It is sometimes better to keep your mouth closed and let another voice speak. In today’s New York Times website they did an article Havens/Amherst: Virginia In the Shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Again, this shows that we have a GREAT quality-of-life at a good price.
Filed under: Amherst County, Buyer, Seller on January 30th, 2009 | No Comments »
DirtBlogger is pleased to have William H. Funk, Easement Specialist for Conservation Partners, LLC as a guest writer. This information was first published at this link for the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.
November 2008
“Retaining a Geography of Hope -
How Conservation Easements Preserve Virginia’s Family Farms and Wildlife Habitat.”
by William H. Funk
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Virginia [...]
Filed under: Buyer, Education, Guest Author, Seller on January 29th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
There is currently a great deal of discussion over the Internet pertaining to “overpriced listings” and more opinions can be found by Googling this phrase.
Specializing in land I see different statistics than the agent selling homes. 1) Land listings take longer to sell than houses, and 2) during a strong market houses sell for [...]
Filed under: Education, Statistics on January 21st, 2009 | No Comments »
I love to read books and watch movies where there is negotiating. Before I left for Europe my first time my parents instructed me on the art of negotiating. I was taught that it was considered rude not to bargin at the Italian flea markets. Because most national economists now consider this to be a buyer’s [...]
Filed under: Buyer, Central Virginia, Education, Seller, Statistics on January 18th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Long before I met Jim Rouse I knew of him. He had already gone from being a mortgage lender, to a suburban shopping center developer, to an inner-city developer of festival markets. When I met Jim Rouse in Lynchburg he was on a new quest, speaking on behalf of the poor. Jim was a strong advocate [...]
Filed under: Books, Central Virginia, Education on January 11th, 2009 | No Comments »
If you are looking to purchase a lot that is under six acres; you are in the drivers seat. The Lynchburg MLS shows 907 active listings in this range. They have an average 258-days on the market. This is 68-days higher than comparable sales for 2007.
Another reason you are in the drivers seat is that [...]
Filed under: Central Virginia, Education, Statistics, Subdivisions on January 7th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
With all the press about our economy I’ve been looking forward to reviewing sales data on Central Virginia’s land. I am constantly reminded that real estate is a local commodity and that positive or negative press on a national level may have no effect on us. The data that I’m reviewing comes from the Lynchburg’s [...]
Filed under: Buyer, Central Virginia, Education, Seller, Statistics, Subdivisions on January 5th, 2009 | No Comments »