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Category Archives: Realtor

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 [...]

Zillow and Mint Team Up. What Does It Mean For Charlottesville Homeowners?

As reported yesterday, Zillow and Mint.com have partnered.  In the deal, Zillow will provide it’s ‘zestimate’ home valuations to Mint.com customers. Mint is a personal finance site that helps users track expenses and manage their personal finances. The partnership makes sense.  Real estate – both primary residences and investment properties – make up a large [...]

The Latest: Homebuyer Tax Credit Not Extended

Check out Nest Realty‘s Jim Duncan’s post on the tax credit extension.  The approved extension was inadvertently reported by Inman News… and many were hopeful that the extension would, in fact, occur.  However, it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen. Stay tuned to the Nest Report for more updates.

Homebuyer Tax Credit Extended…Sort Of

According to Inman News, the Senate has approved an amendment of the homebuyer’s tax credit that will extend the closing deadline from June 30th to September 30th.  What does this mean?  Well, if you have a home under contract (and your contract was ratified on or before April 30), then you have until Sept 30th [...]

Nest Realty Spotlighted in Realtor Magazine

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 [...]

Nest Realty Acquires Summit Realty

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 [...]

Jim Duncan Named to ‘Real Estate’s 50 Most Influential Online’ in 2009

Congratulations to Nest Realty’s Jim Duncan for being named to Inman News’ list of ‘Real Estate’s 50 Most Influential Online’ last week.  According to Inman News:  This list of individuals selected for this report includes real estate agents and brokers, technologists, economists, enthusiasts and analysts. They are luminaries in the online world of real estate [...]

Albemarle Family Favorite Awards

We’re honored to have been named the #3 ‘ Favorite Real Estate Company by Albemarle Family.  It’s pretty exciting to be in our first full year and get this type of unsolicited recognition. And as Jim Duncan notes on his RealCentralVA blog: 1 and 2 were Roy Wheeler and Real Estate III respectively. Frankly, I’m [...]

Welcome Aboard Deborah and Laura!

  We’d like to welcome our newest agents, Deborah Rutter and Laura Winn Smith, to the Nest team. First licensed in Maine, Deborah joins the team with a successful real estate track record based on repeat and referral business.   She brings another analytical mind to Nest and is a great addition to our growing team. Laura Winn [...]

Nest Realty Awarded HP Realtor Technology Award

Nest Realty was awarded with an HP Realtor Technology Award last week at the National Association of Realtors conference in San Diego.  HP honored 5 brokerages across the country that used technology in and out of the office to gain a competitive advantage.  Other winners included brokers from California, Ohio, Idaho, and Minnesota. In August, Nest [...]