Listening to a pretty good 2-man band at my sister's wedding reception in Arlington watching planes approach landing to National Airport #fb # My blackberry needs to be rebuilt, methinks. Might just go for the Tour. Not getting any emails. # Awesome: Verizon support says, "I only have instructions for Windows." Luckily I use a Mac. # Why is parking $1 all night in Arlington…
Higher-End Home Sales in Charlottesville and Albemarle
The Charlottesville Bubble Blog has a thorough analysis of the higher end home market in Charlottesville and Albemarle, which is itself derivative of the Daily Progress’ story this morning. The beauty of the internet is that blogs are able to provide more content and context, whereas print is limited to the space available.
Thursday Links – 07-23-2009
Honesty … Is Such A Lonely Word Maybe this is fantasy; maybe realtors need to embellish the property up to make the seller happy. Maybe it’s too much to ask that realtors act as if they have nothing to gain or lose. Maybe agents simply can’t help themselves from telling me to trust them, rather than showing me why I should. Americans and Hard Times…
Charlottesville Media Appearance – 22 July 2009 – WINA
Tune into Coy Barefoot’s Charlottesville – Right Now! on WINA from five to five thirty today as I and one of my Nest Partners, Keith Davis, discuss the Charlottesville real estate market. Topics we may cover – – Where the Charlottesville real estate market is right now. – Where the market may be going. – New Construction – Why and how now may be a…
10 Things Your Realtor May Not Tell You
I wouldn’t have known about the allegedly controversial Smart Money article had the President of the National Association of Realtors not addressed it (without a link to the Smart Money story as is common blogging practice) …. “10 Things your Realtor won’t tell you” is a silly article that plays on fears, stereotypes and ignorance – some of the stereotypes are true, but don’t lose…
Showing Homes in Charlottesville
I’ve been showing a lot of houses lately. A lot of houses. (and writing an offer here and there as well). This past weekend was a “Chamber of Commerce” weekend – beautiful weather, not much traffic, lots of houses to see … These are a few of the observations from showing about twenty houses over the past few days … 1 – The dead, decaying…
Twitter Week in Review
Scheduled appointments finished for the day. Stuff yet to be done, but at least appointments are through. # Off to see about another house in the city. # @candylynn – Maybe Tuesday afternoon. # Reading: It's not about invoices, it's about risk http://bit.ly/nfGix –interesting correlations to real estate # @johnchapin I think so, but it was pretty hard to tell. House has been on market…