After opening our doors in Charlottesville in 2008, Nest Realty opened our second office in Blacksburg in 2011. Since we made the announcement, everyone keeps asking, ‘Why Blacksburg?’ The simple answer is that there are a lot of similarities between Charlottesville and Blacksburg. They’re both small towns. They’re both college towns. Both populations have an [...]
At Nest, we’ve been big advocates of using video to help educate customers and clients. We’ve tried a lot of different video ideas over the last few years: property tours, real estate education videos, neighborhood videos, and even a video about Nest Realty’s values. We decided a few months ago to dive a little [...]
Congratulations to Nest Realty‘s Bob Hughes (and Laura Michael) for being named by C-Ville in their ‘Best Of’ Issue as ‘Best Real Estate Agent.’ Check out the list of winners here.
Charlottesville’s Conservation Community, Riverbluff, has had a recent flurry of activity. An overview of Riverbluff from the Riverbluff web site: Located on a bluff overlooking the Rivanna River, RiverBluff is an award-winning conservation community of 22 new homes in the Woolen Mills neighborhood of Charlottesville. The houses are clustered on the brow of a hill, leaving the [...]
Nest Realty Associate’s Jim Duncan and Bob Hughes got a little airtime on NBC 29′s segment on the 2nd Quarter Charlottesville Real Estate Market Report. We came out with our Q2 market report last week, but this one was actually on the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtor’s report. Either way, take a quick look. Back [...]
Blacksburg and Charlottesville have a lot in common. Beautiful mountains. Wonderful outdoor activities. College towns. But now, they’ve got one more thing in common: they’ll both have a Nest Realty office! We’re proud to announce that Nest Realty is expanding west…and bringing our real estate services to the New River Valley. Encompassing the counties of Montgomery, [...]
There’s been a lot of talk over the past few years about real estate ‘going green.’ From insulation to recycled materials to rain barrels, there seems to be a new earth-friendly (or ‘green’) material/method/pitch around every other day. Back during the epic real estate market of 2005-2007, Green-built homes were the next big thing. Builders [...]
Check out our December 2010 Charlottesville Real Estate Market Snapshot. Overall, sales dipped again (down 32%) in November 2010 from November 2009. This marks the 5th straight month of year-over-year sales declines. Surprisingly enough, although total sales were down 32%, the total volume of transactions was down much less (about 15%). Several large purchases pushed [...]
