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700 Locust Avenue Featured in The Hook’s ‘On The Block’

Nest Realty’s Laura Winn Smith’s listing on Locust Avenue has been featured in this week’s edition of The Hook’s On The Block section.
This home is conveniently located in the Martha Jefferson neighborhood of Charlottesville, just steps from the Martha Jefferson site and Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall.
Check out what The Hook had to say about this gem…
The house [...]

Good News for the Charlottesville Real Estate Market?

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 [...]

Nest Realty Spotlighted in Realtor Magazine

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 [...]

Nest Realty Acquires Summit Realty

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 [...]

Charlottesville and Albemarle Real Estate Focus: Inventory Levels

I was watching a great video recently featuring real estate guru Steve Harney.  Steve is a mastermind in real estate trends…and even more masterful in taking complicated economic data and simplifying it for everyone to understand (including me, the Uva English major).  I’ve had the fortune to see him speak twice in the last six [...]

Charlottesville Condominium Market Statistics

Of all of the real estate options in the Country, condominiums may have been hit the hardest over the last few years.  As the Charlottesville real estate market heated up in 2004 and 2005, developers and investors swarmed to purchase apartment buildings to convert them to Condominiums in hopes of cashing in on the real [...]

Charlottesville Real Estate Market Statistics

Now let’s take a look at some market statistics for single family detached homes in the City of Charlottesville.  In real estate, we talk a lot about ‘Location. Location. Location.’  Typically, property values hold their values more in areas that are located closer to urban and employment centers.  Charlottesville is definitely the cultural and economic [...]

Top Charlottesville Neighborhoods on 29 North for Holiday Lights

5. Carrsbrook
Carrsbrook homes offer spacious home sites, traditional architecture and easy access to schools and Route 29 shopping. This established neighborhood features an nice array of Brick Ranchers and Colonials, mainly built throughout the 1960s and 1970s. With home sites typically ranging from .5 to 1.5 acres, Carrsbrook real estate continues to be a popular [...]

Charlottesville Neighborhood Market Report: Brookwood

Brookwood Single Family Homes
While Brookwood is known for its proximity to Downtown Charlottesville, it’s also becoming known in the real estate world for its brisk sales pace.  While the majority of sales have been attached homes, there are still single family options available.
Detached sales peaked last year with 16 detached closings, after a strong 7 [...]

Welcome Aboard Deborah and Laura!

 
We’d like to welcome our newest agents, Deborah Rutter and Laura Winn Smith, to the Nest team.
First licensed in Maine, Deborah joins the team with a successful real estate track record based on repeat and referral business.   She brings another analytical mind to Nest and is a great addition to our growing team.
Laura Winn Smith began her [...]