Houses 10 Miles from City Center?
So what's out there? These links will die soon, so here's a dropbox link with results of the search. Looking for homes in Charlottesville and Albemarle With at least 2 bedrooms At least 2 bathrooms 10-ish miles from my office near Charlottesville's Downtown Mall Under…
Housing has Challengers Everywhere
A few thoughts as I'm in Portland this week for a quasi-real estate conference. I said on Twitter Had an interesting conversation with my Lyft driver this morning. Topics he raised: - unsustainable housing market - gentrification - rental properties - unsat infrastructure - rising…
Who (What Age) is Moving to the Charlottesville – Albemarle Area
Sometimes, asking a simple question yields a tremendous response. A few weeks ago I was in a meeting in which a speaker noted that builders were building new homes primarily for the 55+ community (not explicitly 55+ communities; that's a different thing). Builders are building…
Wegmans Finally Coming to Charlottesville
Wegmans will be pushing dirt in March. The plan will go the to Albemarle County Architectural Review Board (never a non-daunting task) on Monday, Chris Stover at the Newsplex reports. I've had clients tell me that they wanted to move to the south side of…
Come to Siips Tonight for the Workforce Housing Fundraiser and Broker Bartender Night
I'll be bartending tonight, along with quite a few other Charlottesville real estate brokers: Come to Siips Wine and Champagne Bar and Bistro on Thursday, November 11, 2010 from 5:30 – 8:00 PM for a charity bartender event benefiting the Workforce Housing Fund of Charlottesville.…
Affordable Housing in CharlAlbemarle – Treesdale Park
The development is moving forward off of Rio Road (it's not done yet; it still needs site plan approval) ...  Location of Treesdale Park off Rio Rd, between Towne Lane and Stonehenge Road. Treesdale Park is an 88-unit multi-family community that will be located…
Where is the Affordable Housing in Charlottesville and Albemarle?
Not sure how I missed this story at Charlottesville Tomorrow discussing "affordable" housing in Charlottesville and Albemarle. Two initial thoughts - 1 - We need accurate data on commuting patterns into and out of Charlottesville and Albemarle. Using data from 2000 is not helpful, and…
Question from a reader regarding Charlottesville area foreclosures
"I would be interested to read about houses in trouble in Charlottesville area. Where can I find info about foreclosures, auctions, houses with late payments and so on. Are there a real estate agents specializing on this? Our agent didn't show much interest in this…
It’s our money, darn it!
I certainly don't intend to be partisan. But ... government should have to defend adequately how they spend our money. The following editorial is from the local "Albemarle Truth in Taxation Alliance." * If the people don't speak out on 2 April at 6pm at…
Green building in Charlottesville is about to (hopefully) take a major step forward
They are setting a lofty goal and vision that should set the standard for new developments in the Charlottesville region. Yesterday I had attended a presentation given by the developers of the new Belvedere development and the builders - Hauser Homes and Church Hill Homes.…