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Charlottesville Real Estate Deal of the Day

It's a foreclosure. In the City of Charlottesville. On just over an acre. That needs a little bit of work - rip up carpets, paint it, refinish the floors ... . Its greatest negative may be that its square footage is beyond what most buyers…

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Charlottesville is #6 – #6 College Town, That Is

I'm betting that for this list, they are considering "Charlottesville" to be at least "Charlottesville + Albemarle." Simply put, the Charlottesville area is a great place to live. We benefit from the University tremendously - and this is reflected in the rankings. (more…)

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Defining Insanity

"“If we keep trying to stimulate the market, that's the definition of insanity.”" Dear Government: Please stop.

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YAT – Yet Another Study in Albemarle

If Albemarle/Charlottesville/UVA could somehow morph their collective expertise from commissioning studies about transportation issues into actually doing something about transportation issues, we would all win. From today's C-Ville: When the Albemarle County Planning Commission unanimously approved the 54-acre rezoning of UVA's Fontaine Research Park in…

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More Fiber in Coming to Charlottesville?

It would appear that the google won't be bringing fiber to Charlottesville. Blue Ridge Internetworks already has several miles of fiber in the City of Charlottesville, and now more fiber is on the way? This can only be good for the Charlottesville real estate market.…

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The (UVA) Students are Coming! The Students are Coming!

If you live in Charlottesville, I hope you got your fix of the Corner over the past two months. I ate at Boylan Heights a couple times; no more until next summer. Avoid: - Wal-mart(s). - The Corner. - UVA Grounds. - Barracks Road and…

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Twitter Week in Review

@ProfessionalOne @Swanepoel duct tape. How can you forget duct tape? #seriously in reply to ProfessionalOne # Home. # RT @BSpinosa: No one showed up for public comment tonight! Kind of shocking. I guess the vocal parents are on vacation this month ;) # I've been…

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Twitter Week in Review

RT @robhahn: i hate hate hate HATE HATE syncing contacts across multiple accounts & machines... [Sell your soul to the Google] # RT @ChadRatliff: "Everybody is to blame--parents, students, educational establishment, government leaders, (cont) https://tl.gd/2vscgh # @TBoard Exported? You(r site) moving? in reply to TBoard…

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Twitter Week in Review

But. The recession is over, right? At least that's what the politicians say & want us to believe. http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2010/07/growth-of-problem-banks-unofficial.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CalculatedRisk+%28Calculated+Risk%29 # Huh. NAR has quite the resource on "what to look for" regarding meth labs: http://www.realtor.org/library/library/fg324 # @LivingBeaverton seriously? in reply to LivingBeaverton # Only way…

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