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
Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. This is for October 2021. Interested in not waiting a few days to read it, and want it straight to your email? Subscribe here. For the re-posts here on the blog, I don’t do much formatting/changing as I’m more…
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…