Fighting FUD – Charlottesville Real Estate Market in 2014
FUD: Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. There's going to be a fair amount of that in 2014, and more than ever, it's going to take real estate consumers (and real estate pros, for that matter) more effort to distill the good information from the bad. 2013…
Virginia’s General Assembly is Upon Us Again – 2014 Edition
Once again, the Virginia General Assembly will be in session soon. They'll be filing all sorts of bills from whether a meth lab house needs to be disclosed (they tried this one last year, too) to whether there should be an extended minimum clearance space…
Thanks for Reading RealCentralVA in 2013 – and Hopefully 2014
Thank you. Thank you for reading this year. Your time, your insight - on and offline - is a huge part of why I do what I do here. I'm planning some stories for 2014 - obviously a bunch of new stories but also quite…
Transportation, Air Quality and Preservation Development
I took the above photo the other day when showing a house in Nelson County. Sometimes it's easy to forget the beauty that surrounds us in Charlottesville. - Take the 8 minutes to listen to this story. Replace "Austin" with "CharlAlbemarle" - Austin or Aspen?…
Charlottesville Albemarle Airport Expanding
Having recently completed an 800 foot runway extension, CHO is about to spend $4 to $6 million. Nate Delesline with the Daily Progress reports: A reconfigured security screening area and new, larger public restrooms — before and after the TSA checkpoint — are among the…
Downtown Charlottesville Redevelopment Planned
Growth within Charlottesville City limits is going to get even more dense in the future, and not just along West Main Street. It's long been said that the area south of the Downtown Mall is some of the best real estate in the City of…
UVA’s Strategic Plan to Cost More than Half a Billion Dollars
Derek Quizon at the Daily Progress reports that the University of Virginia is looking to spend well over half a billion dollars in the next few years. Implementing the University of Virginia's five-year strategic plan could cost more than a half-billion dollars, much of the…
A Kind Word about My Monthly Notes
I received this soon after I sent out my monthly note: As always, thank you for writing and publishing this note. Even though, thanks to you, we are happy where we are I love learning more about the market and area. To which I say:…
Do You Know What You Don’t Know about County Public Meetings?
What happens in public hearings affects darn near everyone. So much happens in Albemarle County Board of Supervisors meetings that the public doesn't find out about - and then get up in arms about, or support - until it (whatever it is) is too far…
No Good Way into Downtown Charlottesville Right Now
Right now, there seems to be no good way into Downtown Charlottesville right now. These projects are short lived, but I've heard from many people that it seems there are more road projects and construction as Charlottesville than at any other time in recent memory.…