Today, Nest Realty Group released our first mid-year market report. Personally, I am excited about this because it represents one of the reasons we originally partnered – to produce more thorough and comprehensive real estate market reports and analysis for the Charlottesville, Virginia region. This report is but a start, as we are already planning supplements to the report. Please, read the whole thing. Download…
Want a Job? Come to Charlottesville
So says Kiplinger.com. At the heart of it all is Jefferson’s university, and its concept of an "academical village." The village is built around an architecture meant to foster lifelong learning and ensure interaction between students and faculty. Today the university spreads that intellectual spirit to its surrounding city, and the school employs 18,000 people — one-fourth of the local workforce. But UVA provides Charlottesville…
Charlottesville Social Media Club – Meeting This Wednesday
You’ve seen the Charlottesville Tweetups (folks like Happy Hours), the First Wednesdays, (WCAV did a nice story a while ago) … now let’s try out the Charlottesville Social Media Club. This is how I think about the Club- sort of a formalized (but not too formalized) Tweetup/First Wednesdays – I suspect there will be many of the same faces, but, as we’ve seen with the…
Charlottesville Market Report – First Half 2009
The market – buyers, sellers, Realtors, everyone, is searching (fumbling?) for equilibrium and balance. The $8k dollar tax credit is absolutely helping first time homebuyers (really anyone who has not owned a home in the past three years) – and is liable to be extended – get into the market and there are glimmers of hope and opportunity every day – well-priced properties and multiple…
Twitter Week in Review
This day is not ending the way I thought it would. # Contemplating/debating with myself about a dilemma. # I'd really appreciate it if this unrepresented seller would call me. # RT @LaniAR: REALTORS: here is some inspiration for your blog content: http://agentgenius.com/sus sweeeet # @mizzle In the office, working on two offers. Drinking coffee. Not complaining. 🙂 in reply to mizzle # Another day,…
Sellers, Don’t Have Stinky Houses
Sellers – try to avoid pungent odors (unless you’ve baked chocolate chip cookies – I love cookies) – smells matter. Transcription: Hey, Jim Duncan with Nest Realty and RealCentralVA.com here. I’ve been showing a lot of houses in Charlottesville recently and one thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of houses stink. I don’t mean their condition or the quality of construction, I mean their…
Google Assumes it is a Foregone Conclusion
Part One of at least Two. I was looking at Google’s blog post about how they have taken their real estate search to Australia, and I revisited their real estate search here in the United States. They have the most boldly assumptive FAQ I think I have ever seen. I’m an agent. How will my listings compare with those of a broker or MLS? Is…