Commissions, Isolation, Bicycles, Community | March 2024 Jim’s Note
March 2024 monthly note. Published on Substack, and available by free subscription there. Archived here, but I have more confidence in the links I control than I do on someone else's platform. Much as in real estate, better to build a business on your…
February 2024 Monthly Note
February 2024 Monthly Note. This month: timing the market, super-short market insight, contracts, boomers, specificity matters. Published on Substack, and available by free subscription there. Archived here, but I have more confidence in the links I control than I do on someone else's platform. Much…
The NAR Settlement — Want to Read it With Me?
There's lots of talk in the media/real estate space/coffee shops/Slack channels about the National Association of Realtors proposed settlement. Proposed. Rather than depend on others' interpretations and spins, I'm reading the proposed settlement myself. Want to read it with me? NAR proposed settlement agreement -…
Quick tips for Buyers and Sellers in Charlottesville
We've started doing quarterly conversations about the Charlottesville real estate market and I'm testing what works best for both reach and posterity of the information. I like being able to look back and see what I've been right about, and what I've been wrong about,…
Empathy and Real Estate
I recorded a video this week with a colleague, Greg Slater, and we talked about the Charlottesville and Crozet real estate markets, and market data, and average and median prices, and inventory levels. This point is sticking in my head - good real estate agents…
Single Agent Dual Agency – The Disclosure in Virginia
When we started Nest Realty oh so many years ago, "no single agent dual agency" was one of our founding tenets. No Dual Agency. To my knowledge, we are the only real estate brokerage in the Charlottesville area stating definitively and publicly “No Dual Agency.”…
Looking to the 2024 Charlottesville Market, a Steamer & a Fixer-Upper, and Nest’s New Home | Monthly Note Archives
January 2024 Note from Jim Subscribe here, if you are interested. A market-heavy January note. Like the note? Please share it with a friend. First - Assessments are almost out. They’re up. Think yours is high, low, just right? Curious if you could sell for…
Nest Realty’s 2023 Annual Report
Market data is fun. Beautiful display of data is useful. Market data + beautiful display *and* appropriate context = relevance. Nest Realty's Annual Report is out, and it's beautiful. Want a copy? I'll gladly mail you one. (Just ask me) or download it here. For…
2024 Real Estate Assessments in Charlottesville & Albemarle
While the title reads "Charlottesville and Albemarle," the following applies to Nelson, Louisa, Greene, Fluvanna. You've gotten your 2024 real estate assessments. What does it mean? It means that that is the value on which you pay your real estate taxes It means that you…
Tiger Solar on Nest’s Sweat the Details Podcast
I loved this conversation. I asked a lot of questions, and learned an awful lot. It's a discussion about residential solar, a fossil fuel company investing in renewable energy, and a lot more. Part of that "lot more" was Russ Edwards, Tiger Solar's President, answer…