When Matt Leech arrived for his first day as Nest Realty’s new Graphic and Digital Designer, he hit the ground running. Literally. Within the first week and a half he was headed to press checks in Richmond to finish a complicated print piece. To say that we here at Nest have a long list of projects…
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2012 Albemarle County Real Estate Market Update
Along with the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County is one of the two core markets for the Charlottesville MSA. And just like the City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County home sales are trending in a positive direction. Here’s the synopsis of the the Albemarle County real estate market in 2012: Total sales increased to 1281 home…
2012 Ivy Real Estate Market Update
We touched on the Crozet real estate market last week. Now, we’ll focus on the other half of Western Albemarle: Ivy. Ivy has always been a bit of an anomaly in the local Charlottesville real estate market. Why? Whereas each sub-market of the local Charlottesville MSA has pockets of higher end properties, Ivy has a…
Charlottesville Real Estate Market Report: August 2012
Overall August 2012 sales were flat for the Charlottesville MSA with 231 sales as compared to 233 in August 2011. However, the three-year sales trend continues to be positive. We’re seeing consumer confidence continue to be steady-to-strong. Even with the upcoming election, buyers and sellers seem to be more influenced by the historically low interest…
Financing Our First Home: Special Guest Q&A
This week, I have the pleasure of welcoming Whit Douglas of Corridor Mortgage Group to the Nest Blog. He’s here to answer some of the major questions first-time homebuyers have when facing the daunting process of securing financing. Before we jump in, a little background. Agent B recommended Whit to us, and he has been…
Sara Belkowitz: Nest Realty’s Brand and Engagement Manager
Although she’s been with us for a few months now, I’d like to extend an official welcome to Sara Belkowitz, Nest Realty’s Brand and Engagement Manager. This is a unique position for a real estate brokerage. And we think that we’ve found someone pretty special to help us enhance our brand and continue to ensure…
Meet the Nest Agent: Bill Martin
Our Meet the Agent series marches on. This week’s featured Realtor is Bill Martin. Keep reading to learn more about what sets this experienced country property specialist apart from the crowd. Nest Realty: You’ve travelled the globe, how did you get into real estate in Central Virginia? Bill Martin: My wife Dumisile and I retired…
Meet the Nest Agent: Bob Hughes
What follows is the first in a Nest blog series entitled, “Meet the Agent.” We’ve got an amazing team of Realtors here at Nest, and this series gives us a chance to showcase what makes each of them unique. Special kudos to Bob Hughes for being our first test subject (cough, cough, we mean volunteer). …
Thank You!
Thank you to everyone who has worked with us over the last year. Thank you to our clients. Thank you to our inspectors. Thank you to our closing agents. Thank you to our lenders. Thank you to our families. Thank you to our photographers, and designers, and printing companies, and all the other folks who…
Lockboxes in Charlottesville – Our Magic 8 Ball
We are diligently working on our Q3 report. But we will not have that ready until early next week. Until then, we thought we would feed you a little teaser to show you what we are up to. All stats in real estate are either about sales or leading to sales. You can track actual…