Twitter Week in Review

RT @robhahn: i hate hate hate HATE HATE syncing contacts across multiple accounts & machines… [Sell your soul to the Google] # RT @ChadRatliff: "Everybody is to blame–parents, students, educational establishment, government leaders, (cont) http://tl.gd/2vscgh # @TBoard Exported? You(r site) moving? in reply to TBoard # Having an all-too-rare family day today. Only a wee bit of real estate stuff, ending with my soccer game…

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Friday Charts – Median Price in Charlottesville MLS

Keep in mind that below we’re looking at the moving median price for the entire Charlottesville MLS – inclusive of the Charlottesville MSA (Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Nelson) as well as outlying areas such as Madison, Waynesboro, Rockbridge, etc. … But … it seems that the median price has been increasing after the expiration of the homebuyer tax credit . Moving Median Price for Charlottesville MLS Looking at the moving median price for the past year … Moving Median Average for One Year for Charlottesville MLS.jpg And for the past five years … I wish this chart allowed for more than five years, but stay tuned, we have some interesting things in the works at Nest . Moving Median Price for Charlottesville MLS for past five years See all posts in the Friday Charts series . … Foreclosure charts courtesy of RealtyTrac : For Albemarle County: Albemarle County Foreclosure Rate and Foreclosure Trends Activity Information | RealtyTrac.jpg For the City of Charlottesville : Charlottesville Foreclosure Rate and Foreclosure Activity Information | RealtyTrac.jpg For Palmyra in Fluvanna County , which includes Lake Monticello : (they have more foreclosures per capita than Charlottesville or Albemarle) Palmyra Foreclosure Rate and Foreclosure Activity Information | RealtyTrac.jpg Of course, God only knows what our government might do … all of our analysis would be for naught.

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How Do you Get From Charlottesville to Airports without Using a Car?

Hawes Spencer at the HooK notes the benefits of inter-modal transportation, getting to the various airports in Virginia/Maryland/DC and allows a tiny dream – what if we didn’t have to drive everywhere … … Now I look at Charlottesville (CHO) first and then Richmond (RIC). 29 is a horror with seemingly a new stoplight every time I go to DC.

Planners call this inter-modal transportation, and it’s something that can allow people in small towns like Charlottesville to seamlessly make their way— typically via rail— to the better long-distance options found in bigger cities.

… We can’t do much about the reality in the US, but we could try to do something regionally that attempted to alleviate the need for a cars for everything .

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Twitter Week in Review

But. The recession is over, right? At least that's what the politicians say & want us to believe. http://bit.ly/9SpfWB # Huh. NAR has quite the resource on "what to look for" regarding meth labs: http://bit.ly/cvZ69C # @LivingBeaverton seriously? in reply to LivingBeaverton # Only way to eradicate cat smell from the house I just showed is to burn it down. I need a shower, change…

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