City of Charlottesville Real Estate Assessments are Out – 2013 Edition
Charlottesville's real estate assessments are down a bit in 2013; this is no surprise to anyone tracking the Charlottesville market. Every year brings the conversation about whether real estate assessments matter with respect to true market value … 2013 will be no different. I expect…
Enjoy Charlottesville Today – We’re Healthy!
I was going to publish this next week, but seeing as how it's supposed to be 73 degrees today, I thought today was appropriate. Charlottesville is healthy. We knew that, right? I was asked yesterday what I would tell someone who's moving to Albemarle County;…
Charlottesville Loves its Restaurants
Charlottesville is the #14 most "Restaurant-Crazy" City. I like that they qualify "Charlottesville" as "The Charlottesville area" by virtue of their noting that "Charlottesville" has a population of 204k. and: Restaurants: 460 Restaurants Per 10,000 Residents: 22.8 I have my favorite restaurant(s) (Brookville, ahem) in…
Buy or Sell (in Charlottesville)? It Depends
As with most things in real estate, the answer to "should I buy or sell or stay or rent" depends on your situation. Last year I noted how my inbox was conflicted - one email said all was great, the other noted the grim, dark…
Is Charlottesville Ready for Micro Spaces?
Is there enough to do in Charlottesville to justify living in so-called micro spaces? Could you live in a 500 square foot condo? (would you buy or rent it?) What is the future of (urban) housing? I've written about tiny homes and efficient living before,…
Walking – Biking – Driving Directions all-in-one
Brilliant. Want to know which is faster - walking, biking, driving? That's easy enough to discern using Google Maps, but in a quest for efficiency, Michael Schade at the Mobility Lab has constructed the Side-by-Side Router: Once you pick two end-points, the four modes' routes…
Why buy? Why rent? How to choose an ethical real estate agent or mortgage broker? – WNRN 1-20-13
Why buy? Why rent? How to choose an ethical real estate agent or mortgage broker? What is quality inventory? Richmond Sunlight, the General Assembly and real estate. And lots, lots more. An hour of live radio goes fast. Prepping for said show takes hours. What…
Real Estate Radio – WNRN on 20 January
If you're feeling like the past month of real estate data releases hasn't satiated your need for real estate information and analysis, you're invited to listen to Matt Hodges and me this Sunday morning at 11am on WNRN radio. Whenever we do this, it's a…
A Fourth Hotel is Coming to Charlottesville
Pretty soon, finding a hotel room in Charlottesville will be easy. Charlottesville Tomorrow reports that another hotel is planned for Charlottesville - this one where the Regal 4 (also known as the one behind K-Mart, or the one behind the long-gone Terrace Triple). Keep in…
2012 is in the Past – Looking Forward at the 2013 Charlottesville Market
1 - Inventory is low - (good for sellers, not so good for buyers) 2 - Interest rates remain low 3 - Prices (in many market segments) have stopped dropping, and are largely increasing. 4 - Sales volume is up across the board 5 -…