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Archives for December 2013

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 is over. 2014 is here. Goodie. Reflecting on my “6 Things to Watch in Read More

December 31, 2013 2 Comments

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 Read More

December 31, 2013 2 Comments

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 a few that have never made it out of “draft” status in my moleskin or my writing program. The wonderful thing about real estate - both as a career to practice and as something about which to write - is that every year is different and interesting. Having written well over 4,000 stories since Read More

December 23, 2013 Leave a Comment

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? Is a question ask of Charlottesville and a comparison to Charlottesville often made. But - do we want their traffic challenges? NPR notes - Read More

December 18, 2013 Leave a Comment

Charlottesville Albemarle Airport Expanding

Having recently completed an 800 foot runway extension, CHO is about to spend $4 to $6 million. Read More

December 16, 2013 Leave a Comment

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 Charlottesville. It's a big plan. Bold, edgy and, in my opinion will likely result in something sometime that will look a Read More

December 12, 2013 3 Comments

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 money going to faculty, according to school estimates. UVa's administration has avoided publicly discussing the Read More

December 10, 2013 Leave a Comment

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