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Market Statistics

Forget Real Estate 2.0. How about we try 1.5 for a while?

November 3, 2008

Baketball referees, by and large, tend to be very confident people. Confidence is pretty much a prerequisite for survival in the world of sports officiating. Confidence is a good thing, but it can also get you in trouble.
I remember when I first started officiating high school basketball. Like every other referee, I [...]

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Talking real estate and social media with Rory, Steve, and Dave

August 25, 2008

A few weeks ago, I met Jonathan Bentz on, you guessed it, Twitter . Jonathan asked me if I would be interested in doing a podcast with Rory, Steve and Dave. The guys run a real estate coaching blog. Besides having an interesting blog, the guys are the founders of GetMyHomesValue.com. [...]

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Charlottesville Real Estate September Sales Statistics

October 11, 2007

August was rough, and September wasn’t any better for the Charlottesville real estate market. Below are the charts for the sales in the Charlottesville area in September, and for the entire year-to-date. As always the sales data is compiled from the Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS MLS.
Let’s take a look:

For the month of [...]

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Charlottesville Real Estate to See More Accurate Days On Market Stats

September 27, 2007

I received a pleasant surprise this morning in the form of the new email newsletter from the Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS. The newsletter contained the following announcement:
Beginning October 1, the MLS system will track Cumulative Days on Market (CDOM). CDOM is a count of the total time an address or parcel ID has [...]

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August Sales Put a Big Dent in the Charlottesville Real Estate Market

September 14, 2007

Time to take a look at the sales stats for August in the Charlottesville Area. As I previously posted, the Charlottesville Association of REALTORS did a bit of foreshadowing for us, but now we have a chance to really see what the situation is. New this month, I am going to a graphic [...]

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Sometimes, No News is Good News; and Sometimes, None of the News is Good

September 6, 2007

The following is a quote from the latest edition of the real estate newsletter that I receive from the Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS (it goes out to all the REALTORS):
August Sales Slowest in 10 Years

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July Charlottesville Real Estate Stats– The Broken Record Plays On. . .

August 17, 2007

It is time once again to take a look at the monthly sales statistics for the Charlottesville area real estate market. July continued the trend of falling sales and rising inventories. If you think this is beginning to sound a bit like a broken record, you are not alone. 2007 has [...]

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Real Estate Ain’t So Local Anymore

August 6, 2007

I will be posting the sales statistics for the Charlottesville area on Friday.  As always, it should prove interesting, so be sure to check back for them.
The statistics got me to thinking about the real estate market, or more specifically, how the real estate market is talked about.  There is an old saying that, “real [...]

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If You Want to See Things Clearly, You Need to Get the Right Angle

July 11, 2007

Summer time, being the basketball off-season, is the time for officiating camps. A few weeks ago I attended a great camp that I have gone to for the past few years. It is put on by my college conference supervisors, and the knowledge that I gain there every year has proved most valuable [...]

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Charlottesville Real Estate Market Takes Big Hit in June

July 9, 2007

It is time to take a look at the June sales statistics for the Charlottesville area real estate market. Overall, the stats did not look good. The drop in June sales compared to last year was significant in every geographical area, and the year-to-date stats reflect the drag that June created. Let’s [...]

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