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…
Albemarle County detached home sales continue to suffer a bit, according to January Charlottesville home sale stats. Average sale price and median sales price fell from both 2008 and 2009 levels, while Days on Market increased over 42 days from 2009 levels. However, there were some positive signs. January sales of Albemarle single family homes…
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…
Nest have released our year-end Nest Report, what we believe to be the most “comprehensive and transparent analysis of the residential real estate market in Charlottesville, Albemarle and surrounding counties, prepared quarterly by Nest Realty Group.” Download your copy here – 2009 Year End Nest Realty Group Nest Report (PDF) Please let us know what…
I was watching a great video recently featuring real estate guru Steve Harney. Steve is a mastermind in real estate trends…and even more masterful in taking complicated economic data and simplifying it for everyone to understand (including me, the Uva English major). I’ve had the fortune to see him speak twice in the last six…
Of all of the real estate options in the Country, condominiums may have been hit the hardest over the last few years. As the Charlottesville real estate market heated up in 2004 and 2005, developers and investors swarmed to purchase apartment buildings to convert them to Condominiums in hopes of cashing in on the real…
From Amy Webb’s blog, Amy’s Yard: Yes T-Swift fans ( and their parents), you read that correctly: there is still a chance to get your hands on tickets to the concert of the year! Here is the scoop: I am the co-chair of Bingo Night at Virginia L. Murray Elementary School in Ivy. We have…
Many of you have heard about the possibility that the Crozet library could be shut down because of budget cuts. Jim Duncan has reported it on his Crozet real estate blog, RealCrozetVA, and his Charlottesville real estate blog, RealCentralVA. You can read more about it The Hook, Charlottesville Newsplex, and Daily Progress. One of the commenters…
Now let’s take a look at some market statistics for single family detached homes in the City of Charlottesville. In real estate, we talk a lot about ‘Location. Location. Location.’ Typically, property values hold their values more in areas that are located closer to urban and employment centers. Charlottesville is definitely the cultural and economic…
Single family home sales in Western Albemarle (which includes Ivy and Crozet) seem to be showing some positive signs over the last few months. Total sales per month were higher in 4 of the last 5 months of 2009 as compared to 2007 and 2008 sales. A few more quick Charlottesville real estate statistics: –…