Richmond, Virginia Real Estate - Melissa Savenko's Blog

People who read my blog know how I feel about dual agency.  To define it yet again, dual agency is when one single real estate agent represents both the buyer and the seller in a real estate transactions.  As a general rule, I think dual agency is a joke, it shouldn't be legal, and the statutes a...

I've been selling real estate full time now for over three years.  Most of the time I absolutely love it.  But days like today make me wonder if I made the right decision.  Being a single mom on 100% commission, with no other source of income, in THIS market....well, it's a scary time. So, what c...

Once again, this is not something I wrote - d*mmit! - but I think the article is both well-written and timely.  We're seeing lots of first-time home buyers getting into the market, based on a combination of (i) affordability; (ii) inventory; (iii) record-low interest rates, and still readily avai...

Well, the dust had barely settled (literally), and everyone seems to have an opinion about whose "fault" it is that the Eggleston Hotel collapsed.  Seriously.  Here's an article the day after the collapse titled "Richmond Official Blames Hotel Collapse on Owner's Inaction." Today the headline is ...

I just got around to flipping through my most recent copy of the "Fanfare," the Fan District Association's bi-monthly newsletter.  There is a lot of cool stuff coming up in the Fan, so I thought I'd list the activities, in case people who aren't "Fanfare" subscribers aren't aware.  So here they a...

There have been several times in the last several months, when I have driven by the Eggleston Hotel at the corner of Second and Leigh Streets in the heart of Jackson Ward, and I have thought to myself "What a handsome building that is!"  Now it is no more.  In the early morning of Saturday, April...

Wow.  The last few days have been azy-CRAY.  I'm exhausted, truth be told.  Now don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining.  Being busy in this - per the media - "AWFUL" market is a good thing.  It's hard to predict if the trend is going to last, but based on the current activity, at least in the su...