A lifestyle shift – riding a bike
I rode from my office to a listing I am marketing the other day - all told it took me about forty five minutes, round trip - and added about 15 minutes to my traveling time. Was it worth it? Absolutely. I saved gas, burned…
Coming up this week on RealCentralVA – 16 June 2008
- One thing that didn't make it in last week's Daily Progress story - (Hopefully) more on homeowner's insurance and vacant houses - about 33% of the houses currently on the market in Central Virginia are vacant - so this is a very pertinent issue.…
Transportation Town Hall on Monday
If you would like more bike lanes or rail service or other transportation concerns, take the time to tell some of the people whose voices matter (not that ours don't - they just have bigger and better targeted microphones). Town meeting on transportation with Delegate…
Albemarle County might minimize transparent government
Brilliant - save money by limiting public access to what our government is doing. Albemarle County residents could soon face another hurdle toward holding their Supervisors accountable. In what's being billed as an efficiency move, the six member governing body will consider changing the record…
Charlottesville Area Market Update – June 2008
If a picture is truly worth a thousand words - This market update is a bit longer and more detailed than most of my previous market reports - there seems to be uncertainty right now and I'd like to do my part to answer as…
Charlottesville has its own Bubble Blog!
I don't know how I missed Real C'Ville for so long (they've been up since May 2008), but here they are - offering candid commentary on the market and most interestingly, different houses on the market: This house is on pretty Oxford Place, the one-way…
Charlottesville market report coming Monday
While I had planned to release the market report for the Charlottesville market today, I have noticed that even properties that closed ten days ago have not yet been closed in the MLS. In an attempt to provide the most accurate data, I'm going to…
Economic Summit in Charlottesville this September
I wonder how I can score a ticket to this event at UVA's Miller Center ... Courtesy of C-Ville's blog: For three days, these financial leaders, who represent three quarters of worldwide economic activity, will tackle the issues involved with Sovereign Wealth Funds, global financial…
Policy Maps for today’s real estate consumer
One of the most common questions that buyer clients ask is - what kind of people live here? Most often (although I do have some stories about profoundly ignorant people) they are asking - "do they have kids here?" or "do the people around here…
Foreclosures in Charlottesville and Albemarle
Still not that bad. Let's see some localized context, courtesy a report titled "Cumulative Foreclosure Actions In Virginia (April 2008)" sent to me by a local lender (PDF) - Albemarle County is #68 with .03% Augusta County is #76 with .02% Charlottesville is #78 with…