Buy or Rent in Charlottesville Right Now? (During COVID-19)
I was wondering what you thought of the Charlottesville city real estate inventory (and prices) this season. And whether it will improve later this summer. We are first time buyers but I have rented in Charlottesville for a long time, typically near the Downtown Mall.…
Charlottesville Real Estate Market – Quick Look in Mid-June 2020
Can/should you buy a house in Charlottesville? Can/should you sell your house in Charlottesville? Those are the questions. But what are the answers? This is from my subscription-only monthly note, one email a month, which I eventually will publish here, but I'm opting to put…
Showing Houses & Closings During COVID-19 Time
Finding references to “the way it used to be” as irrelevant; this is normal now. A few notes taken when showing houses during COVID-19 time As the buyer agent, I need to be explicit to the client about not touching things without gloves. I need…
Pandemic Innovations/Changes – Changes for Sellers – Second in a Series
I'm going to take notes as we make our way through this COVID-19 crisis. When we come out of this, there are going to be a lot of changes. I'm going to focus on real estate (for now). This is the second post in what's…
Pandemic Innovations/Changes – Loss of Day One Buyers – First in a Series
I'm going to take notes as we make our way through this COVID-19 crisis. When we come out of this, there are going to be a lot of changes. I'm going to focus on real estate (for now). This is the first post in what's…
COVID-19 and Charlottesville’s Real Estate Market – #3
If you have questions about the market, please ask me. Consider subscribing to my monthly note too. A client asked me - what do you think about this (real estate situation we find ourselves in). I told her - three months ago, I would have…
Real Estate Closings in the Charlottesville Area in the time of COVID-19
Chip Royer with Royer Caramanis has been keeping a lot of Charlottesville's real estate community informed with frequent updates about the state of real estate closings in this time of COVID-19. I asked him if he would share some of that knowledge with me for…
Thoughts on COVID-19 and Charlottesville’s Real Estate Market – #2
I think I'll keep writing these weekly updates, if for no reason other than to show some pictures from bike rides around Charlottesville. Today's picture is from a Sunday ride, late morning, on streets that normally are quite active. In the face of the ongoing…
Thoughts on COVID-19 and Charlottesville’s Real Estate Market
"Any opinion on how you think all that is going on with this virus will affect the market would be appreciated." I don't know. But we're going to be ok, eventually. First, though. SupportCville.com - an active resource of ways locals can help and get…