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
Archives for December 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 Read More
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
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
Charlottesville Albemarle Airport Expanding
Having recently completed an 800 foot runway extension, CHO is about to spend $4 to $6 million. Read More
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
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