Ever wonder how much a house truly costs? You can crunch the latest mortgage rates, estimate your tax & insurance payments, and take a realistic look at how much house you can afford after getting pre-qualified with a lender, but there are more expenses involved in home buying than just the property costs. And those additional […]
Why use a Buyer’s Agent to Help With Your Home Purchase?
For most Americans, a home is the most significant and costly purchase they’ll make in their lifetime, with significant financial and emotional ramifications for the parties involved. Having proper representation, therefore, is critical. In this economy, and with ever greater access to the Internet, it’s easy to see why many people are looking to cut costs […]
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 […]
How to Juggle Selling Your Home & Buying Another in the Same Time Frame
This situation happens more often than anyone realizes – and, especially, if you are selling a house in one city and buying in another, it can get even trickier trying to make sure everyone who needs the proper paperwork and funds does, in fact, receive everything in a timely fashion. Although lenders are hard at […]
Becky Crowe and Gibson Homes join Solutions
I promised you a surprise from Solutions and we are very excited to announce that Becky Crowe has joined Charlottesville Real Estate Solutions. Many people know Becky as not only an exceptional agent and advocate for her clients, but also as the representative for Gibson Homes in Charlottesville. Having a background in new construction gives […]
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 […]
Clients from Germany visiting Solutions
We have clients from all around the world visit us at Charlottesville Real Estate Solutions and this week we have visitors from Germany. It is always a pleasure to show Charlottesville Real Estate and certainly is wonderful to share it with people from other countries. Now Germany certainly has some wonderful homes and in most cases […]
