Entering the Downward Part of the Charlottesville Seasonal Market

Note: this is *normal.* I saw recently some insane excitable person mention something to do with Christmas. Clearly, they are 1) crazy 2) have too much time on their hands. I was however, inspired to look at where we are in the market. The Charlottesville area real estate market is mostly-seasonal, tied in large part to the school/academic year. The following chart is one I reference so…

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Who (What Age) is Moving to the Charlottesville – Albemarle Area

Sometimes, asking a simple question yields a tremendous response. A few weeks ago I was in a meeting in which a speaker noted that builders were building new homes primarily for the 55+ community (not explicitly 55+ communities; that’s a different thing). Builders are building an awful lot of homes in the Charlottesville – Albemarle area that do speak to the “want a first-floor master…

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