One of the very first features desired by clients with whom I just met was “walkability” – being able to walk to stuff – grocery stores, coffee shops, parks … but there’s another aspect of walkability and bikeability that I have noticed since I started my effort to bike and walk around Charlottesville and Crozet – I’m more connected to my community . I see people more, I wave more, I see Charlottesville from a different perspective than that from a car. … This is what it looks like from my car: And this is what it looks like when walking (incidentally, I took this photo after walking my younger one to school, stopping at the Crozet Mudhouse on the way to and from): Granted, it’s just a pothole, but think about if it were a friend, or a dog, or a client, or a garden … Using Walkscore , these are some of the most walkable homes for sale in Crozet and these are some of the most walkable homes for sale in Charlottesville .
Baby Boomers and Charlottesville – What’s Next?
The question is – where is the housing for those seeking to age in place, plan for the future or semi- (or fully) retire in the Charlottesville area – In addition to the lack of housing for those seeking to achieve the above goals, location is key – coming back to my “ close to stuff †principle – close to groceries, libraries, things to do … but why aren’t builders capitalizing on this demand? I’ve been asking this question for years, and it seems that like much else in the Charlottesville/Albemarle area (and really, the US as a whole) we’ll wait to benefit from hindsight to recognize what we should have done.
…From Charlottesville’s recognition in 2004 as America’s best city in which to live , to the University of Virginia’s consistent ranking as one of the nation’s best public universities , to the John Paul Jones Arena’s award as the nation’s best new concert venue, we take pride in being the best.
…Indeed, according to local realtor Jim Duncan, who picked up on this trend in 2005 , out of the 1158 homes currently on the market in the Charlottesville/Albemarle area for under $1 million, only 143 have bedroom, kitchen, and laundry on the first floor, never mind a full bathroom.
Charlottesville Real Estate Data Nuggets
Looking at the weekly real estate data reports for Charlottesville and Albemarle, two points jump out: – Percent of Properties with Price Decrease 26 % – Percent Relisted (reset DOM) 9 % I’m not 100% confident with 26% having price decreases, but it feels about right. The relisted number feels right too – this is the percent of homes that have come on the market for a second or third time … … Download them all for yourself below or sign up to receive weekly automatic (spam-free) delivery . Charlottesville Single-Family Homes Charlottesville Attached Homes and Condos Charlottesville and Albemarle Single Family Market Update Charlottesville and Albemarle Attached Homes and Condos – real estate market update
Twitter Week in Review
@outskirts seriously, go to Chung's in Albemarle square. in reply to outskirts # Line out the door at Charley's on High Street. Is that b/c od the food or the "Smoking Allowed" sign? # An afternoon at King Family Vineyards http://post.ly/R9Tp # "Hi, my name is X, I'm moving to Charlottesville to work at NGIC & need a place to live. Can you help?" Is…
So … the Homebuyer Tax Credit Costs (way) More than $8k per House
From Calculated Risk : (bolding mine) This is no surprise and suggests that the extension and expansion of the home buyer tax credit will probably cost taxpayers over $100,000 for each additional home sold. … Buyers – are you waiting until after the tax credit expires ? Congress – will you pander some more with tax dollars and attempt to extend the tax credit for a fourth time ? Since 1 January 2010*: 373 residential properties have gone under contract in the Charlottesville MSA. 108 – 29% – are under $200k 168 – 45%- are under $250k 218 – 58% of homes that went under contract since the first of the year are under $300k. 70 – 19% – are between $300k and $400k 35 – 9% – are between $400k and $500k 40 – between $500k and $999k 12 – over $1 million * “Now” is 7 am on 5 March 2010 * I’ll turn this into an “official” Friday chart this evening.
City Buying Land for Homeless Shelter
The enrollees got either an efficiency at the Y.M.C.A. or an apartment rented for them in a building somewhere else in the city, provided they agreed to work within the rules of the program. … An efficiency apartment in Denver averages $376 a month, or just over forty-five hundred a year, which means that you can house and care for a chronically homeless person for at most fifteen thousand dollars, or about a third of what he or she would cost on the street. The idea is that once the people in the program get stabilized they will find jobs, and start to pick up more and more of their own rent, which would bring someone’s annual cost to the program closer to six thousand dollars. … I wonder how much is being spent now in the City on services related to caring for the homeless and whether there are parallels to the Gladwell story.
Stupid Real Estate Questions
Transcription: As I tell my customers and clients, it’s not a stupid question in that you’re in a stupid mindset, but it’s a stupid question in that there are no such things as dumb questions, just the ones you don’t ask. A lot of what I do is complicated, it’s complex and it’s very intricate in details and it seems really simple to me because I do this everyday. … So that’s my thought process for this site, stupid real estate questions is I want to answer the questions that my clients have frequently, the ones that almost every single one of them asks, I want to be able to put in one place so that they can go and find these answers because a lot of them will ask: – Should I get an attorney or a title company? – Should I get a home inspection? … And these are questions that happen every single day, so I want to help and educate and put them all in one place.