American Home Mortgage’s impact on the Charlottesville Market
The HooK has a great article today ... but airing contractual disputes in public? Bad form. "The buyers, after entering into a contract, decided they didn't like the interest rate," says King. "They blew it off. It was in the contract... I believe when you…
Just because it’s on a wall doesn’t mean it’s art
I don't normally consider myself an uneducated, closed-minded fool from Virginia, but I just don't get this, as seen in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The description of this piece said something to this effect, "he painted the canvas white to challenge the…
My first lead call from Youtube
From this video ad I did six months ago - It sold last month, but the call was a good reminder to check the stats - the video's been viewed 400 times and elicited one phone call and numerous impressed comments from potential sellers.
Upgraded WP
After testing it on my other blogs, I've upgraded Wordpress to 2.2.1. Please let me know if you have any issues.
The death knell for print real estate advertising
Via Bloomberg: Smith, president of Realogy Corp., the largest residential real estate broker in the U.S., said the portion of his Coldwell Banker and Century 21 branding budget devoted to newspapers will shrink by as much as two-thirds next year from 2006 as spending moves…
Charlottesville used to be #1
... in 1998. Thanks to Money Magazine for the recap. Since then the city's population has held fairly steady, although the greater Charlottesville area has seen a boom in residents. MONEY's was one of the first of a host of best-place listings, followed coincidentally or…
Good and bad Charlottesville lists
The Charlottesville area is a great place to visit for the wine, so says Travel and Leisure. Virginia's wineries are concentrated in two areas: one near ÂCharlottesville, the other within an hour's drive of Dulles Airport. Linking them is an über-American landscape of gentle hills,…
I’m glad my site comes up #1 for this
positive real estate news in virginia 2007 How 'bout that?
Got Pownce
Pownce! And I got 6 invites to boot; let me know if you want one. Thanks to Pat for sharing. (What's Pownce? - start here) Who knows if this social network will be any better than the others? I'll give it a shot, if only…