If you're interested in living in the Downtown Charlottesville area, you will quickly come to know the Belmont neighborhood. During the course of my 20 plus years in Charlottesville real estate, I've had the pleasure of watching Belmont grow, change, suffer a little, and finally seem to really f
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06/09/2011
You might think that a person who pays cash doesn't have many concerns or at least not the same ones as most people. Roughly, about 9% of people paid cash for their home last year with a considerably higher percentage paying cash this year. The first question that comes to mind when I hear some
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06/08/2011
I've been really remiss in keeping my photoblog updated for the mosaic sculpture downtown. The C'ville Arts Gallery in downtown Charlottesville is an artists' cooperative, displaying the work of more than 50 Virginia artists and craftspeople. When I am not wearing my real estate hat, I can usua
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06/07/2011
This week, we are featuring the following diverse properties on our Charlottesville Home Search website, CharlottesvilleHomesOnline. 5362 STONY POINT RD, $2,500,000 An elegant, historic country estate situated in the scenic Albemarle County countryside. Waldron Farm sits on 48 acres with incredib
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06/05/2011
Okay... More on VA loans from George Souta, thanks George for such good information. For those of you who think a VA loan is the right way to go, George's explanations are great. Call me, and we'll put our heads together to see what's available for you and the best route to take. As always, c
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06/04/2011
In Virginia, we have hot humid days. In Virginia, we have bitter cold nights. I tell people that are considering relocation here that Charlottesville isn't perfect, but it's darn close. Of course, it's all relative to your likes and loves and needs. One of the things I have always loved about Vir
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06/03/2011
With the transfer of so many to NGIC and DIA with BRAC, as well as general hiring, we are seeing more and more VA mortgages locally. They are a different animal (of course, there's nothing much that's standard anymore), and since many new hires will be buying their first home, I thought reblog
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06/01/2011
Summer is here and millions of Americans will be starting home improvement projects. Whether they're classified as maintenance, updating or energy saving, they should make homeownership more enjoyable. Remodeling magazine's 2010-11 Cost vs. Value Report suggests that some improvements are a bett
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06/01/2011
It's hard not to focus on this heat; It's unseasonable and unreasonable! Yesterday afternoon, as I finished up mulching my flower beds, I kept turning the water sprayer on myself! If running through the sprinkler doesn't quite meet your needs, the Charlottesville area offers a surprising array
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05/31/2011
It's 2:40 EST on Memorial Day, 30 May 2011. My thermometer reads 96.8 degrees F, and we've decided that the last of the weekend chores may just have to wait since they involve such things as mulching and weeding. I was hoping to get out on the Rivanna Reservoir for a little canoeing this aftern
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05/30/2011
