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Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS (CAAR) 1st Quarter 2012 Market Report

With today's (4/17/2012) release of the CAAR 2012 1st Quarter Market Report, what does it all mean for you?  Take some time and explore the report.  A few items stood out for me: 1.  The inventory of Central Virginia homes for sale remains high and the buyers market...

Spring 2012 Central Virginia Real Estate Market Update

Spending some time with my grandson at pre-school yesterday, several parents asked about the local real estate market.  The local real estate market also remained a featured when we filmed the latest episode of House Money (local Charlottesville Area TV show on...

100% Financing with Rural Development (RD) Loan – Backed by USDA!

  Looking to buy a home in Central Virginia but don't have the cash for a 5% or greater down payment, what to do?  Consider the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) backed Rural Development (RD) loan for 100% financing!  So you want to be in one of our...

BuilderFish

Had a great meeting with Todd and Johathan of BuilderFish.  They remodel and build using green building, againing in place and universal design for  sustainable lifetime living.  Check out and follow BuilderFish.  They brining an interesting option to construction in...

Aging in Place & Universal Design

Great presentation on Universal Design this morning by Todd Hawkins of Builderfish! Universal Design helps home owners to stay in their homes as they age or modify their current home to allow for aging in place. Since our house hold often ages from 2 to 89 and I hit...

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Free Real Estate Search Tool

Whether you are moving to Central Virginia from out of town for a new job at the University of Virginia, Rivanna Station (DIA or NGIC), State Farm or to retire in paradise, I’ve got a great FREE real estate search program for you (looking for real estate info outside...

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Radon and Real Estate

Prior to a recent home inspection, a 1st time homebuyer and I discussed radon and the possibility of testing for radon along with the home inspection. So what is radon? According to the EPA, radon is a colorless, odorless gas that causes cancer. The EPA produced a...

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Real Estate Market Update – 10/15/2010

I keep getting asked, “How’s the real estate market?”.  My standard reply for 2010 has been, interesting!  Then I try to ask a few questions; listen, finding out which market segment interests them; then discuss the market segment of interest.  The Charlottesville...

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Universal Design

With Central Virginia mid-October temperatures heading towards the 90’s, I thought we could use a snow photo!  Several years ago we built a home (Camp Karen)for multiple generations.  Since my mother in law was going to be living with us, we included two 1st level...

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