I have long advocated against print advertising – in 2006 , 2007 , and this year (there are more stories here, but this is but a sampling) and my argument has been consistent – there is no method by which to track print advertising’s ROI. … Maybe I’m wrong about this experiment, but there is only one way to learn – and failing is a great way to learn. 
* The incorrect data displayed in this week’s issue aside, I think this could be a good venue.
Posts tagged charlalbemarle
What’s a mortgage broker to do?
From today’s HooK story on foreclosures in Charlottesville : Prang works out of his house for Carteret Mortgage; he says his mortgage consulting is geared toward the Christian community and home schoolers, which is what his wife does with their three children. … He suggests that people unable to keep up with their payments try something called a “deed in lieu of foreclosure,” in which, with approval, they simply give the house back to the bank.
Charlottesville’s Coffee Shops
Are discovered by the Washington Post ; yay . Hat tip: Dave at the HooK It would have been nifty if they’d included links to the referenced coffee shops, so here they are: The Mudhouse Cafe Cubano Cville Coffee La Taza They left out Shenandoah Joe’s , Greenberry’s and a few others, but it’s still nice to be noticed.
92 acres for One Million Dollars in Albemarle County
… and other property auctions, courtesy of The HooK . (is this advertising ?)
Transparent politics in Virginia
( Darn it )
Virginia is lucky and privileged to have access to some fantastic resources for investigating local and state-wide politics and politicians. … Combine VPAP’s work with Richmond Sunlight for insight into the Virginia General Assembly and Charlottesville Tomorrow for growth and politics information focused on Charlottesville and Albemarle and you have much of what you need to be an informed, involved and responsible citizen.
Where’s Charlottesville in the Case-Shiller index?
And today, Tuesday, there’s this : ‘Yale economist Robert Shiller, who developed one of the widely followed gauges of home prices, said in a speech Tuesday that home prices, which have already fallen about 15 percent from their peak in 2006, may fall further than the 30 percent drop experienced during the Great Depression of the 1930s, so far the biggest decline in home prices in the country. “Basically we are in uncharted territory,†Shiller said, noting that the 85 percent rise in home prices from 1997 to 2006 after adjusting for inflation had represented the biggest housing boom in U.S. history, so the fall in prices could be just as historic.’
Putting statistics into context that matters
C-Ville has a brief update on the Virginia real estate market today : Still, that doesn’t mean those $1 million homes are being snapped up hours after listing. … For a more broad, but sufficiently localized snapshot of the million dollar market** look at this snapshot and download this pdf . 
*Albemarle, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson **Albemarle, Augusta, Buckingham, Charlottesville, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, Nelson, Waynesboro