Rather than repeat much of what is being said around the real estate net today, check out Bloodhound and Rain City Guide for their reviews of Zillow’s new features. Two quotes I read this morning that are relevant – From Inman:real estate has become a habit like going to Starbucks.and from the Zillow blog:Some of the most interesting answers to important questions about homes are locked up inside the heads of homeowners, agents, neighbors, and previous owners. It is our hope that if a question is asked about a home, the community will rise up to answer it.If nothing else, credit the Zillow folks for thinking big.
Browsing Category sideblog
One of the great things about Charlottesville
Is the vast amount of cultural activities – from Jon Stewart at the John Paul Jones Arena to Bobby McFerrin at the Paramount Theater to Vince Gill at the Charlottesville Pavilion to They Might Be Giants at Starr Hill. There is almost always something to do. Unfortunately, with most tickets to these events being (well) in excess of $50 a pop, the audience can be quite limited. For a (nearly) complete listing – visit Pollstar.
cvillenews has a new look
Celebrating six years of community blogging, Waldo revamped cvillenews yesterday. cvillenews has been a leader both locally, regionally and probably nationally for local blogging. Much of the talk in the real estate net has been about local blogging, but cvillenews has been doing it much longer, purely for the benefit of the community. Much of what I learned (and have implemented on a much smaller scale in Crozet) about local blogging I have learned from cvillenews.
All that talk about CF lightbulbs
And then this from Treehugger:Unfortunately, new research shows that the mercury released when an energy saving bulb is disposed of is in a form more able to enter the food chain than that released by power stations.
The 35th Carnival of Real Estate
Is up at miOakland County.
And so it begins …
From a new listing in Culpeper County, about 45 minutes north of Charlottesville, Virginia, asking price is $274,900:”2416 SQ FT VINYL SIDED 4 BEDROOM 2.5 BATH COLONIAL STYLE HOME WITH 2 CAR ATTACHED GARAGE, LARGE FAMILY ROOM WITH NATUREL GAS FIREPLACE, INSULATED WINDOWS. VERY OPEN & AIRY, POUREC CONCRETE FOUNDATION, FRUTH IN FOR BATH IN WALK OUT BASEMENT. SOLD IN 2004 FOR $425,700 ACCORDING TO CO…. THIS IS A REPOSESSION BY COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS.”Bolding mine.