Charlottesville Bubble Blog Analyzes Whether to Buy or Not to Buy
And grab a cup of coffee; it's a long post with lots of analysis, market data and a bit of opinion.
Thanks to WCAV
For including me on their list of "Wired Business people in Charlottesville" From the story: CBS19's Bianca Spinosa profiles a list of three local business leaders who are "wired-in." They use all the high-tech tools to communicate and keep their businesses prospering. From cyber space…
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…
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 ...…
Help Vet Charlottesville Real Estate Market Statistics
If you're curious about and/or familiar with the Charlottesville real estate market - especially if you're a consumer - buyer, seller, voyeur, critic of - I'd love your help with some market statistics that I am putting together. Deep, charts, statistics ... they're hip and…
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.
The $8,000 Tax Credit – What’s the True Cost?
Part 1 of 2. The $8,000 Tax Credit has helped a few of my clients this year, but I'd argue that most of them would have been buying anyway - regardless of whether the government was offering free money. Is it time to let this…
3rd Quarter Nest Realty Group “Nest Report”
This report is far more comprehensive than any we have done to date. Read, digest, ask questions, and try not to get lost in the forest whilst looking for trees. In the next few days and weeks, I will be expanding on some points within…