Charlottesville Real Estate News

So where do we look for Charlottesville Real Estate News. You can certainly look to local newspaper sources and tv stations or even radio stations but to get the latest in Charlottesville Real Estate News you want a place that looks for answers or dare I say Solutions.

For years I have been blogging about the Charlottesville area and of course Charlottesville Real Estate. From Stats to just listed to new developments in Crozet and Charlottesville. I often get messages from clients and residents that love to get a fresh look on the area vs just standard news.

Let me know what else you want to see.

We all know the basics in selling Real Estate but when you want to sell your Charlottesville Real Estate I actually recommend that your first step is NOT to talk to your agent.

Here are the details for Selling Charlottesville Real Estate and you will find that the first step is to understand the market.

Check your gut feeling

Most people have a gut feeling about what the market is doing and you do not typically need to be told what kind of a market we are currently in.

Charlottesville Photos

Photos, Pricing and Staging are some of the additional steps and we have it well oulined for you.

We hope that this will help in with the process of selling your Charlottesville Home.

So why is a Charlottesville Real Estate Broker talking about Staging?

Simply put,

Staging Sells Homes

Many times a seller will almost be insulted (or they are insulted) when you mention Staging their home to sell. This is a big mistake and Charlottesville Home sellers should not take it personally. Proper staging can make your home much more desirable to a wider pool of buyers and this is exactly what you want.

Staging you Charlottesville Home

We offer two different approaches to Staging and this works well because ever seller and home in unique.

Remember the goal is to make you Charlottesville Home as attractive to as many potential buyers as possible.

Charlottesville Real Estate 2011 Year‐End Highlights:

• Top three areas for sales in 2011 were Albemarle, Charlottesville, and Fluvanna counties.
• The most affordable areas in our market were Greene, Louisa, and Fluvanna counties.
• Overall sales were down a nominal 1.5% from 2010, though up slightly from 2009 levels.
• Active inventory to close 2011 is down 7% from year‐end 2010.
• Days on Market stable since 2010, half of homes sold in 86 days or less in 2011 and average DOM was 149 in 2011.
• Median Sales price for 2011 of $245,000 was down 3.9% from year‐end 2010.

The 2012 Assessments for Charlottesville and Albemarle will be released at the end of January. I called the county office to get the exact date and the response was an exact "by the end of the month". Sometimes it is tough to get a specific answer to such a pointed question.

Charlottesville 2012 Assessments

With the new assessments we will see more information when looking to buy or sell your Charlottesville Home.

The 2012 Charlottesville Real Estate Assessment data is something that many buyers and sellers will use to prove the value of a property. That is if it fits there expectations of what they perceive the value to be.

I say this because assessments are only part of the equation and certainly not the more important part. Studying current sales of an area as well as current listings is much more important. Getting this data from your Charlottesville Agent is invaluable. 

Are you thinking of selling your Charlottesville Home?

As with anything it requires a good solid plan. 

"One of the first and most effective steps you can take is to look at your home as objectively as possible. It is helpful to have your Charlottesville Realtor go through this process with you as their experience with what buyers want will be a good guide."

For the proper steps to sell your Charlottesville Real Estate you have to start the process by looking at your home like a Charlottesville Buyer.

There are several things to do before putting your home on the market and one of them is to consider using a stager. 

Here are the ways to put your best foot forward.

Best of luck with the sale of your home.

Keswick Hall, a luxury hotel and Country Club located in Albemarle county,  will soon have a new owner, according to recent news stories. New Owner for Keswick Hall

When it comes to Charlotesville Real Estate it seems that many people with substantial money are looking at the Charlottesville and Keswick area to pick up deals. 

Remember recently that Donald Trump purchased the Kluge Winery.

Donald Trump buys Charlottesville Winery.

So are you thinking like an investor? Might be a good time to consider Homes in Charlottesville Virginia.

Charlottesville Downtown Mall

Most days we are hard at work showing Charlottesville Real Estate. Today is a bright, sunny and unusually warm day so a small shopping is in order. We will be visiting the Charlottesville Downtown Mall to catch up with some friends and shopping. 

We usually take walks in the county (see photo) but today, it looks like a walk downtown is in order.

Great to have warm breaks in the Winter.

2011 Charlottesville Market Report

The 2011 Market in Charlottesville was similar to the entire state of Virginia and better than many areas of the country.

You can easily see the peak back in 2006-2007 and the current lows.

I actually like to look back more than just a month or even a year so here is a chart looking at sales in Albemarle County going back 8 years to January of 2004.

This is a lot of data and you can certainly see the trends that I have added to the photo. for complete details see Charlottesville Real Estate Market Reports

I have always liked to review charts of the market, stocks and actually any trends. It is easy to see how things are going by looking at past data. 

Let me know if you have any questions?