Charlottesville's Real Estate Blog. Buyer &/or Seller Representation, Real Estate News
Sweat the Details with Nest Realty podcast – we’ve talked recently about the proposed settlements, real estate data and markets, marketing, what buyers and sellers want, what great representation looks like, artificial intelligence and representation, and a whole lot more.
Water is bad. 10 things go wrong with a house, and they’re mostly tied to water
This month – the story of the Charlottesville real estate market, balancing business, buying relationships, seeing homeownership matter, and explaining the smush.
Realtors do a disservice by denigrating renting. Yes, homeownership can be a source of significant wealth. There are copious studies and data out there that back this up. I’ve had agents talk about me, and never to me that I shouldn’t say that renting can be good. My role is to advise my clients – buyers, sellers, and even renters (even though there is no compensation for advising people to rent, or for the very rare occasion that I point someone to a rental). Sometimes that advice is to buy, sometimes to sell, and sometimes to hold.
My April 2024 Charlottesville Reddit real estate Ask Me Anything (AMA). I do these once a quarter, and we had some great questions about the lawsuits, the market, timing the market.
Sales down, listings down, prices up. I’m comparing 2019 to 2024 as 2019 is the most recent “normal-ish” real estate market. Jim Duncan’s Note