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Our Nest Report Blog is a platform to educate the public about the changing real estate markets in Charlottesville, New River Valley, and Hampton Roads. Our team of agents contributes timely market updates and statistics, as well as hyper-local news and information for each community.

Category Archives: Agency

Nest Realty Web Site Update: A Behind The Scenes Look

November 11, 2010 – 12:17 am

We’re always working to improve our services to improve our clients’ experience at Nest.  We launched Version 1 of our web site in February of 2009 and, based on feedback from clients and agents, have been tweeking and improving our site ever since. On Friday, we rolled out an update of our site…including a fresh [...]

By Jonathan Kauffmann | Also posted in Clients, Market Reports, Nest Agents, Nest Belief System, News, Real Estate Brokerage, Real Estate Video, Realtor, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

Why Don’t Nest Realtors do Single Agent Dual Agency?

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.

By Jim Duncan | Comments (3)

Nest Realty Announced as Finalist for Inman Innovator Awards

June 25, 2009 – 4:03 pm

We’re proud to announce that Nest has been selected as a finalist for the 2009 Inman News Innovator Awards in the ‘Most Innovative Brokerage or Franchise’ category.  The winners will be announced at the Real Estate Connect conference in San Francisco, which is held from August 5-7. Other nominees in the category include: @properties, Better [...]

By Jonathan Kauffmann | Also posted in Clients, Nest Agents, Nest Belief System, News, Real Estate Brokerage, Real Estate Video, Technology, Web | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)

Your House is Unique, Shouldn’t Your Marketing Be?

March 22, 2009 – 8:56 am

Nest's New Real Estate Signs Stay tuned for more on the next generation of marketing real estate in Central Virginia.

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