The Nest team puts out a lot of data. This month, I'm putting it all out there for your review. Dig in. Ask questions, and know that even with this data, your micro-market will require more analysis than is available here. 29 North February 2018 Barracks February 2018 City of Charlottesville February 2018 Rio February 2018 Southside February 2018 Crozet February 2018 Earlysville February 2018 Ivy February 2018 Keswick East February 2018 Fluvanna February 2018 Greene February 2018 Louisa February 2018 … [Read more...]
Black Panther, Planning Ahead, Market Dynamics | Monthly Note Archives
Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. The blog is more searchable. Interested in not waiting a few months to read it? Learn more here. For these posts, I don’t do much formatting/changing as I’m more concerned about simply having the content here forever (because I own the blog, and I don’t own Tinyletter) (February 2018) Planning ahead When you're buying a home, you're potentially buying a home for tomorrow, the next day, when you have no kids, a baby and a toddler, big kids, and no kids. Life happens. With … [Read more...]
Tariffs, Affordability, and the Charlottesville Real Estate Market
I'm no economist. But, I can read. And I can read people. Uncertainty is bad. Headwinds are bad. Perception is often reality and when materials costs are higher, costs to build are more expensive, homebuyers' prices will rise, and our community continues to want new homes "over there," the Charlottesville Albemarle community will continue to be an expensive, and more expensive, place to live. Think about this uncertainty in the context of the residential construction ongoing in Charlottesville and Albemarle, the big buildings proposed in … [Read more...]
Lochlyn Hill neighborhood in Charlottesville – New Construction with Character
Not like any other new construction in the City of Charlottesville. Yes, I'm one of the marketing agents for the neighborhood, and yes, I have represented buyers in the neighborhood. But. Every single person who was walked through the Lochlyn Hill neighborhood has said the same thing - some variation of, "I've not seen another new construction neighborhood in Charlottesville like this." It's fun marketing this neighborhood. https://youtu.be/2znTJpV7itU … [Read more...]
RealPodVA – Podcast about Charlottesville, Real Estate, Dirty Jobs
This must be real. I bought the domain name: RealPodVA More to come (to include a "get your podcast here" option, but here's the first episode. We talk about real estate assessments, among other things. A goal is to keep each episode at about 27 minutes - about the average commute time in the Charlottesville area. We recorded the second podcast this morning, and we aim to build this out over the next few weeks, publishing every two weeks to start, and then weekly. Bonus: the guys who started this podcast group, and are on … [Read more...]
Charlottesville Market, City Council, Self-Care, Pivideo | Monthly Note Archives
Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. The blog is more searchable. Interested in not waiting a few months to read it? Learn more here. For these posts, I don’t do much formatting/changing as I’m more concerned about simply having the content here forever (because I own the blog, and I don’t own Tinyletter) (January 2018) Here we go, 2018. 2018's Real Estate Market - Seek Out Competence If you're thinking about buying or selling, or know someone who is, please email or text me. There's not much to say that I've not … [Read more...]
West2nd In Doubt, Albemarle Growing, Crozet Needs Infrastructure
A few stories of note this week of interest. Bolding is mine; please read the stories in their entireties. Albemarle officials discuss effects of county’s growth - Alison Wrabel at DP According to the Weldon Center Cooper for Public Service at the University of Virginia, the county’s population estimate as of July 1 is 107,697, an 8.8 percent increase since 2010. “While it’s growing, it’s actually changing,” Burton said. “It’s becoming more racially diverse than it has in years prior and decades prior. At the same time that it’s … [Read more...]