Old Trail news
Old Trail Village, which is slated to cover about 250 acres in Crozet, is what Albemarle County Board of Supervisors Chairman Dennis S. Rooker calls a win-win situation for the developer and community. “It's a great example of how someone has developed the neighborhood model…
Meadowcreek finds money
Sen. John Warner has helped the Meadowcreek Parkway see the light of day. Make no mistake - this is huge. Warner said he decided to earmark the federal transportation dollars available to him as a senior senator to pay for a grade-separated interchange at the…
Water may be coming soon
We are getting closer to a possible resolution to our water infrastructure woes. WINA reports that The Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority has been considering four options; one is the favorite, one is still in the running, and the remaining two are running at the…
Alternative transportation poll
The Daily Progress has a poll asking "Do you think Charlottesville needs more alternative transportation options?" When I answered the poll question this morning, 80% (178 votes) had answered yes. 17% (39 votes) answered no, and the ever-present "Not sure" contingent consisted of 4 votes…
Alternative transportation from a CVille-centric POV
The Daily Progress today continues its series on methods of alternative transportation and growth. There is a good discussion at cvillenews. Anderson estimates that it would cost $10 million to $15 million per mile to build a Charlottesville streetcar. It sounds expensive, she admitted, but…
Region’s home sales continue at blistering pace
Indeed, despite some predictions of a coming slowdown, home sales in the Charlottesville area continued at a fierce pace in the just-ended second quarter of 2005, exceeding the numbers for the same period of 2004. “We continue to see a great real estate market,” said…
Outstanding commentary on possible bubble
Courtesy of NPR, listen to the commentary, from a Boulder, Colorado perspective. Unfortunately, it's not a podcast, but oh well. Some key quotes - "Five years after the boom, anyone waiting for a real estate crash is still waiting." "I have never seen a family…
Charlottesville’s market (as seen by HUD)
HUD's analysis of Charlottesville's real estate market - go here to read the PDF. Interesting snippets from the summary - Total home sales in the HMA have increased in each of the past 3 years. The median sales price has increased nearly 40 percent since…
Bubble discussion
Inspiration from the HousingBubble - What are your thoughts as to whether there is a "bubble" in Central VA? Is our market different? How? How not? My response will come shortly ...
We’re Number 90!
According to Money Magazine, we are the number 90 place to live in the nation. I think that we used to be at least in Money's top 10 a couple of years ago, but I could be wrong. Number 90 doesn't have the same ring…