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Via Holly Kirby Weatherwax--Your Realtor® in Reston,VA (Momentum Realty,LLC):
I am at the point where I just have to laugh with all the snow that we have had this year in Virginia--otherwise I would cry! The Washington D.C. metro area, which includes suburban Virginia and Maryland, usually gets a couple of
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Some interesting facts about the Charlottesville area!
FACT: Virginia is known as "the birthplace of the nation" and "The Old Dominion"
FACT: The "dogwood" is the state flower and the cardinal is the state bird of the "Old Dominion"
FACT: Sellers, If your home is not shown on
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Due to the major snowstorm that hit Charlottesville VA last weekend my speechless Sunday post was postponed. The snowstorm which brought 10-14 inches of snow and ice to the region was accompanied by widespread power outages with over 40,000 households in the Charlottesville area out of power. I managed to keep
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (Feb. 8, 2010)– Charlottesville-basedNest Realty Grouptoday announced its acquisition of Summit Realty Company.The move combines two of Charlottesville’s most successful real estate firms and expands the 1-year-old Nest Realty team to 14 full-time real estate professionals.It also paves the way for Nest to expand its services from a
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First of all what is radon?
This is one of the best explanations I have read (from John Handloser at Pillar to Post):
Radon is a cancer-causing natural radioactive gas that you can't see, smell or taste. Radon is a radioactive gas. It comes from the natural decay of uranium
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Nest Realty has released our year-end Nest Report, what we believe to be the most “comprehensive and transparent analysis of the residential real estate market in Charlottesville, Albemarle and surrounding counties, prepared quarterly by Nest Realty Group.”
Download your copy here –2009 Year End Nest Realty Group Nest Report(PDF)
Please
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While Central Virginia is in the deep freeze at the moment, some of us are dreaming of Springtime, or more specifically, our Spring gardens and the fresh veggies they yield! With that in mind, the Nest Realty team is thrilled to introduceTom’s Garden, an initiative to support and fund
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This Charlottesville VA real estate market report looks at the sales of single family detached homes in the city of Charlottesville during January 2010.
11 Charlottesville homes sold during January 2010. They sold for an average price of $293,845 after being on the market for an average of 96 days. The
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Surviving Snowmageddon By: Pam Dent - REALTOR Charlottesville Virginia Homes and Horse Farms (Real Estate III)
Charlottesville Virginia is into day two of Snowmageddon.
Snow continues to fall with wind contributing to the deteriorated conditions. There is over a foot of snow on the ground with some sleet and freezing rain thrown in. Roads are treacherous, businesses are closed and much of the area is without power.
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USPS announced that they were suspending mail delivery to NoVA, DC and parts of MD on Saturday. Their spokesperson announced that the continued blizzard conditions in the area has made this decision necessary.
Additionally, approximately 150,000 to 180,000 customers in WVA, VA and PA have lost electricity due to downed
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Charlottesville Virginia prepares for snowmageddon.
This winter Charlottesville VA seems to have been mysteriously moved into the northern tier of states. We started out the winter with a record setting preChristmas snowfall of 24 inches. Last weekend we received another foot and Tuesday added a couple more inches.
Now we are
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Here we go again. National Weather Service Winter Storm Watch.
Event: Winter Storm WatchAlert: ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...SNOW. *
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I wonder if it's possible to quantify the equity cost of a pet. By a pet I mean a dog or cat, although our feathered friends should be included. It's been my experience over the past few years that there seems to be an increase in the percent of buyers with
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Note: Have we broken the year over year downtrend? (note higher high in July 2009)
The Charlottesville home market (sales) is seasonally high during the Summer and low during the Winter. This has to do with many factors including the fact that the University of Virginia is a major employer
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According to figures released Thursday the city of Charlottesville real estate values have declined for the first time since the city government began keeping records. The 2010 assessments show that average values for existing residential properties in the city declined by 2.19 percent.
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A two edge sword. Assessments are down, perhaps less taxes, home values down, perhaps less equity..... The average assessed value of Albemarle County homes has declined 3.96 percent in the last year which means lower tax bills for many residents if the county doesn’t raise its tax rate.
The real-estate
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Of all of the real estate options in the Country, condominiums may have been hit the hardest over the last several years. As theCharlottesville real estatemarket picked up in 2004 and 2005, developers and investors swarmed to purchase apartment buildings to convert them to Condominiums in hopes of cashing in
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Check out these 360 movies of Port-au-Prince. Move left, right, up and down with your mouse.
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2010/01/world/haiti.360/index.html?hpt=C1
http://www.immersivemedia.com/haiti/
What's this got to do with real estate? Well I think this technology looks very interesting for the real estate profession. What a great way to show off a house or community.
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The IRS posted its revised Form 5405 on its Web site (http://www.IRS.gov), after warning taxpayers not to file claims for the $6,500 credit without using the revised form and new instructions.
The repeat-buyer credit - supplements the popular $8,000 credit for first-time purchasers. Owners of existing homes -- specifically taxpayers
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I wish I was this smart, but alas... I got this from one of my mentors, Leroy Houser. There are three types of propertyies on the market.
1. Opportunity house - That's one that is at or below market value, on the market for less than 30 days, and is in
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