A glut of condos in Charlottesville
There's no two ways to look at it. Typically I refrain from negative sentiments regarding the market, choosing to present pure facts. However, it's hard to look at these numbers any other way. First - generally, new condo developments are not subject to the impact…
Quick market update for Charlottesville
The first-half market report for the Charlottesville region will be released in seven days. Leading up to the report's release, I'll be posting my brief market reports this week. About 36% of the active listings in Charlottesville/Albemarle are priced between $280k and $500k. The median…
A case for transparent government in Albemarle
You need look no farther than the NGIC-Wendell Wood- BoS/Ken Boyd situation? fiasco? controversy? discussion? Taxpayers deserve to hear from Mr. Boyd exactly what happened. Cvillenews has a nice roundup while Charlottesville Tomorrow has incomparable coverage. From CvilleTomorrow: In addition, the Supervisors had discussions behind…
Have your say on proffers in Albemarle
Take the Survey just released by the County. More at Cvilletomorrow. The Board has approved proffer dollar amounts for various housing types as listed below: Single Family Detached (SFD) -- $17,500 Single Family Attached/Town House/Condominium (SFA/TH) -- $11,900 Multifamily/Apartment (MF) -- $12,400 Mobile Home (MH)…
Real estate Sunday in the Daily Progress – a deeper look at the housing numbers
The DP, Charlottesville's biggest daily newspaper, has quite the real estate focus today: Prices put dream of homeownership out of reach Flight from high prices costs in road woes High housing prices hit city in rankings Housing boom benefits but wages still lag (All stories…
Putting Charlottesville traffic in perspective
This comment from a cvillenews commenter and the ensuing discussion lead me to think more about our traffic issues. Further, just because traffic may be worse in DC it doesn’t mean ours isn’t bad. I disagree. It’s not bad, period. Our versions of what ‘bad’…
Albemarle Place delayed at least a year
... I am told by a little birdie. More on Albemarle Place at Cvillenews, Cville Tomorrow and RealCentralVA
An interview with Curbplaces.com
CurbPlaces.com is an entry into the Charlottesville/Albemarle (CharlAlbemarle) real estate search market. To my knowledge, they are the only local search site in town other than our local gorilla, mycaar, which has proven to be an addictive site visited by voyeurs, active buyers and sellers…
Nearly mid-year market data for Charlottesville and Albemarle
Courtney Stuart has a very good article in this week's HooK. Not that she needs it, but she deserves credit for presenting an accurate, non-threatening/non-emotional picture of the current real estate market in the Charlottesville/Albemarle region. "There's an awful lot of inventory," says real estate…
Get involved, darn it
Good article today in the HooK about bicycle commuting in the Charlottesville area. One thing that struck me was this - None of the bicyclists interviewed for this article, for example, are members of The Alliance for Community Choice in Transportation, the Charlottesville Area Bicyclists…