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Charlottesville Real Estate

New Owner for Charlottesville Downtown Mall Hotel

February 3, 2012

The unfinished Landmark Hotel sits right in the middle of the Charlottesville downtown mall neighborhood.  Its steel beam structure has been a vacant hulk for several years as the previous owner went through various changes on his way towards bankruptcy.  It has had serious impact on the other businesses that have sat in its shadow [...]

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Central VA is Comparatively Prosperous

January 31, 2012

The website at Salon published some of their research regarding the economic recovery of particular sections of the U.S.   They have designated some areas which remain in persistent decline as ‘permanent dead zones’.     At THIS LINK you can find a map of their zones and details about why they believe certain areas will continue to [...]

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Gap Between New Homes and Resales

January 29, 2012

The chart below has been compiled by an Economics Blog named Calculated Risk ….  to illustrate the home sales in the country for the past 8 years… with lines showing sales of new construction vs. resales of existing homes.  It’s dramatic and it speaks for itself.  Of course like many others, we believe one of the fastest [...]

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USDA Offers New Guide to Planting

January 26, 2012

Don’t plant those flowers just before a frost! There’s a great new tool from the U.S. Dep’t of Agriculture.  They have developed a GPS-based site where you can go to investigate the recommended planting dates for gardens in your area.  The last time the USDA developed a plant-hardiness map was in 1990, and this time [...]

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Charlottesville Real Estate 4th Quarter 2011 Market Report

January 16, 2012

Just released is the Charlottesville Real Estate 4th Quarter 2011 Market Report.

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Are We Turning the Corner?

January 16, 2012

USA Today ran a very positive article this morning saying that many economists think the real estate market is about to make a positive turn, particularly new construction. Here is the article.

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They Like Us

January 14, 2012

There are days when it feels like the whole world is looking for a getaway retreat in Virginia.  They call us from all over the country (and outside the country too)…. looking for those perfect few acres where their families can find a piece of heaven.   We try to keep things in perspective because after [...]

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Skiing Anyone?

January 7, 2012

Christmas marked the beginning of the ski season at Wintergreen Resort in Nelson County VA.    Wintergreen utilizes snow-making machines to cover the mountain slopes evenly and they are now in full operation.  Wintergreen becomes a bustling village of its own at this time of year, going from 350 employees to over 1,000 employees to handle [...]

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Charlottesville’s Keswick Hall To Be Sold

January 6, 2012

Yesterday we learned that Charlottesville’s spectacular resort hotel, Keswick Hall, has been sold to a prominent Richmond businessman philanthropist, William Goodwin.  Mr. Goodwin is also a UVa Darden School graduate and former Board member, and he owns other prominent luxury resorts in the U.S. such as Sea Pines and The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island. The [...]

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The Tavern Ends An Era

December 20, 2011

For Charlottesville residents …. and especially for UVa students and their friends and families … the little restaurant on the corner of Barracks and Emmett streets holds a long history of treasured memories. It’s hard to miss the place if you know what to look for… it’s the greeting on its roof.  “Where Students, Tourists, [...]

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