Radio Fun – Politics, Fair Housing, Market Update & More
Local politics, Deschutes Brewery, Charlottesville real estate market update, new mortgage regulations, fair housing, new construction — just a few of the topics we covered in just under an hour of live radio. (more…)
Look Beyond Test Scores When Evaluating Schools
School quality matters with respect to home values; this is inarguable. Zestimates and locality assessments matter to a certain degree when evaluating home values. What about school ratings on websites? Take the following email exchange from one of my (very smart) clients. (I've anonymized the…
Previewing a Bio Video
This is likely to be one of the more consistent videos I'm going to send to clients for the next two years ... Thoughts welcomed. https://youtu.be/1Ws1z-NJVKg
Vacancies on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall
I was walking on the Downtown Mall this morning, and took note of the seemingly large number of vacancies, and thought of this post by Smart Cville. This is a great visualization of the vacancies on the Downtown Mall over the past few years. I…
August’s Note – Religion, Charlottesville Real Estate Market Update & People
This month's note is shaping up and will hopefully be interesting for you to read. Two clicks here and you'll get it as soon as I publish it. *note - these notes are where I write some of my best stuff. These are fun to…
Gas Price Math – Looking Back at 2008
The other day, we compared the (transportation)costs of living in Crozet/Albemarle County with the (transportation)costs of living in the City of Charlottesville. Researching that story caused me to look at some of the stuff I wrote a few years ago. In 2008, when gas prices…
Gas Price Math: Charlottesville City vs Albemarle County
Gas prices and commute times/distances matter. Shorter commutes have been proven to be better both for happiness and budgets. For those of us who do this every day, gas prices are something we evaluate frequently, from different angles and perspectives - those of our clients’.…
Reader Questions – Disclosures, Finding Accurate Information & Caveat Emptor
I love questions. "Full disclosure information - What are all the times that a buyer should ask about a property? Where is the best place to find that information? We find the listing information to be very sparse and often misleading. Agents often provide bad…
Monthly Note Archives | May 2015
Archives of my subscription-only monthly notes. The blog is more searchable. Interested in not waiting a few months to read it? Subscribe here. (more…)
Two Thoughts on Downtown Charlottesville’s Now & Future
Two questions from this week’s C-Ville struck me as they highlight the sort of crossroads at which Charlottesville finds itself.First, in commenting on the closure of one of my all-time favorite Charlottesville restaurants, Eppie’s, which closed not from lack of business but from the owners…