Have $100 Million to Spend? (in Albemarle)
Have a look at Patricia Kluge's estate in Southern Albemarle County. From the Wall Street Journal: Virginia winemaker and philanthropist Patricia Kluge is offering her 300-acre English country estate in Charlottesville, Va., for $100 million, one of the most expensive listings in the U.S. ...…
Friday Chart – Homes Under Contract in October
Homes placed under Contract in Charlottesville and Albemarle in the month of October: These numbers do not reflect much new construction or properties that will not proceed to closing for any number of reasons, such as home inspection negotiations not coming to terms, financing issues,…
Charlottesville and Albemarle – Real Estate Anecdotes and Anomalies
There's more to the Charlottesville real estate market than data - it's crucial to look beyond the numbers. Transcription: Jim Duncan from RealCentralVA.com here. It's Monday morning and I'm nursing a sore throat. But I wanted to talk about how the Charlottesville and Albemarle real…
On Villages in Charlottesville and Albemarle
Charlottesville architect/developer Bill Atwood in Brandon Shulleeta's story in today's Daily Progress: Atwood said that in the retail world, “the longer you can get people to stay, the better the pay. In other words, if you have somebody who's actually going to stay and eat…
Isn’t That the Point of 29?
David Slutzky, from Charlottesville Tomorrow's story - Albemarle candidates discuss transportation, economic development, and water supply (bolding mine): Slutzky said he is concerned that VDOT wants to turn U.S. 29 into an “expressway” in order to make it easier for through traffic to travel through…
Friday Chart – 23 October 2009
With the release of the Virginia Association of Realtors' Third Quarter Homes Sales Report, I thought it would be interesting to see how Charlottesville's and Albemarle's home sale data looked over the years. For total homes sold in Charlottesville and Albemarle: Single Family Homes Sold…
Google Now has Property Lines in Albemarle County
Thanks to the Daily Progress for the heads-up: Has Google incorporated GIS data into its mapping application. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=orchard+drive,+charlottesville,+va&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=49.57764,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Orchard+Dr,+Yancey+Mills,+Albemarle,+Virginia+22932&ll=38.073387,-78.712594&spn=0.003032,0.004823&z=18 Sweet. Don't forget about Albemarle's tremendous GIS application. And Charlottesville's great Wait, they still don't have a GIS app for the public. View Larger Map But ...…
Albemarle County BoS Campaign Update
Interesting and useful discussion at Cvillenews about David Slutzky's proposal to overhaul rural land use policies. Charlottesville Tomorrow has an update on who's raised the most (and least) money so far. I just wonder if that $250k could have been used more wisely than running…
How To Buy a Bank-Owned Home
We're seeing more short sales and foreclosures in the Charlottesville real estate market, so I figured I'd share this little educational video with you. Thanks to my friend Kris Berg for sharing.