Bundoran Farm Foreclosed on, Continuing On
Good. “The Wells Fargo team, and its predecessor Wachovia Bank, have been supportive from the outset and they continue to be,” Adams recently said. “Wells Fargo asked if we would be interested in staying aboard as the development management team if they acquire the property…
Buying Local – The Race to Homogeneity
Think about Seth Godin's lamentation the next time you shop at a chain. They're shutting down Jimmy Wang's store. Shutting down a succesful (sic) little business. Walgreen's is moving into town, my town, a town with three or four small drugstores and plenty of places…
Reason #137 to Love Living in Charlottesville
The alternate title to this post was "Priorities." The hard part about living in Charlottesville is making time to take advantage of opportunities. I could have been showing houses, or writing, or emailing clients. Instead, I made a memory with my daughter. (more…)
Want to Know Why Buyers Target Western Albemarle?
Western Albemarle High School in Crozet was the only school in Central Virginia to make the NEWSWEEK list of America's Best High Schools. (thanks, Newsplex) Related: School values and housing prices - specifically in Albemarle County.
Western Bypass. Revived.
Read about it at the HooK. Make sure you check out where the bypass may go. I remain unconvinced that: 1) If we were to build a new road, this is the one to be built. Just because it's been talked about for so very…
Charlottesville MSA Median Prices 2000 through 2011
Bear with me ... I'm trying to make sense of the market. It seems that we're back (broadly) at 2004 - 2005 housing prices in Charlottesville. However, keep in mind that a single family home in the Meadowbrook Hills area of the City of Charlottesville…
Seeking a Stable, Consistent Volume of Real Estate Transactions in Charlottesville
Part One of at least Two ... I look at too much data. I admit it. In this post, I'm posing just a question - when looking at the past ten years of real estate data** in the Charlottesville, Virginia area, what is a "normal"…
Batesville Store is Closing
Virginia is not for small businesses. And it's a damn shame. I find it inexplicable and infuriating that, if everything that is reported is true - that Friday was the owners' first notice that they were in violation - then the State's choice to enforce…
What Does “Community” Mean to You?
In Charlottesville*, what does "Community" mean to you? It's walkable, it's connected, it's friendly, it's helpful, it's supportive, it allows individualism or collectivism, allows choice. (more…)
Somerset Farm – It’s What’s Next
- Somerset Farm - Neighborhood centers, pedestrian-oriented, close to downtown Charlottesville ... (Newsplex) - "The Albemarle Planning Commission has provided significant support to a proposal from local developer Wendell Wood to move more than 317 acres along Route 20 south of Charlottesville into the designated…