Somerset Farm – It’s What’s Next
- Somerset Farm - Neighborhood centers, pedestrian-oriented, close to downtown Charlottesville ... (Newsplex) - "The Albemarle Planning Commission has provided significant support to a proposal from local developer Wendell Wood to move more than 317 acres along Route 20 south of Charlottesville into the designated…
Real Estate Round Up – Charlottesville Real Estate Market Update – May 2011
I've written a lot, looked at a lot, and analyzed a lot. Over the past two days, I have looked at real estate market data specific to the Charlottesville MSA for nearly six hours (and I still have quite a bit yet to come, including…
Charlottesville MSA – Single Family & Attached Homes Placed Under Contract – First Five Months
Note: if you have formatting issues, please let me know; I'm trying to embed the interactive charts, but have had issues with them in the past. They may go away without notice. - Barry Ritholtz asks - How bad is housing? - Case Shiller says:…
Charlottesville Real Estate Market Update: Transaction Volume for 2000 – 2011
Part Two of ... See Part One - Charlottesville MSA – Single Family & Attached Homes Placed Under Contract – First Five Months Looking at the Charlottesville MSA for transactional volume history ... what we need is stability and consistency. Once we can reach a…
What’s Selling in Charlottesville? Single Family, Attached homes or Condos?
Part Three of ... One of the most common questions I get is - what is selling in Charlottesville and Albemarle? Condos? Attached homes? Single Family? A look at the data gives a look at some answers ... NB: - I'm keeping this focused on…
Which is a Worse Ponzi Scheme, Groupon or The US Government?
Not about real estate, please feel free to ignore ... Both may be ponzi schemes, but which one affects us more? Groupon: I would love to be wrong about this. Especially given the fallout in the tech economy if Groupon blows up. But isn't it…
CLAW + Kickstarter = A Cool Movie?
People move to and stay in Charlottesville because of the various things that make this place a great place to live. CLAW - Charlottesville Lady Arm Wrestlers is one of those special things, and they're trying to make a movie with the help of Kickstarter* Help…
Seeking Consistency in the Real Estate News Market
This is some of what I'm reading to try to understand the Charlottesville area real estate market ... Monday or Tuesday I'll be posting a full-on real estate market update that will be more relevant to you and me than the either Case Shiller or…
Greene County Townhome Inventory to increase by 500+
When Greene County gets its 500+ townhomes, it will increase the number of attached housing in that county by many orders of magnitude. Townhomes and townhome neighborhoods in Northern Albemarle - Hollymead, Forest Lakes, Abington Place, Riverwood - to name a few, will be impacted…
QRM, FHA, Loan Type Delinquences
I found the above chart from Calculated Risk fascinating. If you're a consumer/homeowner (and voter) you should pay attention. People who likely understand this stuff less than we do (politicians) and who probably won't read the relevant bills are likely going to be making incompetent…