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Just listed by Nest Realty: 609 Lyons Ave., Charlottesville, VA 22902

609 Lyons Ave., Charlottesville, VA 22902 Price:  $525,000 Neighborhood:  North Downtown OPEN Sunday, April 7, 12-4. The epitome of a character rich North Downtown home, walking distance to the Downtown mall w/ all the charm & upgrades you have been waiting for! The kitchen will steal your heart w/ custom cabinetry, soap stone counters, reclaimed [...]

Welcome to Nest Realty Graphic and Digital Designer Matt Leech

When Matt Leech arrived for his first day as Nest Realty’s new Graphic and Digital Designer, he hit the ground running. Literally. Within the first week and a half he was headed to press checks in Richmond to finish a complicated print piece. To say that we here at Nest have a long list of projects [...]

Electronic Signatures: What happened to old fashioned pen and paper?

When it comes to signing contracts and paperwork for real estate transactions, don’t be surprised if your agent asks you to use electronic signature software (ESS). It’s a simple and secure time saver that solves many problems in the real estate industry. Here’s how it works:  When you have documents to sign, initial, date or otherwise [...]

Nest Realty Web Site Updates Coming

It’s been over 4 years since we launched version 1 of the Nest Realty web site.  Actually, it was January 30, 2009.  I remember the day well.  It was a Friday.  I had literally been planning and brainstorming the Nest web site for about year and had been working with our web team since since [...]

Purpose, Prep and Process: Understanding the Final Walk Through as a Buyer

The standard Virginia contract doesn’t say a lot about the ‘final walk through’ process that buyers are entitled to just before closing. As a buyer agent, however, it’s one of the most important parts of the home buying process that I help my clients navigate. Here is a look at what is entailed and how to make [...]

Introducing Nest Mobile

  We’re excited and proud to announce the launch of Nest Mobile: the mobile-optimized version of our Nest Realty website. We’ve been working and planning this for a while, and it’s exciting to have it come to fruition.  Over the last few years, web traffic on mobile devices has increased dramatically.  In fact, mobile traffic [...]

Sara Belkowitz: Nest Realty’s Brand and Engagement Manager

Although she’s been with us for a few months now, I’d like to extend an official welcome to Sara Belkowitz, Nest Realty’s Brand and Engagement Manager. This is a unique position for a real estate brokerage.  And we think that we’ve found someone pretty special to help us enhance our brand and continue to ensure [...]

Nest Realty’s Market Reports Go Live

We’ve been hinting about it for a few weeks (and working on it for a few months), but we went live yesterday with our BETA version of our Nest Market Reports section.  Since we launched our site, we’ve been posting market reports on our blog, The Nest Report.  However, this is something a little different. [...]

Nest Realty Web Site Update: A Behind The Scenes Look

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 [...]

Nest Realty Announced as Finalist for Inman Innovator Awards

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 [...]