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 […]
How to Give a Neighborhood a “Test Drive” Before taking the Purchase Plunge
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 […]
Charlottesville Land
When you’re considering building in the Charlottesville area one of the most important steps is choosing the location. Of course location is critical whenever discussing real estate, but when you’re thinking of building, sometimes people give in on the location because they’re so focused on the home itself. They choose a design and builder and […]
Exceptional value in Greene County
Exceptional value in Greene County – close to NGIC/DIA, Hollymead Town Center and the Charlottesville Airport – and under 20 mins to Charlottesville. Built in 2006, this better than new custom-built house offers over 4500 sq. ft. of well-designed finished space that features a whole house vacuum, plus a water softener and whole house filtration system […]
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 […]
Charlottesville Real Estate 2012 3rd Quarter Market Report
Our Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors has just released the latest report showing stats for sales in our area, 2012 3rd Quarter. This report comes out Quarterly and gives us a good idea of the current Real Estate Market in the greater Charlottesville Area. Remember to discuss specific market conditions with your Realtor. 3rd Quarter […]
Charlottesville Area Tax Rates
Our City and local Counties set their own tax rates and then you pay your taxes based on the assessed value of your property at these rates. Below are the current rates: (Updated January, 2022) 0.95 – Charlottesville City 0.854 – Albemarle County 0.884 – Fluvanna County 0.82 – Greene County 0.72 – Louisa County 0.71 […]
Discussing the walk through-Charlottesville Real Estate
An important part of the process of buying a home is the walk though (just before closing). When we do a walk-though there are a few things we want to focus on: 1. Are all the repairs completed and documented? 2. Is the home in “Broom Swept” condition? (a term used in Virginia) 3. Is […]
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 […]
Trump Vineyard Estates in Charlottesville
At 15 to 20 cents on the dollar, Donald Trump shows that there are deals to be make in Charlottesville Real Estate Trump buys the front yard of one of the largest estates in the world for under 500K. He posts signs that say “No Trespassing. This Land is Owned by Trump Virginia […]
Solutions Expands in a tough market
Please welcome our 2 newest Agents to Solutions. Rick Dreher and Steve Grannis Rick Dreher Real Estate Agent Cell: 434-953-8582 Rick has been in the Real Estate business for over 12 years and prides himself on customer service. Specializing in buyer brokerage, Rick has helped many of his first time buyer clients achieve their dream […]
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Charlottesville Real Estate A beautiful morning in Charlottesville and my wife and I had coffee early. The kids are out of school on Summer vacation (be careful on the roads) and we are planning a lot of family time this summer. Off to an appointment in town and then a couple showings. Charlottesville Real Estate […]
Sweet Price on Charlottesville Real Estate
Sweet Home, Sweet Price in Charlottesville – only 279K 1197 Raintree Drive One-level home in popular Raintree neighborhood – convenient to NGIC/DIA and other points north on Rt 29 yet mins to Downtown and UVA. “Move in” ready with hardwood flrs in main living areas, updated lighting, built-in bookcases, crown moulding, and cathedral ceiling in […]
Charlottesville Rain and Two Appointments
Charlottesville in the Rain Charlottesville As I am drinking a cup of coffee this morning I am listening and watching the rain in Charlottesville. Then I am off to 2 appointments (umbrella in hand). There is always a lot to do regarding real estate in Charlottesville, seems like I rarely have a blank day on my calendar!
5 Year Chart of Charlottesville Sales
Charlottesville Five Year Chart So what does this 5 year chart of Charlottesville Real Estate really tell us? Well the peak was somewhere in 2006 and it appears we have at least a temporary bottom in April of 2010. These moving averages are on prices of all homes that our MLS serves and each area […]
Charlottesville Real Estate presents a great new listing in Ivy
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Great new listing in Ivy
Now SOLD!
Have you seen this deal near Charlottesville? (about 15 minutes east)
$399,00010 BEECHNUT LN, GORDONSVILLE MAJOR PRICE REDUCTION – One-level living – save 2nd floor for guests! Finished sq. footage includes bsmt. Vaulted ceiling in LR, gourmet eat-in kitchen, adjoining sunroom, French drs to deck, 1st flr laundry. First flr master w/ luxury master bath, great closets. Second flr offers two BRs, full BA, loft sitting […]
