Quick Look at the Charlottesville Region’s Real Estate Market – July 2017

Numbers, while they don’t necessarily lie, don’t always tell the full story. As I’ve said for years – your micro-market matters. Your neighborhood matters. This neighborhood could be within 1/10th of a mile of that neighborhood, but in the higher level analyses, look very similar. Download these market reports, and then … ask questions.

Something Always Happens (in a real estate transaction)

Or … What Could Go Wrong? There is a fairly linear process to buying a home (in Charlottesville, or anywhere else). Define needs/wants Hire buyer agent Refine needs/wants Search Find Offer to Purchase Contract Loan Process Inspections Walkthrough Closing A lot happens in there, most of it is expected. I have checklists, and expectations for the next step in the process. That said, something always happens…

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Three Charlottesville Neighborhoods; Three Distinct Markets

“Is it a sellers’ market?” A potential client asked that question recently, specifically after we toured three neighborhoods in the immediate urban ring of Charlottesville. Each of the neighborhoods is in the County of Albemarle (meaning, County schools, police, fire, taxes, etc), but they are considered to be “Charlottesville” (22901, 22903 zip codes) As I instinctively answered the question, I thought the answers were interesting, and worth sharing. Neighborhood…

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