Date Archives January 2009

The Slums of Tomorrow Might Be here Today

Last year the Atlantic published an article questioning whether the fringe communities – the suburbs – would become the next slums. (great discussion at Bacon’s Rebellion ) But much of the future decline is likely to occur on the fringes, in towns far away from the central city, not served by rail transit, and lacking any real core. … The environment, of course, will also benefit: if New York City were its own state, it would be the most energy-efficient state in the union; most Manhattanites not only walk or take public transit to get around, they unintentionally share heat with their upstairs neighbors.

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Server Maintenance Tomorrow Night

Courtesy of Bluehost : The server realcentralva.com is hosted on will be undergoing a hardware upgrade at approximately 11PM MST Monday January 12th We expect the downtime for the account to be 1-2 hours, but could be completed long before that window. … In spite of my occasional complaints about Bluehost, they’re better at what they do than I could be, and they saved my butt – big time – last year .

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Four Seasons Development in Ruckersville Going to Auction

Peyton, Substitute Trustee, will offer for sale at public auction on the Courthouse Steps, Circuit Court for Greene County, Virginia located at Court Square, Stanardsville, Virginia 22973 on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., the real estate with improvements thereon known and described as follows: All that certain tract or parcel of land with all improvements thereon and appurtenances thereunto, belonging, lying and located in Ruckersville Magisterial District, Greene County, Virginia and more particularly described as 203.905 acres, as shown on plat dated September 23, 2004 prepared by Roudabush, Gale & Associates Inc., entitled “Subdivision Plat S.A. … SAVING AND EXCEPTING THEREFROM Lots 1 through 37, inclusive, 41 through 53, inclusive, 62 through 72, inclusive, 73 through 76, inclusive, 78 through 80, inclusive, 285 through 289, inclusive, 292 through 294, inclusive, 297, 298, 304 through 306, inclusive, 311 through 328, inclusive, 345 through 355, inclusive, 351 through 355, inclusive, 357 through 363, inclusive, 394, 395 and 536, FOUR SEASONS, PHASE ONE , as duly, dedicated, platted and recorded in Deed of Subdivision and Easement recorded in Deed Book 1014 page 300, also shown on Plat Cards 3875 through 3892, among the land records of Greene County, Virginia.

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Recap of Yesterday’s Radio on Charlottesville-Right Now!

In no particular order: – A Family Affair and Looney Toons (a great segueway, by the way) – Lawrence Yun and David Lereah and their roles as National Association of Realtors’ economists . … – Consumers’ expectations of Realtors – Lowball offers – RealCentralVA’s four year blog-iversary – Charlottesville regional market update and the culture of fear – Buyers’ and Sellers’ respective psychologies – Macro and micro-economics – Foreclosures, short sales and projections for next year – A return to traditional values – recognizing the intrinsic value of homes, rather than looking at houses solely as investment vehicles.

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