Charlottesville Sellers and Homeowners – Take Pictures of Your House NOW!
This is why: Even if you're not planning to sell your house in Charlottesville or Crozet in the Spring, you might in two years ... and the colors this year are really quite wonderful. Take great photos and save them. If you put your house…
Home Sales Trends in Virginia – From Virginia Association of Realtors
I was on the Virginia Association of Realtors' third quarter conference call this morning. There were very interesting and often divergent outlooks from the different regions of the Commonwealth.For the purposes of this report, Charlottesville is in the "Central Valley" Region, which includes: Albemarle, Augusta,…
Real Estate Technology I wanted Five Years Ago is Finally Here – Part 2 – Video
Part 2 of 3 in a series. I have been reflecting on the past five years as I am marketing the home of some of my first international clients. They moved from the UK to Crozet (their house is for sale and is shown at…
C-Ville and The HooK Investigate Biscuit Run
Thank goodness Charlottesville has two weeklies who consistently produce 5,000+ word investigative reports.* Will Goldsmith at C-Ville reports: (bolding mine) But the Biscuit Run acquisition process, from start to finish, was a hasty affair that involved no public input and a network of businessmen and…
Peak Week (that is – Fall Foliage) in Charlottesville Area
Fall Foliage - It's the time of year that highlights why I/we continue to live in the Charlottesville area. Every year I force the family to go for a drive - however brief - to take in the changing colors of fall. My two cents?…
Local Government Reading this Week – What Matters to Homeowners in Central Virginia
- City of Charlottesville School consolidation plan could mean tax hike - Daily Progress The city School Board voted Thursday night to consolidate Walker and Buford, the first large-scale change approved for the city's public school system since the current configuration went into effect in…
Real Estate Technology I wanted Five Years Ago is Finally Here – Part 1 – Floorplans
Part One of Three. I have been reflecting on the past five years as I am marketing the home of some of my first international clients. They moved from the UK to Crozet (their house is for sale and is shown at the end of…
Foreclosure Delays’ Impact?
I'm still in the midst of curating and analyzing various stories about the foreclosure crisis and its impact on the Charlottesville market. In the meantime, have you seen Remappingdebate.org? They called me last week for this story - Economists, real estate agents divided over impact…