such as sweeping and cleaning cobwebs from corners.There are a lot of corollaries between our local market and the Northern VA market, not least the amount of young professionals and their transience. Seeing a quote such as this – For sellers in the nation’s hottest housing markets, the thought that the peak may have passed is sobering. In the suburban Washington, D.C., market, the number of contracts for single-family homes fell 8.9% in July from the year before. Brokers who used to oversee bidding wars of houses that hadn’t had a makeover in decades are now pushing sellers to fix up their places to sell faster.lend credence to my belief that the market is shifting a bit, and not only due to the cyclical nature of the market (due in large part to the school calendar).
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New listing in Crozet
I just put this house on the market this evening. It is located here. The house is located in Parkside Village, one of the most appealing (in my opinion) neighborhoods in Crozet, due primarily to its true “neighborhood” feel. 5 minute walks tend to take 30 minutes to an hour, due to all the the neighbors!
16 steps to selling your home.
From a NoVa. blog I follow – good advice.
C’Ville’s bubble
My short answer is “maybe.”There has been an awful lot of discussion here and elsewhere about the possibility of a real estate bubble locally and nationwide…. What happens in California (they have 17 of the top 20 “extremely overvalued” markets) does not have a direct, nor a necessarily indirect effect on the Charlottesville/Central VA market. What their data can do is give us guidance of sorts.When California Association of Realtors starts issuing an Amendment titled “Market Conditions Advisory,” which states, “In light of the real estate market’s cyclical nature it is important that buyers understand the potential for little or no appreciation in value, or the actual loss in value, of the property they purchase.”… One would expect our market to be more valuable than many markets, especially in light of the recent news that we are the Number One Best Place to Live (again, ranked by USA Today).
New listing in Nelson
Betty just put a property on the market in Nelson – 1 acre, 3BR, 1BA, $89,700. You can see it here.
New condo in Turtle Creek
This property will be going into the MLS on Thursday, with showings to begin on Friday morning.
My mom’s listing on Garth Road
The HooK just did a great write-up on the property my mother is marketing on Garth Road. Rosalind Warfield-Brown, the author of this two piece spread, is always candid in her write-ups; thankfully she thought fairly highly of this property. Check it out at The HooK and our site.