2020 was a year unlike any other. Though the year was filled with unprecedented tragedy, trials, and tribulations, there were moments of joy worth celebrating—new babies were born, a record number of dogs were adopted, and many experienced the undeniable joy of purchasing a new home. With a sense of gratitude and optimism, we offer…
Dear Friends of Nest: In August 2008, we started Nest Realty in Jonathan’s unfinished basement (with a sticky note “sign” on the basement door to make sure we were in compliance with state regulations). Our focus back then was pretty simple—we wanted to build a brokerage brand that provided our agents and clients with the…
A bonus Sweat the Details podcast! We just had our annual Nest summit, where we brought brokers and agents from our 14 offices to Charlottesville, VA. We were going to send this out to just our 300 or so agents, but thought you might like it too. In this episode, Jonathan, Keith and Jim talked…
Growing Smart Local beer is fantastic – from the integration in local communities and culture, job creation, and yes, the beer is great. We were intrigued and maybe a bit surprised by how similar a growing craft brewery is to a growing real estate firm, and we had a fantastic and enlightening conversation with Scott…
What do an internationally-known wedding photographer and Nest Realty have in common? It turns out, quite a bit. Join us for a fascinating conversation with Eric Kelley, who has shot 650 weddings since 2004, and travels “all over the world, from Budapest to Ireland.” You can listen to the podcast here, and subscribe to the podcast here.…
Nest’s Sweat the Details podcast continues. We just released our 14th podcast, and we’re excited to bring you interesting conversations that touch on real estate, and how we look beyond real estate for inspiration. You can listen to the podcast here, and subscribe to the podcast here. Jennifer Kjellgren of Nest Realty Atlanta sat down with Jonathan…
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…
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.…
So, I was sitting in Staples Barber Shop last week, waiting to get a trim and a photo of Obi-Wan Kenobi on the front of USA Today caught my eye. (Disclaimer: I’m a bit of a Star Wars fan, but that’s besides the point). Turns out the photo was a lead-in to an article on…
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…