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…
The C-Ville has a great story this week on 25 more essential experiences for Charlottesville locals. This is a follow up to their story from last year. There’s a few on here that I haven’t done (#2, Let a heated exchange about the Meadowcreek Parkway destroy a friendship)…and a few on the list that I…
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This is an interesting dilemma in a suburban environment: With a proposal to cull deer before their community association, some Dunlora residents are hoping they’ll be able to keep bow hunters out of the bucolic neighborhood. They’re hoping that the board will table the idea or, barring that, put it to a community-wide vote. ..…
2010 is trending to be a decent year in real estate…so far. Well, maybe I should re-phrase that: it’s not any worse than 2009. We continue to hear some troubling news regarding foreclosures and defaults on a national level (stay tuned to the Nest Report later this week), but positive signs and trends continue to…
As Charlottesville residents we are blessed by so much that the city and region has to offer. And occasionally, we have the opportunity to give something back. On June 5, we have that opportunity; and I for one, plan to do my part. In 2003, my wife and I were blessed by the birth of…
I know we’ve got a few loyal readers out there who live for our market reports…and to you we apologize for the delay in getting our most recent report up. Thankfully for everyone, April was one of the busiest months we’ve had in a long time. The expiration of the tax credit caused a lot…
Go local. In this case, local strawberries at Chiles Orchard in Crozet. These are some of the orchards in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Fluvanna and Greene: And besides, spending an hour or so with the family is a much ore fulfilling experience than going to the grocery store. Right? Thanks to BuyLocalVirginia.org, these are some of the…
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 majority of the 19 acres as common land for the enjoyment of all…
Sure, you can watch baseball in lots of towns across the country. You can find hot dogs and bags of peanuts in ballparks anywhere. And I’m sure Charlottesville isn’t the only place with a Ben & Jerry’s kiosk. But, we have something no one else in the US has: The Number 1 Team in the…