March 2014 Note – Coaching Soccer, Market Update, Client Thoughts
I'm aiming to publish by Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Curious or interested in reading some stuff I'll likely never publish elsewhere? Too many posts in a month and you want just one email a month in which I recap some of the better…
Quick Look at Crozet (and Albemarle) Real Estate Assessments
I was curious about what assessments were doing in Crozet so I did a quick look. If you're curious about background, context and methodology, please read the full post at RealCrozetVA.
How to Pay for Albemarle County Schools?
It costs nearly $12,000 per year to educate a kid in Albemarle County Schools. This year, the County Schools are facing a proposed funding gap of nearly $7 million and the cry from many parents, administrators and citizens has been to “fully fund the schools.…
What’s Affecting the Charlottesville Market? Student Loans, New Construction & Employment
As with some stories I post here, I'm posting for two reasons. First, I want to educate and inform those who read (thank you) and second, I refer to my blog all the time - and it's much easier to google my blog than my…
Will the Western Bypass Ever be Built?
Update 19 February 2014 - Looks like the Western Bypass might be dead. Who knows if and when the Western Bypass will be built? Know this - lots of people will show up to comment on it. Again. A vote on the resolution could follow…
Charlottesville City Police Ticketing Bicyclists
Police officers in the City of Charlottesville have doubled in the past two years the number of tickets they have issued to bicyclists, Charlottesville Tomorrow reports. First thoughts: - Good. As a bicycle advocate and rider, seeing cyclists cutting in and out of traffic, on…
Low Housing Inventory Continues in Charlottesville and Albemarle
If you look solely at the numbers, it looks like housing inventory is up. Not so. I've been thinking for months that we'd be seeing more housing inventory on the market by now. It's not yet here. Comparing the first 9 days of February of…
Lawrence Yun Came to CAAR
It's always great to hear NAR's chief economist talk. He's in a tough spot - he's a great economist. But he's the Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors - the trade association for Realtors*. Part of his job is to be both an…
Why Move to Charlottesville?
I'll defer to these folks' story about why they moved to Charlottesville. Of particular note is that “finding jobs” is #6, behind wanting to buy a house with at least a little bit of land, proximity to the mountains … this is a common thing…
Arthouse Theater + Beer + Restaurant Coming to Downtown Mall
In the "something cool coming to Downtown Charlottesville" category ... If the number of times this story was shared and discussed on Facebook is any indication of success, the new movie theater on the Downtown Mall is poised for tremendous success. The Downtown theater, that…