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Nest Realty's blog, The Nest Report, is a platform to educate the public about the changing Charlottesville real estate market, including community news, industry updates, market reports, and all of the great things Charlottesville, Albemarle County, and Central Virginia have to offer.

Category Archives: Real Estate Brokerage

Are Albemarle and Charlottesville Home Sizes Declining?

August 31, 2010 – 10:12 am

There’s been a lot of buzz resulting from Trulia’s most recent article about the ‘McMansion Era’ ending. Studies are showing that Americans are wanting smaller homes. The report states that only 9% of Americans want a home more than 3200 square feet. There’s two factors behind this:
1. The Green Movement: the big push for energy [...]

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Zillow Reports Homeowner Confidence Fell in Q2 2010

August 20, 2010 – 12:31 pm

Zillow reported that homeowner confidence fell in the 2nd Quarter. Here’s a quick recap of their findings:
- 33 percent believed home values in their local housing market had not yet reached a bottom, while 38 percent believed they had already reached a bottom.
- 28 percent of homeowners said home values in their local real estate market [...]

Albemarle County Attached Home Sales

August 9, 2010 – 7:21 pm

The homebuyer’s tax credit continues to show some positive effects on sales throughout Central Virginia. The latest benefactor seems to be attached homes in Albemarle County. (In this area, attached tends to refer to town homes and row homes) Sales of attached homes in Albemarle County are up 20% year-over-year…quite a jump considering many people [...]

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Nest Realty Site Re-Design Underway

July 27, 2010 – 9:21 am

We launched the Nest site in February of 2008. It’s amazing how time flies. Over the last 15 months, we’ve gotten a great response to the site. After all, the site was built based on years of feedback from our clients.
Since we’ve launched the site, we’ve also received some great suggestions to make the Nest [...]

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Hello, We’re Nest Realty…

July 6, 2010 – 3:02 pm

We’re not your typical real estate brokerage. And we’re proud of it. In fact, we’ve earned our success by being different and standing out in an industry that tends to lack innovation.
Founded in 2008, Nest Realty has quickly established itself as one of the region’s most trusted and recognized real estate brands.
How are we doing [...]

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The Latest: Homebuyer Tax Credit Not Extended

June 25, 2010 – 8:20 pm

Check out Nest Realty’s Jim Duncan’s post on the tax credit extension. The approved extension was inadvertently reported by Inman News… and many were hopeful that the extension would, in fact, occur. However, it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen.
Stay tuned to the Nest Report for more updates.

By Jonathan Kauffmann | Also posted in Nest Agents, Realtor | Tagged homebuyer tax credit, jim duncan | Comments (0)

25 Essential Charlottesville Experiences

June 16, 2010 – 8:37 pm

The C-Ville has a great story this week on 25 more essential experiences for Charlottesville locals. This is a follow up to their story from last year.

There’s a few on here that I haven’t done (#2, Let a heated exchange about the Meadowcreek Parkway destroy a friendship)…and a few on the list that I haven’t [...]

By Jonathan Kauffmann | Also posted in Charlottesville, Things To Do in Charlottesville | Tagged Charlottesville, jonathan kauffmann, neighborhoods | Comments (0)

Good News for the Charlottesville Real Estate Market?

February 27, 2010 – 10:41 pm

With the exception of a small few, every homeowner in Charlottesville and throughout the country is looking for positive real estate news. As compared to 2009 – when there wasn’t much – we’re starting to see some good news starting to trickle in…and that’s a good thing.
REAL Trends just reported that Long and Foster reported [...]

By Jonathan Kauffmann | Also posted in Charlottesville, Market Reports | Tagged Albemarle County Real Estate, Charlottesville, Charlottesville real estate, jonathan kauffmann, Market Reports | Comments (3)

Nest Realty Spotlighted in Realtor Magazine

February 23, 2010 – 6:29 pm

I’d like to congratulate the entire Nest Realty team (and those new Charlottesville Realtors that will be officially with us very soon) for being recognized and spotlighted in Realtor Magazine. (I haven’t actually seen the print version, so we’re linking the online version).
Since Realtor Magazine interviewed us in early 2010, we’ve continued our growth with [...]

By Jonathan Kauffmann | Also posted in Nest Agents, Nest Belief System, News, Realtor | Tagged brokerage, Charlottesville real estate, nest realty group, Philosophy | Comments (1)

Nest Realty Acquires Summit Realty

February 8, 2010 – 3:25 pm

From the news wire…
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (Feb. 8, 2010) – Charlottesville-based Nest Realty Group today announced its acquisition of Summit Realty Company. The move combines two of Charlottesville’s most successful real estate firms and expands the 1-year-old Nest Realty team to 14 full-time real estate professionals. It also paves the way for Nest to expand its services from [...]