Denise's Blog

Once the main attraction downtown, Waterside is a victim of redevelopment.  This used to be the only safe place to go downtown.  Now there is MacArthur Mall, upscale restaurants and entertainment spots to go to.  The mall is still full of business's but the people aren't coming like they used to....

What were Al Gore, Rev. Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson all doing in Virginia Beach last week?  (Well, we know what Pat Robertson was doing).  Well believe it or not they were making a commercial against global warning.  All three got together at 57th street at the beach and made it happen.  The co...

   Oh my, not quite a gold rush but there seems to be a copper rush here in Chesapeake.  Copper is around $3.75 a pound.  That might not sound like much but when you can just go to your local new home site and pick up coils of it sitting around, it adds up fast.  Recently a young man was sentence...

                                                                            We have had several dolphin strandings and deaths recently in the Virignia Beach area.  The Navy says they haven't conducted sonar tests within 200 miles of shore in the last few weeks.  It looks like it may have just bee...

I thought that maybe we had some breathing room in the lending industry when I find out that mortgage insurers are cracking down.  Did you know that they have flagged over 25% of the nations zip codes where they will not do business?  This includes the McMansions in Scottsdale, AZ Miami  luxury M...

Suffolk is planning Millions in fire and rescue stations over the next 10 years.  The first of seven new or expanded stations is the Kings Fork Public Safety Center.  It is due in 2009.  Of course, the plan must still be funded and that could be a problem as revenue is down across the board.  The...

I really hadn't paid much attention to it until recently but did you Norfolk has banned Electronic Signs?  It has been that way since about 2001 or so.  There are a few signs put up after that but very very few.  The city is looking into maybe making some slight changes but not very much.  I gues...

I just read a blog by Jason Crouch an how the agent should exit the brokerage and it was quite good.  On the other hand it would be nice as an agent to have the same courtesy extended.  One brokerage I worked would box up the agents desk items and put them at the front desk.  We witnessed one of ...

I am looking for a group of new homes agents or a group that deals with new homes.  I did a search but really didn't find a group.  If anyone knows of one please point me in the right direction.  Thanks guys.http://www.deniseallen.com/  Come and see ALL the Homes for Sale in Virginia Beach, Chesa...

Ghent Station, a $30 million bank and retail complex recently won city approval.  This will add 127,000 of commercial development ah the eastern end of 21st in historic Ghent.  The city will sell about 3 1/2 acres to the developer.  There will be about 96,000 sq ft of class A office space and nea...