Let’s ask Google: Home inspection peak due to the $8k Tax Credit?
Google Real Estate Trends
Google Trends for Finance … this is for real estate. A few years ago I wrote a story titled What if Zillow is Right?. Replace "Zillow" with "Google". Yet I have been wondering – what if Zillow’s reach becomes so great, their data become so vast and inclusive, that their Zestimates significantly impact what is fair market value? What if the purchasing and selling population refer to…
Friday Chart – Home Vacancy Rate for Charlottesville MSA
Looking at the data a little bit differently: Charlottesville MSA for this post is comprised of Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Nelson. Update 10 September 2009 … I’m still working on this … (w/ help from @wkdavis)
Feedback on Showing Homes – Video
I’m doing a video test … Youtube: Viddler: 4 Ubertor: Transcription: Hey, it’s Jim Duncan with Nest Realty and RealCentralVA.com here finishing up an afternoon of showing houses in Charlottesville, in western Albemarle County. A couple of thoughts after looking at a number of houses and trying to look at a number more: if you’re a seller and your house is on the market now,…
Nature, Children, Play and Neighborhoods
I learned a tremendous amount from listening to the discussion on Sunday’s Wake-Up Call on WNRN as Kate and Rick discussed nature, interacting with nature, play, roaming, neighborhoods … this post will be expanded with show notes when I make time to listen to it again, but here is my question – Particularly if you live in the Charlottesville area, which areas or neighborhoods do…
Charlottesville is Wine Country
Walla Walla Valley, Washington. Anderson Valley, California. Between Hermann and New Haven, Missouri. Charlottesville, Virginia*. Thanks, CNN. Virginia’s premier wine country, dotted with working farms and over 1,000 acres of grape vines, spreads out around the city of Charlottesville in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The free tour at 20-acre Jefferson Vineyards both explores the winery and recounts the history of Virginia wine…
Blog Wayback – Why Use a Realtor – Decoding NAR-Speak
In many markets across the country, over 50% of real estate sales are cooperative sales ; that is, a real estate agent other than yours brings in the buyer. … Your Realtor will generally prescreen and accompany qualified prospects through your property. a – I want to see that study. b – Allowing strangers into your home is the whole point of the MLS and lockbox system we use!