Real Estate Sales Down in Charlottesville in October 2022
The real estate market is slow. In a word: slow. More words: The Charlottesville area real estate market is different than it was three months ago, and three years ago. It's slower, for all the reasons I've laid out before. I'm posting the PDF of…
November 2022 Monthly Note | Appraisals & Race, The Market, Questions for Agents
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Thoughts on Housing Prices in Charlottesville – Early November 2022
I am probably wrong, but less wrong because I'm not really going to make predictions about what housing prices are going to do in the Charlottesville - Albemarle real estate market in 2023 and beyond. Prediction: 2023 will bring fewer homes on the market, fewer…
Sales Down, Inventory Up in Charlottesville Area Housing Market -3Q 2022
Coming as no surprise to anyone paying attention to the Charlottesville area real estate market, home sales are down, the number of homes for sale is up, and closed sale prices are still reflecting homes that went under contract 45-90 days ago. Download the…
Market FUD Appraisals Baby Back | October 2022 Note from Jim
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$5K Friends Floorplans Choice | September 2022 Note from Jim
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Maybe get a HELOC Now?
I'm working on my October Note (subscribe here) where I'm planning to write about the shifting market, and maybe put together some predictions for the rest of this year, and for 2023. But first, a story about the time I got laid off 20+ years…
Late-Stage Pandemic Real Estate Market Update — & Questions
Everyone has questions about the Charlottesville - Albemarle, Central Virginia, national real estate markets. While I'm a huge fan of the phrase, "I don't know," I also know that my clients tend to seek more insight than that. "We have been keeping an eye on…
Chimney Inspections: A Good Idea
I'm recommending chimney inspections to my buyer clients now. Just like I started advising septic inspections around 2010, I think chimney inspections should be default inspections -- or at least suggesting them should be my default now. More often than not, if I ask an agent if…
Note from Jim | Horrible Represent Joy Survey
This was a fun and sad one to write. Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. This is for August 2022. 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…