Friday Chart – 1st 17 Days of September
The first 17 days of September. This is the time of year that we start to see the Charlottesville real estate market start to slow down ... I tell my clients that if they're looking to sell their house, things tend to taper off until…
Want a Job? Come to Charlottesville
So says Kiplinger.com. At the heart of it all is Jefferson's university, and its concept of an "academical village." The village is built around an architecture meant to foster lifelong learning and ensure interaction between students and faculty. Today the university spreads that intellectual spirit…
Where Are the Walkable Neighborhoods in Charlottesville/Albemarle?
People want to be able to walk to stuff. My question for my readers is this - is your neighborhood walkable? Walkscore is a great resource, although it's data is not always 100% accurate. A new tool, optimalhomelocation.com (h/t Lifehacker) offers the potential to find…
When Forbes Says Charlottesville is Among The Best Educated Cities
They really mean the Central Virginia region (and they're one of the very few lists to state that "Charlottesville" means "Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area"). Either way, we're in mighty heady company. 1 - Boulder, CO 2 -Ann Arbor, MI 3 - Washingon, DC 4 -…