Albemarle County Seeking to Raise Property Taxes. Again.
Real estate assessments rose again in Albemarle County in 2016 nearly 2% in 2015 after about 2.5% in 2014; now Albemarle County wants to increase the tax rate by 2.5 cents. Sean Tubbs at Charlottesville Tomorrow writes (be sure to read the whole thing): Rising population and sluggish growth in…
VDOT Marketing Homes Through Zillow & not the MLS
This is not a post about Zillow vs the MLS. This is a post asking one question: Why is VDOT not marketing the homes they have for sale through the MLS? They are listed "for sale by owner" on Zillow. That's it. That's the question.…
Is Charlottesville – Albemarle Infrastructure Ready for Population Boom?
If this map and data are anywhere close to accurate (thanks CityLab for pointing it out), there are going to be a lot more people living in the Charlottesville/Albemarle region in 20 years. What are the localities doing to prepare the infrastructure - roads, bike lanes, power…
Charlottesville’s Spring 2015 Market is Just Around the Corner
A quick look back at when homes came on the market in 2014. Looking at single family, attached and condos in the Charlottesville MSA: (click image to embiggen) Questions about the Charlottesville market? Email or call me anytime - 434-242-7140.
January 2015’s Monthly Note
Should be a fun note this month. Interested? Two clicks and you'll get just the one email a month from me. Gobbledygook. Or, my outline for the January Note. https://tinyletter.com/RealCentralVA A photo posted by Jim Duncan (@jimduncan) on Jan 13, 2015 at 6:07am PST
“Charlottesville” is a great “holiday town”
“Charlottesville” is a great “holiday town” … whatever that means. Travel & Leisure Magazine ranked Charlottesville as #22 in their list of “America’s Best Towns for the Holidays." Two notes: 1) I’ve gleefully driven through the Corner multiple times since (most of) the students have departed; it’s so…
C’Ville Pie Fest 2014 – 28 September
I love this about Charlottesville. C'Ville Pie Fest is Back! It's this Sunday at the Crozet Mudhouse, supports the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department, and pie entries are needed (there are some hungry judges!) mmmmm … Pie. It all started on Twitter and was, as I…
Engaging with Albemarle County
An easy way to learn about and engage with Albemarle County - Engage Albemarle. Here's an interesting topic: The Comprehensive Plan is Albemarle County's most important document regarding growth, development and change. It establishes government policy to help guide public and private activities as they…
What Are Some Questions Buyers Should be Asking?
This thread on Reddit the other day prompted a bit of a writing prompt. What are some questions that home buyers should be asking? In my practice, I ask a lot of dumb questions - dumb questions in that I know that my clients (buyers…
Prepping for Mid-Year 2014 Market Update
Looking briefly at the homes that have gone under contract in Albemarle and Charlottesville from 1 January to 30 June (June's not yet over as of this writing) and if you do the math, you'll see that this year's market is (broadly) moving a bit…