MARKET STATISTICS
Case Shiller Doesn’t Track Charlottesville’s MSA – or – Nest Realty’s 4th Quarter Report
I've said it before. Case Shiller's Perspective on the Charlottesville real estate market summed up in one phrase: it doesn't exist. As I said this morning on Google+ - So we're getting ready to widely release Nest Realty's 4th Quarter 2012 Nest Report ... there's…
CHARLOTTESVILLE
Thanks for the Biking Directions, Google!
Thanks, Google. I'm looking forward to using these to show houses to clients … on bikes! If you're looking for new ways to get around for fun or to work, or might be trying to live a greener lifestyle in 2012, why not try biking?…
GENERAL REAL ESTATE
Charlottesville Real Estate Market Conversation – 29 January 2012
Matt Hodges and I had a good time on WNRN radio yesterday discussing what's happening in the Charlottesville real estate market, mortgages, buyer activity, real estate assessments, government interference, gas prices' impact on real estate decisions, and a whole lot more. I'm going to listen…
ALBEMARLE
Albemarle County Real Estate Assessments are Live
See the updated Albemarle County real estate assessments yourself. I've done a random sampling and although I've been told that Albemarle County assessments are down ~3%, I've seen drops ranging from 1% to nearly 20%. This stuff matters, not simply because the assessed values affect…
GENERAL REAL ESTATE
Real Estate Radio – 29 January 2012
We're doing it again … Matt Hodges and I will be on WNRN radio this Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. We've done this several times over the past few years and it's always a good, thorough and in-depth conversation. These are a few of the…
TECHNOLOGY
Search for Homes in Charlottesville by Radius (Proximity)
It's not often that I get super-excited by real estate search and technology anymore; the last time I got excited was Realtor.com's app. And sometimes implementing simplicity is brilliant. Diverse Solutions provides the "search for homes" tool that so many people use, and yesterday it…
ALBEMARLE
Hotel-a-Palooza in CharlAlbemarle
C-Ville reports on the coming boom of hotels in Charlottesville-Albemarle. In light of the Cavalier Inn's reprieve, (from 2009) ... When the Board of Visitors first approved the Arts Gateway to the University of Virginia in 2007, the project—an estimated $118 million plan that would…
ALBEMARLE
Charlottesville Really is a Great Place to Live
No we didn't make another list (that I'm aware of), but this weekend my family went to a town in another state for my older daughter's soccer tournament. The contrasts between that town and ours are remarkable - ours is green, vibrant, thriving, with contrasts…
ALBEMARLE
Best Buy Ramp Still Delayed
Charlottesville Tomorrow reports that the Best Buy ramp project is still delayed. Is anyone surprised that the advice VDOT is offering is this? "Rich suggested that acceptance might be the best response to distant construction dates." This seems par for the course in the Charlottesville…
GENERAL REAL ESTATE
Building a (Concrete) Home in Less than a Day
Concrete + 3D Printing = How cool is this? It can take anywhere from six weeks to six months to build a 2,800-square-foot, two-story house in the U.S., mostly because human beings do all the work. Within the next five years, chances are that 3D…