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Author Archives: Jonathan Kauffmann

Principal Broker and Owner of Nest Realty Group. I’m a full-time real estate professional specializing in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. I’m a strong believer in the power of the internet and its role in the real estate industry.

Live Where You Love: Nelson County, Virginia

  We’re venturing into Nelson County for the next episode in our Live Where You Love video series. If you haven’t been to Nelson recently, there’s a lot going on.  Between the increased tourism from the Brew Ridge Trail, the Virginia Wine Trail and Wintergreen to Nelson’s sheer beauty, it’s really an amazing part of our [...]

Q4 Nest Report Covered by the Local Charlottesville News

The Nest Realty Q4 Nest Report was picked up yesterday by two local news stations.  If you haven’t read our report, check out these quick snippets…and then touch base with your favorite Nest Realty agent to get a little more of a recap. Overall, we’re using the two words: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM.  For the first time [...]

Charlottesville Real Estate Market Update: Q4 2011

We apologize for the slight delay with this Q4 report.  Fortunately, it’s been a very busy last couple of weeks at Nest.  Between a lot of activity in the Charlottesville real estate market, adding a few more fantastic agents to our team, and a few other exciting projects in the works, this took a little [...]

Are You Exceptional? Nest Realty is Hiring!

We’ve been very fortunate to continue to grow over the past few years…and it’s time to add a new member to our team.  We’re hiring an Engagement and Brand Manager to join our Nest.  The job is part brand management, part content director, and part marketing manager.  I’m not going to bore you with a [...]

Charlottesville New Home Prices On The Rise

  Over the last few years, we’ve consistently had tidbits of positive news here and there: interest rates creeping down, a slight uptick in sales, a bump in consumer confidence… As we know, since around 2007 the majority of real estate news has been negative.  That being said, there is a bit of optimism in [...]

Live Where You Love: Northern Albemarle

Our next video in Nest Realty’s Live Where You Love series takes us to Northern Albemarle and 29 North.  Over the last 20 years, Northern Albemarle has seen explosive growth with commercial, retail, and residential development.  Convenience and proximity to services play a major role in people’s decisions to live in this part of Albemarle [...]

Welcome Aboard! Our Nest is Growing…

Nest Realty is proud to announce 2 exciting additions to our Charlottesville office.  Robert Russo and Janice Kavanagh have both joined Nest and we couldn’t be happier to have them on our team. You can get to know Robert and Janice a little better by checking out their bios on our web site. If you [...]

Charlottesville’s Landmark Hotel Moving Forward?

A report from the Daily Progress yesterday projects that there is a chance that the partially-built Landmark Hotel in Charlottesville may start moving forward again in 2012. For those of you unfamiliar with the Landmark Hotel saga…here’s a quick recap with some additional story links from The Hook. Though there still is obviously confusion around [...]

Live Where You Love: Nest Realty’s Charlottesville Real Estate Video

A quick look at life in Charlottesville.  It’s impossible to capture the true essence of Charlottesville in less than 4 minutes, but this is a start.  We hope you enjoy…

Charlottesville’s Real Estate Market Snapshot: November 2011

Overall, the November 2011real estate market in Charlottesville performed about as we expected.  Overall, total year-over-year sales were down (from 174 to 150). Median sales prices in the Charlottesville MSA were also down…by about 3% from November 2010. There was some positive news, though: the three-year total sales trend is now slightly positive…meaning that sales in [...]