A Few Real Estate Stories + a Brief Hiatus

Quick note: I’ll be (probably) not posting here until 2017.  Questions? Email or call me anytime. 434-242-7140

• My Monthly Note. Some of my best stuff goes here. This is a note written for consumers, not real estate folks. One email a month, and it’s easy to subscribe. Really. Sign up here. (based on the subscribe/unsubscribe ratio, people seem to like it)
• Four More Years? No Quick End In Sight For The U.S. Housing Shortage

“This shortage of housing inventory is the principal reason why home prices have been outpacing people’s income growth for the past five consecutive years. From 2011 to 2016, the median home price will have risen by 42% compared to the median household income gain of only 17%. Such disparity hurts affordability and is unsustainable over the long haul.”

• The 12 Days of 2FA: How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication For Your Online Accounts
  • Just do it.
  • Also, I just bought one of these.
• Higher Education Propels Population Growth (Probably)
  • Interesting read when considering Charlottesville + Albemarle
• Zillow
  • Consumer Housing Trends Report 2016  – 10 Takeaways (archived: 2024)
    • This one surprised me: “The stereotype of Millennials as urban dwellers
      falls flat: 47 percent of Millennial homeowners
      live in the suburbs.”
  • 5 Housing Predictions for 2017 (Nothing surprising here)
• Realtor.com predictions (no longer available)
  • “Older Millennials (25-34) dominate current home shoppers, making up 33% of the market. First-time buyers account for 52% of the future buying potential.”
• Interesting thought that might (but probably won’t) related to the revenue sharing agreement between the City of Charlottesville and County of Albemarle.
  • “Expiration of Virginia’s annexation moratorium is coming soon and no one is talking about it. https://fb.me/2NKp1FlIA “
• When do homes come on the market in Charlottesville?
  • Soon.