It’s Tax Assessment Time Again It’s tax assessment time again in the city of Charlottesville. Here at Solutions, we’ve taken a look at the recent press release from the city of Charlottesville and have found out a few things about this year’s assessments. Many residents get understandably nervous when their assessments go up as that […]
Spring is the Best Time to Sell Your Charlottesville Home
Now that we’ve passed the holiday season, our thoughts are already turning to when the weather will start warming up as we all want to skip right over winter, right? Here at Solutions, we know that spring is the ideal time to show off a house to its best advantage, and many of our listing […]
Getting to Know the Forest Lakes Neighborhood
Forest Lakes celebrated its 25th anniversary last year as Charlottesville’s first planned community of its kind. Developed by Frank Kessler and the Kessler Group, starting in 1989, Forest Lakes, at the time, offered Charlottesville a suburban experience just outside the city lines that it had never known before. Kessler wanted to create the “ultimate living […]
The Pros & Cons of Owning a Home in a Rural Area
Many people come to the Central Virginia area because of the natural beauty in the form of the Blue Ridge and Southwest Mountains that surround the towns of Charlottesville, Ivy, Crozet, Earlysville, Afton, Earlysville, Free Union and Ruckersville, to name a few. Although you might be familiar with the challenges that living in a more […]
Relocating to Charlottesville Virginia
Top Reasons Why Charlottesville Should Be Your Next Place To Live Charlottesville has been at the center of some much-deserved attention in the press – the most recent news was being named the “Happiest City in the Nation,” according to the Harvard Gazette. Our area has drawn the attention of university students who stay after […]
Why use a Solutions agent to help sell your home?
When it comes to selling a home – whether it be because you are moving for a job, downsizing or have finally found your perfect dream home and you need to sell the one you’re in to make it work – having your Solutions agent by your side to help you through the process can […]
Give a Neighborhood a “Test Drive”
While your Solutions agent is going to provide you with all the available details on the home you are purchasing, there are a few items that cannot be shared as there are Fair Housing laws that any agent must respect. We talked about checking out a neighborhood in a previous blog, but now is the time […]
Tips for a Successful “Walk-Through”
You’ve made it through the home inspection process, have your loan commit letter and approval in hand, placed your calls to the utility companies to transfer the accounts into your name, so, what’s left to do now before you close?One of the most important steps – the “walk-through” – is the next to last thing […]
Is Homeownership for me?
Renting Vs. Owning – How to Choose Homeownership Many potential buyers in our local market have already made their first steps towards homeownership – they’ve saved for a down payment, pored over the local listings for months, attended endless amounts of open houses, but time has passed them by and months, maybe even years, have […]
Charlottesville Home Appraisal
Understanding Why the Appraisal Process is So Important When you’ve found your dream home in the Charlottesville area, you and your Solutions agent will start to work on the purchase offer and discuss several items, including the home inspection, loan commit date and whether or not to add language that states the house must appraise for the […]
Resale Home Prices will Rise
Maybe sooner than expected. It is all about the numbers, let me expand on this statement. With the slowdown in the economy, what we have been seeing locally in Charlottesville, and on a national level, is New Construction has been out pacing Resales for the last couple of years. Buyers have been drawn to new, […]
Local Tax Rates
Our City and local Counties set their own tax rates. Home Owner Taxes are based on the assessed value. Below are the 2023 rates: (This information should be verified by contacting the county office directly) 0.96 – Charlottesville City 0.854 – Albemarle County 0.844 – Fluvanna County 0.57 – Greene County 0.58 – Louisa County […]
Charlottesville Real Estate and our history
This is one of the best kept secrets in Virginia. If you went to the University of Virginia or just passed though our city, you felt the impact.Charlottesville Virginia is located just east of the Blue Ridge mountains in central Virginia. With incredible mountain views, about 45 minutes to skiing and just a few hours […]
Top 20 Safest Places to Live
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has released its third annual ranking of top 20 ‘Most Secure U.S. Places to Live’. The top 20 safest places to live among mid-size cities are: 1. Las Cruces, New Mexico 2. Rockingham County-Strafford County, New Hampshire 3. Huntington, West Virginia.-Ashland, Kentucky 4. Bellingham, Washington 5. Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont 6. […]
Charlottesville Fifty Thing to do!
#1 4th of July Fireworks in McIntire Park There are two places in the country that must always celebrate the 4th of July – Philadelphia and Charlottesville. In the shadow of Thomas Jefferson’s home, Charlottesville hosts a fantastic 4th of July Festival at McIntire Park. The show is put on by the all-volunteer Save the […]
Charlottesville New Construction
Working with new construction and builders is a big part of my business. Many of my clients choose to build their dream home in Charlottesville and there are some excellent builder to choose from in our area. As your buyers agent I will help you though the process of finding the perfect building site and […]
Relocating to Charlottesville?
Relocating to Charlottesville? You may have just found out about Charlottesville or maybe you went to the University of Virginia and have decided to move back to this fine area. What you need to know is that you are in for a treat. Charlottesville offer something for everybody. We have a lot of young families […]
It Feels so Good!
Today is a good day This morning I got to attend the closing of a client who was a “First Time Home Buyer” FTHB. Working with a FTHB is always a bit of an adventure. More Detail First of all we have to “usually” go over things in greater detail. This is actually good for […]
Why is my Agent so Vague?
Schools – It may sound vague when an agent talks about schools but Buyer and Listing agents can not “steer” a client to or from a school. Crime – I hear it all the time, how is the crime in this area. Again an agent will be vague and refer you to a website […]
