Richmond, Virginia Real Estate - Melissa Savenko's Blog

By
Real Estate Agent - RE/MAX Commonwealth
Melissa Savenko's Richmond, Virginia Real Estate Review - My Comments on All Things Related to Richmond Real Estate, as Well as Unrelated Commentary on Things that Interest Me

ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2008 

Below is my very first blog post ever, pre-AR, on June 23, 2007.  I recently got a comment on an AR post that suggested I'd get more responses if I had an actual profile picture, rather than just a silhouette.  Perhaps.  But this post might explain my struggle with what I call "the picture thing....
10/30/2008
The economic news continues to be grim.  The equity markets have been in free-fall.  Daily drops of "only" 300 points are heralded as a positive.  The credit markets remain frozen.  And more money is chasing commodities and government bonds, pushing yields on those investments ever lower. One bri...
10/30/2008
Well, I got radio silence in response to my October 10, 2008 post on dual agency.  I'm actually rather surprised.   I thought - and hoped - some more experienced agents might try to tell me why I was wrong, and why dual agency wasn't a bad idea.  Oh well, I would have liked to have read the count...
10/23/2008
Welcome to 1416 Grove Avenue!  This gorgeous home has four (4) bedrooms and three and one half (3.5) baths on three levels.  The first floor features double parlors with grand columns and unusual glass lighted pocket doors, a spacious dining room with beautiful fireplace, an original built-in st...
10/13/2008
AGENT VS. SALESPERSON:  WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? The other day I posted my thoughts on dual agency, as it is practiced by real estate salespeople in Virginia.  My opinion:  It is actually impossible to represent both the buyer and the seller, EVEN IF the buyer and the seller are adequately advised...
10/13/2008
I've alluded in several posts to my disdain for dual agency, and the agents who practice it.  First, let me define dual agency as practiced in real estate.  This is the practice whereby a single agent represents both the buyer and seller as clients in a sales transaction.  If done "properly," the...
10/11/2008
I've alluded in several posts to my disdain for dual agency, and the agents who practice it.  First, let me define dual agency as practiced in real estate.  This is the practice whereby a single agent represents both the buyer and seller as clients in a sales transaction.  If done "properly," the...
10/10/2008
IS the sky falling?  Considering the fact that Nobel Prize winning-economists, Congress, and the Cabinet don't seem to know, I'm not going to dare to opine.  However, I do have some observations about our local real estate market - lovely Richmond, Virginia, my hometown - which I am listing below...
10/08/2008
Rainer
15,239

Melissa Loughridge Savenko

local_phone(804) 353-4455
smartphone(804) 986-3993
Contact The Author
Melissa Savenko's Discussion of All Things Related to Richmond, Virginia Real Estate