I was selected recently to publish on this blog, representing Charlottesville and the Central VA region…. It was nice to see this as well – “Real Estate Memoirsâ€, a blog of collective realtors, is seeking Passionate Real Estate Bloggers who wish to blog on their local real estate market on grow-a-brain.
Date Archives May 2005
A note on the Water article
On March 1, a group of 17 people from a range of city and county groups—the Piedmont Environmental Council, the League of Women Voters, Citizens for Albemarle and others—sent a letter to Charlottesville Mayor David Brown and Albemarle County Board of Supervisors Chair Dennis Rooker outlining their concerns with the James River pipeline and the water planning process in general…. “With the addition of the water from Beaver Creek… this community would feel no shortfall of water supply even during the most severe drought through the year 2018.â€
Technology
checked Google’s Local Search, searched for a Kinko’s, found one in the next town over from where she is going to be in an hour and gave her driving directions for how to get there. Then I called that Kinko’s and asked them if my client could come in, check her email, print out the contract, sign it and fax it back.
Property Assessments once a year?
WINA link Albemarle Supervisors renew talk of annual assessmentsThe Albemarle supervisors are still tossing around the idea of assessing property values once-each-year instead of every two years. … Chairman Dennis Rooker notes a yearly reassessment…
U.S. real estate affordability improves
Inman Real Estate News – U.S. real estate affordability improves (link requires paid subscription) Housing affordability conditions have improved for two consecutive quarters, keeping housing within reach for people in most of the country, the…
Aarrggghhh!
My hard drive died this morning. Thankfully, I spent the money initially for AppleCare, so they will cover it. But … I will be Mac-less for 5 to 7 business days. Thank goodness for my…
Took off the “more”
I took off the “more” in the header of the blog this afternoon. I found that I was doing very little, if any of the “more,” so … there you go.