“A C-SPAN that covers local meetings”
A great description of Charlottesville Tomorrow. Listen to Brian Wheeler's most recent weekly appearance on WINA here, covering North Pointe on 29 North, Places29 and several other topics that affect the Charlottesville real estate market. As I have noted before and elsewhere, Charlottesville Tomorrow is,…
Get ready for real estate assessments in Albemarle County
Whoo-boy. Get ready folks for a whole flurry of news, blog posts, media coverage and general griping and hallelujah-ing, depending on the perspective. I just got off the phone with the Albemarle County Assessor's office; two properties' assessed values in the the same subdivision in…
Charlottesville area housing market report
And now for the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtor's report on the state of the local real estate market. In Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa and Nelson there are 1,959 active properties on the market, rather than 3,072 as the report says (this is simply…
Check your school district before you buy
And as much as it pains me to say, don't necessarily trust the MLS. Here is why (I've written about this numerous time over the years)- School districts change all the time. I tell my clients that they shouldn't feel confident that they will remain…
Assessments, property taxes and shifting market values in Albemarle County
Albemarle County's real estate assessments are now going to be done annually rather than biennually (contrast that with Nelson County to the south re-assesses every five years). I just received a call from an appraiser working for the county. He noticed that one of my…
Dropping prices, new construction and the inherent risk in a changing market
A client sent me a link to this story in the Washington Post that discusses something that is happening with more frequency. A buyer contracts on a new construction property, and by the time closing comes around, the value has dropped. What do you do?…
Toy lift needs Help
From today's Daily Progress: It's T-minus two days before Tom Powell lifts off the Charlottesville Fashion Square mall pad in the 19th-annual Toy Lift amid some serious concern at mission control. ... “This really isn't the first economic downturn we've had in 18 years and…
Charlottesville’s Town Centers
NBC29 starts a series on Town Center Living - I bet their video is utterly fascinating, but alas it doesn't work on a mac. (some people use macs - did you know your competitor figured out that people uses macs, and their video works?) Read…
Housing and tech in Charlottesville
Four point four Billion Dollars. That is the total economic impact that the high tech industry had on the Charlottesville/Central Virginia region - not too shabby for a Metropolitan Statistical Area with a population of about 175k. Chemical Weapons Research Analyst, Journeyman All-Source Analyst "(working…
How do you determine the cost of doing nothing?
That is a question that needs to be asked with regards to our water supply. Take the time to read the whole thing. "This community has struggled for over 20 years, dating back to the beginning of property acquisition for a "Buck Mountain Reservoir" in…