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Category Archives: Buying a Home

Prepping to Buy a House in Charlottesville

April 17, 2009 – 7:47 am

I surveyed the Nest Realtors and asked for the top three things that buyers need to do in preparation for buying a house in Charlottesville. These are the responses, in no particular order:
- Have no house to sell / No home sale contingency – this could be your single best advantage in this market.
- Prepare [...]

By Jim Duncan | Comments (1)

There Are Buyers in the Charlottesville Real Estate World

April 1, 2009 – 11:33 pm

Thanks to a Twitter tip from one of our savvy Nest agents, Amy Webb, I’ve been spending some time today looking at a trend that I knew existed…but hadn’t been able to quantify. 
Here’s the theory: There are buyers in the Charlottesville real estate market.  They are just being very selective and are going after properties [...]

By Jonathan Kauffmann | Also posted in Charlottesville, Market Reports, Nest Agents, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Good Time To Buy?

January 30, 2009 – 4:30 pm

So I’ll go on the record and say that I’m not a fan of the NAR publicity/advertising campaigns claiming, “It’s a great time to buy!” However, the National Automobile Dealers Association thought it was a pretty slick campaign because the auto industry has jumped on board with one of their own “it’s a great time to buy” campaigns.

Here’s the question I have for both the NAR and the auto industry: how do you know?

By Jonathan Kauffmann | Also posted in Nest Belief System | Comments (1)