These are but a small sampling of the charts to which I was alluding a few weeks ago. While they are still a work in progress, I thought I’d tease you a little bit. I am still integrating the wonderful feedback and suggestions from the original post, so stay [...]
One of the primary reasons my clients move to the Charlottesville region* is because, relatively, our traffic is insignificant compared to what they are used to. But for how long?
Part One started yesterday in the Daily Progress.
The difficulty in balancing growth pressures and a decline in transportation infrastructure spending [...]
Everything’s been on the table for non-government people for years.
Next year is going to be an interesting budgetary year. Brandon Shulletta writes in today’s Daily Progress:
School division leaders drafting budget requests are also wondering whether next year’s supervisors are more likely to maintain the current real-estate tax rate of [...]
Bear with me … I’m working through something here …
I’m beginning to think that anyone who says that “next year, the (Charlottesville) real estate market is going to be better” is either uninformed, lying or delusional. I could be wrong.
About one in seven [...]
And we couldn’t be happier by their addition.
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Nest Welcomes Two Realtors
Thanks to Charlottesville Tomorrow’s Sean Tubbs:
The fate of a proposed Regional Transit Authority (RTA) could depend on who is selected in January to represent the City Council and the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors on two regional transportation bodies. Since a joint meeting in February [...]
Why Use Electronic Signatures?
1 – It’s secure
2 – It’s easy
3 – It saves time and money
4 – It’s environmentally sound – instead of driving 30+ miles to meet clients, I can just email them. Think about it – by using electronic signatures in the past few weeks, I have saved [...]
There’s a whole lot of important stuff on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors’ agenda next week – the bold parts are most interesting to me.
The next Albemarle County Board of Supervisors meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 starting at 9:00 a.m. in the Lane Auditorium, County [...]
It’s amazing to look at how fast the recycling economy has moved in the past eighteen months. First, Albemarle County had no curbside recycling, while the City offered it as part of property taxes. Then, we had (and still have) at least one curbside recycling option. And now, thanks [...]
I frequently tell my clients that at any given time, UVA has a couple hundred million dollars of construction underway. Turn out, I wasn’t far off.
Charlottesville Tomorrow reports:
Pace Lochte, UVA’s director of economic development, said that a “miniature intelligence community” is developing around NGIC and the North Fork Research [...]
Rather than bore you with a full summary of my time on posterous, here are a few of the stories I noted/wrote there last week -
Postal workers say facility closure would slow mail service | Charlottesville Daily Progress
From the Daily Progress:
A man who was the treasurer of the Mill Creek Homeowners Association for about 10 years has been charged with embezzlement.
Kevin O’Connor was arrested earlier this month, police said.
Neal Grandy, president of the homeowners association, said the organization hasn’t determined exactly how [...]
I grew up in Culpeper, Virginia, just north of Charlottesville … before it became a bedroom community for Northern Virginia. My dad was and is a commercial real estate broker there; I remember when I was a kid Dad would joke with me – and say, “they know who I [...]
Now this is an interesting little widget from the folks at hotelicopter.
Frequently buyers come to Charlottesville on house-hunting trips and need a place to stay. I’d like to pick the specific ones I recommend and display that widget. What say you hotelicopter?
I’m still working on I’ll use this, [...]
Courtesy of the Free Enterprise Forum:
Last Wednesday (11/4), the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors received a briefing titled “Survey of DIA Personnel Moving to Rivanna Station”. The survey, conducted by the Center For Regional Economic Competitiveness, a non-profit research organization affiliated with George Mason University, provides [...]
Wake up a little bit earlier, grab your kids, stop by a coffee shop, and enjoy the morning on Friday!
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Friday is Walk to [...]
And we’re even getting a netbook to prove it.
Nest Realty was awarded with an HP Realtor Technology Award last week at the National Association of Realtors conference in San Diego. HP honored 5 brokerages across the country that used technology in and out of the office to gain a [...]
Once again, it’s time for the Charlottesville Toy Lift. And once again (thanks to my wife being on the Board for the Toy Lift) it’s time to volunteer.
Click through to fill out a volunteer form.
What is the Toy Lift?
The Kids Lift Foundation believes every child is entitled to [...]
I’ve been using electronic signatures for a few weeks now, and they have been tremendously helpful – saving gas, time and energy. Instead of faxing, emailing, printing, scanning … my buyer and seller clients have clicked to sign. From out-of-country to clients to those fifteen minutes away … Simple and [...]
Erika Howsare walks from Laurel Park behind the Hollymead Town Center to the Harris Teeter in said Town Center. From what is supposed to be a “walkable” area, she walks in drainage ditches and discovers sidewalks and stairways to nowhere.
I stepped onto the edge of [...]
Jeff Gunther has a slightly different idea for a slightly different workforce here in Charlottesville. For many local mobile warriors, turning wherever you find yourself into a workspace is the status-quo. However, without access to printers, actual desk space, big screen monitors, and conference rooms, Java Java can’t [...]
The world is flat.
I just got off the phone (although I have Skype, too) with a client overseas who had been questioning whether the railroad near the Belvedere development was abandoned. She answered her own question when she said, “I’m looking at it now, and it appears that [...]
The development is moving forward off of Rio Road (it’s not done yet; it still needs site plan approval) …

Location of Treesdale Park off Rio Rd, between Towne Lane and Stonehenge Road.
Treesdale Park is an 88-unit multi-family community that will be located on East Rio Road. AHIP [...]
And grab a cup of coffee; it’s a long post with lots of analysis, market data and a bit of opinion.
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For including me on their list of “Wired Business people in Charlottesville”
From the story:
CBS19’s Bianca Spinosa profiles a list of three local business leaders who are “wired-in.” They use all the high-tech tools to communicate and keep their businesses prospering.
From cyber space to work space, these three local business [...]
I’m sitting on a panel discussing the Future of the MLS at the National Association of Realtors convention in San Diego. After the announcement of RPR last week, the future is bright/cloudy/great/muddled/uncertain.
As with every conference I attend, I go with a couple goals:
1 – What can I learn [...]
You might have seen the occasional Zipcar in Charlottesville – usually they’re from the DC Metropolitan area. But now it seems that Charlottesville has their own Zipcars – 6 of ‘em in fact.
It was good of UVA to have sorted out a deal with Zipcar; [...]
You may remember a story a few months ago in which I discussed recycling options in Charlottesville and Albemarle. It used to be that there were no options, then there was one and now there are a few.
Three years ago I ran a poll questioning the market for [...]
It’s been pretty boring in real estate for a while. Not anymore.
There was an announcement by the National Association of Realtors, in conjunction with Cyberhomes and RPR, LLC in the real estate world last week, and likely very few Realtors, real estate agents and fewer consumers knew, noticed or [...]
Why do I post weekly reviews of my Tweets? Simple. I want that content to ultimately live on my site, and the post also gives me a chance to review what I was discussing the previous week.
First thought on Houselogic.com – It’s trying to be a Mint.com for homeowners. [...]From yesterday’s Daily Progress regarding the worsening Albemarle County budget (bolding mine):
The proposed 77.2-cent tax rate would mean the average homeowner would pay the same real-estate taxes as this year for the next two years, officials say. Assuming real-estate values begin to pick up, there would be a slight [...]
From yesterday’s Daily Progress regarding the worsening Albemarle County budget (bolding mine):
The proposed 77.2-cent tax rate would mean the average homeowner would pay the same real-estate taxes as this year for the next two years, officials say. Assuming real-estate values begin to pick up, there would be a slight [...]
And this is a good thing, I think. Courtesy of Charlottesville Tomorrow:
Southern Development is donating an acre and a half of land to increase the size of Forest Hills Park in Charlottesville. The land, which is appraised at $90,000, is located between Forest Ridge Road and Antoinette Avenue. [...]
From friends at Blue Mountain Brewery:
Today is the release of our tasty Lights Out Holiday Ale. Available on draft & in six-packs here at the brewery. Today is also the [...]
Update 7 November:
And it’s a Law.
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Three things:
1 – David Slutzky losing is huge.
2 – If you think your vote doesn’t count, think again.
3 – Local elections matter.
Lots of discussion in the Charlottesville news:
- Daily Progress
- cvillenews
- The HooK
- [...]
If you’re wondering where to vote in Charlottesville or Albemarle (or anywhere in Virginia, really:
Start here if you’re looking for where to vote in Virginia. Charlottesville City polling places Albemarle County Polling places Google’s Virginia Voting information. Me? I’ll be watching the [...]
If you’re wondering where to vote in Charlottesville or Albemarle (or anywhere in Virginia, really:
Start here if you’re looking for where to vote in Virginia. Charlottesville City polling places Albemarle County Polling places Google’s Virginia Voting information. Me? I’ll be watching the [...]There’s never been a better time or reason to grow one.
I’ve never had a mustache before, and really, if I can’t have a little bit of fun with my facial hair and hopefully raise a bit of money to fight men’s cancer, what good is waking up everyday? Life’s [...]
