Suburban Sprawl on a Diet: When is Enough, Enough? – an excellent article on the changing dynamics of land use and growth.Interesting article on buying a house “As-Is.”
Browsing Category sideblog
My favorite search term of the day
For some reason, my site ranks highly for this search: real estate agents sell their own mother. I’m so proud.
Highlights of 2007 national real estate forecasts (and changes)
Excellent summary at Inman Blog.January 2007: New-home sales will drop 8.9 pecentMay 2007: New-home sales will drop 17.8 percentJune 2007: New-home sales will drop 18.2 percentMy, how times change.
Do they know Whole Foods is moving?
Just curious, based on this newswire stating that Federal Realty has bought Shoppers World in Charlottesville, home of Whole Foods. But, isn’t Whole Foods moving? I thought so.
Realtors under 25 in Charlottesville?
I have always been one of the youngest Realtors in the market, but after six years, that is no longer the case (and I feel old at 31!). Realtor magazine just released their 30 Realtors under 30, and Loren did a great rundown of their websites…. The profile of Realtors across the Commonwealth reveals some interesting facts about my fellow Realtors, including this:In Virginia, 58 percent of REALTORS are female; nationwide, it is 59 percent. The median age of REALTORS® in Virginia is 54 (nationwide 51).
If there were more with this passion
The passion of this teacher is impressive
When do we call it a disaster?
I got a headache as soon as this question was asked of me the other day when being interviewed for a local real estate market update. One of the reasons that I write this blog is to provide data analysis to help provide a clear and honest picture of the Charlottesville-area real estate market – with no agenda.Media is no longer a vacuum. There is accountability for reporters’ words thanks in large part to the blogs – and this is a good thing. Robert Scoble had a particularly interesting post, and more importantly, discussion, about fact-checking in today’s world.More on the above-mentioned story as soon as it’s online.Side note: I was speaking yesterday to a Realtor from Culpeper, about 45 minutes north of Charlottesville and more closely related to the Northern Virginia market; he said that in one neighborhood there, there are 30 foreclosures.