The lockbox doesn’t work and apparently hasn’t worked for many months; another Charlottesville Realtor told me that he had tried to show the house five times, to no avail … seven months ago. … But I’m left agreeing with my clients that the Realtor isn’t doing his job, that the house might have been worth something nine months ago. … Think about this – nearly 28% of the houses currently on the market in the Charlottesville MSA are vacant – that’s about 700 homes. … About 155 homes have been on the market for at least a year . 72 of these vacant homes have been on the market for at least 600 days.
Twitter Week in Review
Worst sentence/idea I've read in years. http://post.ly/ndRb # Stopped into Greenwood Grocery for a sandwich, ended up tasting & getting a bottle of Cardinal Point's Rockfish Red. # Good news, bad news about West End traffic | Augusta Free Press http://post.ly/na2S # Life would be easier if my MLS displayed "last sold date & price" alongside current asking price & full price history. #RPR (?)…
Friday Charts – Charlottesville and Albemarle Housing Inventory Levels – July 2010
As always, ignore data prior to November … Condo/attached home median prices seem to be declining a bit; these could be caused in part by the Walker Square condos that recently saw significant price reductions across the board. Prices over the past 90 days seem stable, as do the recent 7-day rolling averages. Inventory seems to be picking up …
Budget Busters in Homeownership
Routine Maintenance and Repairs are expenses that a lot of homeowners – particularly first time home buyers – neglect to expect. And plan for. Get Rich Slowly talks about some of these items . Planning for Budget Busters – Home Ownership from Adam Baker on Vimeo .
A Shift in Charlottesville Soccer
Update 16 July 2010: Charlottesville’s getting an indoor turf field … at the Ice Park.
Plans are to offer an ice rink for six months of the year, from October through March, and a turf field for the remainder of the year. Visitors to the arena will now be able to take part in both winter and summer sports programs, from public ice skating to indoor soccer and lacrosse.
Courteney Stuart has more at the HooK on Mark Brown, the new owner of the Ice Park.
You probably didn’t hear it, but a shift happened on Sunday in the Charlottesville soccer scene.
Playing and coaching soccer in Charlottesville for years, first coaching one kid from U-8 up and in the process of starting another, playing in SOCA’s adult league for nearly seven years, I have always lamented the lack of soccer league competition. No more.
Last Sunday marked the first week of soccer for CvilleSocial. The early reviews are that it’s fantastic to have soccer competition in Charlottesville. Turf fields. For soccer players in Charlottesville, this is Huge.
The big dog in the Charlottesville soccer scene has (always) been SOCA – the Soccer Organization of Charlottesville. Monticello United has recently offered competition for the youth league as well, but there has never been more than one option for adult soccer in Charlottesville.
Here’s a quick primer on adult soccer in Charlottesville/Albemarle:
SOCA offers Spring and Fall 11 -v- 11, Summer 8 -v- 8 and Winter indoor 5 -v- 5 (our region desperately needs an indoor soccer facility … and there might be hope for that).
CvilleSocial’s Summer offering is 6 -v- 6 on TURF fields. Yep, turf. At the newly-renovated Park at UVA. The Park is located just down the hill from UVA’s Law and JAG schools.
Short Sales VS Strategic Defaults
Which one is harder on your credit? Which one is truly more “strategic”? Must read post from Steve Harney on this subject . stra-te-gic relating to the identification of long-term or overall aims and interests and the means of achieving them
Second Quarter Charlottesville Real Estate Market Report
The second quarter real estate market report has just been released by the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors. Happy reading. 2010 2nd Qtr CAAR Market Report