Filed under: Amherst County, Buyer, Out-of-Town Buyer/Seller, Statistics on June 3rd, 2010 | No Comments »

With the second quarter of 2009 topping out with over 1000-lots that are six acres or less; the market still favors the purchaser. My prior post 2nd Quarter Sales: More of the Same goes into the sale’s statistics. This post focuses on all subdivisions that show up in the Lynchburg MLS that have more than twenty [...]

Filed under: Buyer, Central Virginia, Education, Out-of-Town Buyer/Seller, Statistics, Subdivisions on August 13th, 2009 | No Comments »

Before taking real estate classes I learned a valuable lesson from my father, “Always have a good accountant and a good lawyer.” Through the numerous real estate classes those words have been reverberated - REALTORS®are told to say we are not qualified to give legal or financial advice and to always check with your lawyer [...]

Filed under: Buyer, Central Virginia, Education, Lake Property, Out-of-Town Buyer/Seller, Seller on July 16th, 2009 | No Comments »

To understand the development of Leesville Lake it is important to have some knowledge of the local history. Leesville Lake is one of four lakes created during the 1950’s and early ′60’s when the Roanoke River, also known as the Staunton River, was dammed to create electricity for the growing South. These man-made lakes: Bugg’s [...]

Filed under: Bedford County, Buyer, Campbell County, Central Virginia, Lake Property, Out-of-Town Buyer/Seller, Seller, Statistics, Subdivisions on May 29th, 2009 | No Comments »

Before looking at current listings it is good to review sales data for previous years. Currently, I have eleven years, 1998 - 2008, of data. For review we will look at this data at these intervals, 1998, 2003, and 2008. - Also, having eleven individual chart lines would look like an abstract painting.

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Filed under: Bedford County, Buyer, Central Virginia, Education, Out-of-Town Buyer/Seller, Seller, Statistics, Subdivisions on March 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »

What visual information do you need to purchase land? Visual tours have been an important tool in the sale of residential homes. For land, I try to create visual tours that give you an overview of the site. If you have a tract that is 100% wooded you do not need ten photos taken of trees, all [...]

Filed under: Amherst County, Appomattox County, Campbell County, Central Virginia, Out-of-Town Buyer/Seller, Subdivisions on March 1st, 2009 | No Comments »

Out-of-town clients have different needs. They want greater information about the local amenities, names of people that do different types of work, and more information on comparable sales. Recent research on Amherst County shows some interesting data about current out-of-town owners. Of the 19,101 county parcels 14% live outside Amherst County while 800 parcels, or [...]

Filed under: Buyer, Central Virginia, Education, Out-of-Town Buyer/Seller, Seller on November 7th, 2008 | No Comments »