Parking in Downtown Charlottesville is limited, and likely will get more limited when the Market Plaza is under construction and completed. Now this: The Downtown Business Association of Charlottesville has asked the City Council to consider charging for on-street parking within…
Posts tagged Albemarle
December 2014’s Monthly Note- Year-End Review, Predicting 2015
This will be a fun note … I’m excited to talk about RealCentralVA’s new look, and some of the back-end changes that will help me focus more on writing than messing with the blog itself….
“Charlottesville” is a great “holiday town”
“Charlottesville” is a great “holiday town” … whatever that means.
Travel & Leisure Magazine ranked Charlottesville as #22 in their list of “America’s Best Towns for the Holidays.”
Two notes:
1) I’ve gleefully driven through the Corner multiple times since (most of) the students have departed; it’s so much quieter right now.
2) I put “Charlottesville” in quotation marks as the Magazine clearly means “the Charlottesville area” …
Dr. Seuss and Charlottesville – What’s the Connection?
There’s more to “real estate” than houses. And infrastructure. Part of “real estate” is the story of the place.
The connection between Dr. Seuss and Charlottesville is simple – there’s an urban legend about Dr. Seuss and Charlottesville.
2014’s 3rd Quarter Market Report – Answering “How’s the Market”?
Download the 2014 Q3 Charlottesville Market Nest Report.
The #1 Question buyers and sellers ask – whether in the conference room, the coffee shop, beers or dinner, is “how’s the market?” The underlying question tends to be a variation of, “can I sell?” or “should I sell” or “can I buy a home” or “should I buy a home”?
Update: NBC29 had a nice report last night and I’ve immensely glad they used what I’ve been saying for years –
“Get advice on what this report means to them because the report gives them good guidance but every market truly is extremely localized. The Charlottesville and Albemarle areas can vary neighborhood by neighborhood, street by street,” Duncan said.
For example –
I was pulling some data this afternoon on condos in the City of Charlottesville. Comparing 3rd Quarter 2014 with the 3rd Quarter 2013, condo prices in the City were up about 15%. But. Looking at the data a bit more granularly:
In 3rd Quarter 2013, 32 condos sold in the City versus 22 in the 3rd Quarter 2014 … and one sold in this 3rd quarter for $1.1 million, with the next highest sold price being $485k. Compare that with the 3rd Q 2013 where the highest sold price was $450k.
The data matters, but the context – and relevance to your particular situation – matters more.
The below reports will provide some top-level insight, but be cautioned … top level analyses provide just that – insight into what others are able (or unable) to accomplish.
More digging to be done, but for now here is CAAR’s 3rd Quarter Market report.
The Nest Report will be released a bit later today has just been released – Download the 2014 Q3 Charlottesville Market Nest Report.
One of the Best Things about Living in Charlottesville
Taken on this morning’s bicycle ride on Garth Road.
One of the best things about living in Charlottesville is, quite simply, this time of year. The weather – the crisp temperatures, clean air, blue skies – and the changing of the leaves makes this truly a great time to live in Charlottesville.
But living in Charlottesville is one thing – making/taking the time to appreciate where we live is another.
C’Ville Pie Fest 2014 – 28 September
I love this about Charlottesville.
C’Ville Pie Fest is Back! It’s this Sunday at the Crozet Mudhouse, supports the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department, and pie entries are needed (there are some hungry judges!)
It all started on Twitter and was, as I said at the time, ridiculously good fun at the Charlottesville Downtown Mudhouse.
And we had pie later in 2009 at Crozet Mudhouse, and it benefited PACEM.
And more pie in 2011, benefiting the Haven.
And the judges:
– Head Judge Brian Geiger
– Wendy Novicoff
– Sean McCord
– Rebecca Cooper
– Josh Harvey (Albemarle Baking Company baker)
– Nathan Moore of WTJU
– Gary Dillon of the Crozet Firefighters
– Jim Duncan (that’s me!)