virginia: Forest Lakes Single Family Homes Sales Triple Since Last Year !!
- 06/22/10 07:33 AM
They say all real estate is local. Well if our local Charlottesville Forest Lakes neighborhood market is indicative of market trends then the market is looking good. Between the period of 1/1/2009 and 6/20/2009 there were 11 sales of single family homes. This year in the same period there have been 34 sales of single family detached. Also looking at the combination of attached and detached homes over the same perion the sales have doubled from 23 to 52. Forest Lakes a Charlottesville bedroom community in northern Albemarle county is convenient to everything including downtown Charlottesville, UVA, the Medical Center, and … (0 comments)
virginia: A Better Way to Home Search
- 06/19/10 06:51 AM
A while back I was wondering how the real estate market was doing in my old home town Indian Rocks Beach, Fl. So I did as anyone would, I Googled Indian Rocks Beach real estate. I found a site that had a search tool like none I had not previously seen. It showed all the current listings on a map. When I moved my curser over the listings the most pertinent information along with a photo would pop up. No clicking necessary. Note this screen shot.
What really blew my mind was that in about fifteen minutes I knew as … (2 comments)
virginia: Monumental earthquakes in Haiti and Chili make me wonder....Are we safe in central Virginia
- 03/01/10 03:22 AM
As one who has experienced an 8.9 shaker in Shemya Alaska in 1965, I am acutely aware of the pure horror one experiences when terra firma turns to jelly. So I wondered, are we safe here in the Charlottesville area? The short answer is yes. Though we are in a seismically active zone, quakes here are relatively frequent, but generally small. The central Virginia Seismic Zone is a region of persistent seismic activity in the Piedmont province covering approximately 3,000 mi2. As recently as 12/09/2009 at 3:59 PM about thirty miles west of Richmond there was a 4.5 Mag. quake. It … (4 comments)
virginia: Charlottesville, Forest Lakes Open Houses today
- 02/27/10 10:03 PM
The weather today is supposed to be beautifu with blue skies, lots of sun and temperatures in the mid forties. What a wonderful time to record the Olympics, get out of the house and look at some interesting open houses. There are five open houses in the neighborhood today including town homes and single family.
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virginia: Current Listings in Forest Lakes
- 02/26/10 11:37 PM
As of today 0/27/10 there are 42 homes for sale in Forest Lakes. That is only slightly higher than historical levels of this time of year. Considering that there are about 1,400 homes in Forest Lakes, 42 for sale represents only about 3%. Check out the current inventory. Whether you are an investor buyer, a regular buyer, or a potential seller. This is the time to enter the market. Click on the photos for additional photos and on the addresses for maps of their locations. (link only good for a week) Link
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virginia: Virginia the "Energy Capital of the East Coast"
- 02/25/10 01:44 AM
Apex Wind Energy Inc. of Charlottesville is proposing to lease 116,000 acres for an undetermined number of wind turbines with the potential to generate up to 1,500 megawatts of power. This farm will be located twelve miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. Gov. Bob McDonnell has made offshore drilling and wind energy a focus of his new Republican administration and hopes to make Virginia the "Energy Capital of the East Coast" and the first to produce energy offshore. Wind energy a is part of the renewable energy industry, which couldn't be happier with Obama's stimulus package. The President promises that … (2 comments)
They say all real estate is local. Well if our local Charlottesville Forest Lakes neighborhood market is indicative of market trends then the market is looking good. Between the period of 1/1/2009 and 6/20/2009 there were 11 sales of single family homes. This year in the same period there have been 34 sales of single family detached. Also looking at the combination of attached and detached homes over the same perion the sales have doubled from 23 to 52.
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