Real estate signs are a perennial problem/necessity/eyesore/requirement to market a home effectively … and now revenue opportunity for the SCC/Miss Utility. You may have heard about Virginia’s Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act: It requires that…
Browsing Category Politics
New Disclosure Form and No Texting
Both new laws are consequential, both for vastly different reasons, and both affect Realtors (and consumers) in Virginia. First, The Residential Property Disclosure Act: Virginia Residential Property Disclosure Act; disclosure of stormwater detention facilities. Provides…
Donate to Charlottesville Tomorrow
If you’re a Realtor, a homeowner, a renter, someone who lives in the Charlottesville region, who uses our roads, buses, the occasional train, votes, has thought about voting, is impacted by decisions of our local…
What’s an HVCC and How does it Affect the Real Estate Market?
Huge thanks to Kris Berg for republishing her brilliant piece on the HVCC (Home Valuation Code of Conduct). I’m not fond of starting the week with non-original content, but all buyers, sellers and Realtors should…
Regal Theaters Doubt Charlottesville Can Build a Road
At least that’s the angle Charlottesville Tomorrow sees in the announcement that Charlottesville will be getting stadium seating. Apparently, Regal has made a business decision of their own to move ahead with an upgrade. Sufficient…
Transportation Survey
Spend 15 minutes and take the Thomas Jefferson Planning District’s transportation survey. Also, read the Ground Floor’s argument for increasing the gas tax.
Where is the Affordable Housing in Charlottesville and Albemarle?
Since 2004, more than $1.5 Million in cash proffers for affordable housing have been offered to the County and of that about $400,000 has been collected.
… These proffered units are required to be affordable to residents earning 80% of the AMI and are generally intended for purchase whereas public housing is generally directed at families earning incomes at or below 30% of the AMI.