February 27, 2010 – 10:41 pm
With the exception of a small few, every homeowner in Charlottesville and throughout the country is looking for positive real estate news. As compared to 2009 – when there wasn’t much – we’re starting to see some good news starting to trickle in…and that’s a good thing. REAL Trends just reported that Long and Foster [...]
February 25, 2010 – 8:15 am
The Virginia Association of Realtors standard Buyer Brokerage form says as much : Because of the Broker’s dual representation in such a transaction, Buyer understands that Buyer and the seller have the responsibility of making their own decisions as to what terms are to be included in any purchase agreement . … The Code of the Commonwealth of Virginia says : “Designated agent” or “designated representative” means a licensee who has been assigned by a principal or supervising broker to represent a client when a different client is also represented by such principal or broker in the same transaction. “Dual agent” or “dual representative” means a licensee who has a brokerage relationship with both seller and buyer, or both landlord and tenant, in the same real estate transaction. … Just a clarification in light of the recent Realtor Magazine article on Nest Realty and Jonathan Kauffman : I require that all of our agents work full time and have a minimum of three years of full-time real estate experience.
February 23, 2010 – 6:29 pm
I’d like to congratulate the entire Nest Realty team (and those new Charlottesville Realtors that will be officially with us very soon) for being recognized and spotlighted in Realtor Magazine. (I haven’t actually seen the print version, so we’re linking the online version). Since Realtor Magazine interviewed us in early 2010, we’ve continued our growth [...]
February 17, 2010 – 11:53 pm
Albemarle County detached home sales continue to suffer a bit, according to January Charlottesville home sale stats. Average sale price and median sales price fell from both 2008 and 2009 levels, while Days on Market increased over 42 days from 2009 levels. However, there were some positive signs. January sales of Albemarle single family homes [...]
February 8, 2010 – 3:25 pm
From the news wire… CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (Feb. 8, 2010) – Charlottesville-based Nest Realty Group today 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 [...]
February 7, 2010 – 10:30 am
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 team is thrilled to introduce Tom’s Garden, an initiative to support and fund Community Gardening in the Charlottesville-Albemarle [...]
February 5, 2010 – 8:33 am
Nest have 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 let us know what questions, comments or clarifications you have. Jim Duncan is one of the founding partners of Nest, Associate Broker and is a Charlottesville Realtor who writes at RealCentralVA , RealCrozetVA and AgentGenius .
February 2, 2010 – 11:39 pm
I was watching a great video recently featuring real estate guru Steve Harney. Steve is a mastermind in real estate trends…and even more masterful in taking complicated economic data and simplifying it for everyone to understand (including me, the Uva English major). I’ve had the fortune to see him speak twice in the last six [...]
