Archives for October 2010

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 on the market in January or February, you would. If you are Read More

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, Bath, Buena Vista City, Charlottesville City, Fluvanna, Read More

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 the end of this post). When we were meeting a few weeks ago, they were looking at the faxes I used to send them, discussing the websites I used to put up for them - photos of neighborhoods, areas, houses, etc. and we were talking about how things have changed and evolved since then. The second technology that is "here" Read More

The Worst MLS Listing Photo I Have Seen

That is all. Read More

Obama’s Coming to Charlottesville

And Nest has some tips for his time in Charlottesville. Read More

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 politicians with close ties. No one who negotiated the deal could control how much taxpayers paidâ€”the decision is left to a few unelected Read More

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? Go for a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway or the Skyline Drive. Life is short. Enjoy the colors. Thanks to the Virginia Department of Read More