Albemarle County Budget – 2010 – Reductions all Around?

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If you’re pressed for time or attention span, start with the Budget Summary (pdf) – that’s where I found this unfortunate nugget:

…One-time funding for this program in FY 10/11 could be available and considered for reappropriation if this program does not meet its anticipated demand in FY 09/10

Find the fat, suggest changes (the first public hearing in 3 March at 6pm at the Lane Auditorium at the Albemarle County Office Building ). This is a hard year for localities’ budgets – Charlottesville , Fluvanna , Greene , statewide (and nationwide ), and Albemarle County is no different. – There is a great discussion at cvillenews , with Jeff Uphoff getting his math on in the comments . – There’s a petition to “fully fund” Albemarle County Schools . – The Daily Progress details the discussions on how to cut teachers .

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Twitter Week in Review

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RT @oddapt: Peter Chang's current restaurant is in Charlottesville, VA called Taste of China. I'm thinking PILGRIMAGE! [Is he *that* good?] # Sad news – Charlottesville Ice Park Closing http://post.ly/PuI4 # RT @PhxREguy: RT @MrsPhxREguy: Happy Birthday Thompson's Realty! # Working offers on two foreclosures in Charlottesville area; both w/ same asset co. Both same bizarre clause. Story coming next week # @ceruns Without definitions…

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City Neighborhood Liaison – Needed?

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The City of Charlottesville is contemplating adding a “neighborhood advocate” to liaise with City neighborhood associations . … I vote for her: “It’s a bad use of city funds and there are too many other programs and efforts that I think the city should be involved in,” said Adena Imlay, president of the Meadowbrook Hills/Rugby Neighborhood Association. Imlay said creating another layer of bureaucracy in local government to work with neighborhoods is not the answer. … I’m curious – why can’t people who want to be involved call the city and advocate for themselves ?

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Friday Chart – Charlottesville & Albemarle – February Homes Under Contract

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We’ve been talking recently about what the effects the various snowpocalypses have had on the Charlottesville real estate market; people were snowed in, buyers couldn’t get out to see houses (yet another argument for high-quality photos and videos in the Charlottesville MLS), sellers couldn’t get their houses ready or activated on the market … the consensus has been that February 2010 was going to be a pretty sorry month for home sales. … This clearly does not account for canceled contracts, contracts that fall apart due to home inspections, financing or appraisal issues …

Homes – single family, attached and condos – that went under Contract in February in the Charlottesville MSA* Homes – single family, attached and condos – that went under Contract in February in Charlottesville and Albemarle – 12 condos went under contract in February. 8 were foreclosures or short sales. … For Charlottesville and Albemarle in February 2010 for far: – 2 were new construction attached – 31 were resale attached – 0 were new construction single family detached – 64 were resale single family detached – 12 were condos – 0 were new construction condos (and yes, I added the above manually and they match the spreadsheet. 🙂 ) Charlottesville MSA for these purposes includes Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene and Nelson

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Check Out Crime in Charlottesville

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Is one of the most important questions my buyer clients ask. … This is the perfect opportunity for the County of Albemarle and City of Charlottesville to cooperate, share, partner, whatever. … For buyers looking in the City of Charlottesville – search for crime by neighborhood, address, intersection, bus stop, Charlottesville City parks … at Charlottesville Crime View . Thanks to WCAV for the report .

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Charlottesville Median Inventory Update – End of February

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A brief update on the Charlottesville, Albemarle and Charlottesville MSA real estate markets … for single family homes. For much more real estate data and charts, click through to sign up for spam-free updates. As always, please let me know what questions, comments, insight you may have, either in the comments or via email – jim AT RealCentralVA DOT com. [altos_regional_chart regionId=”52648526″ rt=”sf” ra=”a,c” q=”a,c”…

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Twitter Week in Review

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If you don't understand, please park elsewhere http://post.ly/Orii # Whew. Long, long day of showing houses. Productive & had a little adventure or two. # Showing about 10 houses today. 9 are vacant. Sweet. #cville # Single-Agent Dual agency is a great option. If you really don't want representation. http://bit.ly/amwAe5 # Finding spelling errors in the VAR Buyer Broker form: priceless. Suite does not =…

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