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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
There is No “New Normal” in the Real Estate Market
"Normal" is "now". - Human settlement patterns (where people are living and working) - Gas prices - Expectation of permanence/transience - Interest rates - Property tax rates - Monetary supply - The internet's availability and impact Those are just a few of the ways that…
New Hotel Coming to West Main?
A new Marriott may be coming to West Main Street. I'll give it a 50-50 shot.