Monthly Note Archives | November 2021 | Smoke Hoses Wallpaper, not Discriminating
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How Fast Are Homes Selling in Charlottesville? in November 2021
Watching this week's Altos market update video made me curious.* How many homes in Charlottesville + Albemarle are going under contract immediately, as in, in 1 day or less? So I ran the numbers, because just a top-level look doesn't tell the story. In Charlottesville…
Two (New) Questions to Ask about Internet Service
I've written several times over the years about the importance of checking internet service availability when buyers are evaluating homes to purchase. A good conversation today spurred two new things for me to advice my buyer clients to ask: There's internet here, but what's the…
Zillow Out of iBuying – This Means little to Charlottesville Real Estate Consumers
Zillow are out the home buying business, while their current Zestimates are often more accurate than ever. Sometimes, the Zestimates are completely wrong. Right now, the human algorithm is more accurate than Zestimates. But for how long? Good for them for trying, failing relatively quickly,…
October 2021 Note | A different market update, Kids Work, & a Wedding
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Charlottesville Real Estate Market Update – 3rd Quarter 2021
The story remains much the same as it has for the past 15 to 18 months: buyer demand across most market segments remains high, and inventory, while rising, remains low. The new report from the Virginia Association of Realtors is pretty good, and it's linked…
September 2021 Note | Introspective Sneaky Psychology, and a Map
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Predictions and Doors | Monthly Note Summary August 2021
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FLUM – Charlottesville’s Future Land Use Map (2021)
I'm not really sure how this post is going to turn out. I've been trying to make sense of the Charlottesville Future Land Use Map. I need to understand because I live in the County that surrounds the City of Charlottesville, and as if not…
July 2021 Monthly Note | Stuck Cooking Negotiating Death
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