Dealing with Home Buyers’ New Psychology
It's not really "new" ... the Charlottesville area has been considered a buyers' market for a couple years now. What may be new is the occasionally extreme nature of the buyers and that they are now accustomed to and comfortable with the "new" normal -…
Charlottesville Realtor Productivity Update
There are plenty of caveats to this post; I will be overlaying these numbers, which are based on the Charlottesville Extended MSA, with total transaction volume. Additionally, the number of "zero" is a reasonable guesstimate based on the total number of Realtors in Charlottesville over…
Buying a house in 2011 – What Advice do you have now?
Help Jeannine get educated on how to buy a house ... Never one to put off day dreaming today about something that won't be reality until tomorrow, I've already started to casually glance at real estate listings. I used to have some house characteristics in…
Radio this Weekend – WNRN Sunday Morning Wakeup
We'll be discussing year-end statistics about the Charlottesville region's real estate market, prognostications for 2010, real estate and technology trends that consumers need to pay attention to and probably quite a bit more. Here is my working list ... The first-time homebuyer and "move-up" buyer…
Prepping to Buy a House in Charlottesville
Transcription: Hey, Jim Duncan with RealCentralVA.com and Nest Realty Group here in Charlottesville, Virgina. It is the first week of December, 2009 and that means one thing to me at least. It means that people are starting to think about buying and/or selling homes in…
Thanks Albemarle Family Readers
The readers of Albemarle Family magazine (truly one of the best resources for families in the Charlottesville and Albemarle area) voted recently in all sorts of categories. Their inaugural "Winning Picks for Family-Friendly Fun and Services" selections covered virtually every segment of the Charlottesville/Albemarle area…
Dropping prices, new construction and the inherent risk in a changing market
A client sent me a link to this story in the Washington Post that discusses something that is happening with more frequency. A buyer contracts on a new construction property, and by the time closing comes around, the value has dropped. What do you do?…