Albemarle County Development Review
Everybody's talking about it - Albemarle County is seeking the public's feedback on the development process. One thing is true - the County does an excellent job of soliciting the public's input. Now, if only the public will speak. From a discussion at Cvillenews: I'm…
Clustering, phasing and more
Clustering and Phasing shelved (WINA) - link may not work, WINA's permalink structure is bothersome. Phasing and Clustering proposals fail to move forward (Cville Tomorrow) Ok. Efforts to address land-use fail, and the Board of Supervisors approves more developments within the growth area. Crozet Rezonings…
Following the Charlottesville area market trends
*Active in August 2006: 432 Active in August 2006: 441 % change: 2.08% Contingent: -28.74% Pending: -34.36% Sold: -21.95% Very, very interesting data. What do the data tell us about the Charlottesville and Central Virginia area's real estate market? It has slowed - significantly. The…
I haven’t heard this in five years
I have been licensed in the real estate business for over five years and until yesterday, had never heard this phrase uttered by buyer-clients in the Charlottesville area: I don't know - there's just so much to choose from.We are in a different market, folks.
Charlottesville area housing sales
Following up on Liesel Nowack's story this morning in the DP, fast on the heels of the Virginia Association of Realtors' release of home sale data: Regarding low interest rates' impact on the boom - did they have an influence? Yes and no. For a…
That’s a lot of Realtors
Based on this number - 173,323 (population of the Charlottesville MSA) And this number - ~1300 (number of Realtors in the CAAR) There is one Realtor for about every 133 people living the Charlottesville Area. Only 315 Realtors have had more than five "sides" (per…
Growing in the growth areas
In spite of much of the angst surrounding BoS member David Slutzky, he seems to be the only one expressing the opinion that is lacking from the discussion (courtesy of the DP): Supervisor David Slutzky said he wonders whether master planning each growth area separately…
Crozet and Waynesboro
How much is Waynesboro benefiting from Crozet's growth? How much does Crozet benefit from Waynesboro? "We've seen the dynamic and the shift of people when we look at the demographics and why Wal-Mart and why Home Depot and why Lowe's have come to Waynesboro sitting…
Charlottesville Blog Carnival 08-13-2006
And here, I thought that this would be a sparse week: The HooK carries the torch for freedom and democracy. The joy of Tony Sinclair. The SELC on how growth affects the area. My favorite part was when a caller asked how the guests got…