, Illinois, New York, Texas, and Virginia, to name a few — lenders have the legal right, known as a deficiency judgment , to go after borrowers who owe money on their foreclosed home. … Is the Charlottesville area housing market accessible to to seniors? – What is the Charlottesville real estate market doing right now ? – — Ignore the national real estate data — Charlottesville and Albemarle foreclosures are increasing — Detroit’s bulldozing homes ; Charlottesville’s not that bad. — One of the reasons that the Culpeper market has been hurt so badly – It’s the exurbs .

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