A New Way to Search for Homes In Charlottesville
Coming soon ... for years there have been things I have wanted to do to help my buyer clients search for homes in Charlottesville* and for years, technology has lagged far beyond my goals. That's changed. Coming in the next week or two, I'll be…
Foreclosures in Charlottesville – Answers to some of the Questions
Continuing the recent trend of guest posts, I've invited Ray Caddell, a local real estate broker, to clarify some of the current burgeoning questions about foreclosures, specifically in the Charlottesville market. Ray's bio probably wouldn't fit here, but suffice it to say that I respect…
Charlottesville Real Estate Company Streamlines
I take no happiness or satisfaction from being right. Word came to me Friday morning that two branches of Real Estate III will be closing merging with other, existing locations. They are closing their office at Forest Lakes and consolidating into the 29 North branch…
New Appraisal Issues Affect Realtors
Ed. note: I'm pleased to have the following guest post by Karen Pape, a highly respected Charlottesville appraiser. Going with my belief that knowing whom to ask is one of my core competencies, I asked Karen to write a post on current appraisal issues. She…
A Great Time to Buy! (a house in Charlottesville)
I've been planning this post for a few weeks, and then the Bubble Blog had their own post about the current buyer's market. I had a long-winded, detailed analytical post outlined for today's post, and even had it about half-way written. Until I met this…
Hauser Homes offering Huge “Discounts”
A sign of the times ... Note the "Realtor Bonus" being offered ... These types of bonuses (bribes) are why I negotiate my fees with my buyers up front. (more…)
This is What a Foreclosure Auction Looks like in Charlottesville
Update 19 October 2008: My friends and clients, who are the first homeowners in Belvedere, have provided an important and very personal perspective on how the foreclosures are affecting them. For their candor, conviction and willingness to share, I admire and respect them tremendously. ---…
Lots of Foreclosures in Today’s HooK
Read 'em all here. I'll be Downtown tomorrow at 11, as will lots of locals, I suspect.
Yes, Virginia, You CAN Get a Loan in Charlottesville
In an attempt to dispel some of the (justified) negativity surrounding the Charlottesville real estate market, I thought I'd ask some of the lenders with whom I regularly work for their insight. Part of my job is knowing stuff, another is knowing whom to ask.…
No Crime Data for You! What are Charlottesville and Albemarle Afraid of?
From the HooK: (bolding mine) Drane, an economics/philosophy major who graduated from the University of Virginia in 1992, now lives in Baltimore, which he says has the second-highest per capita crime rate of any city in the United States. “That's kind of where my interest…