Yesterday the Today Show had a segment (slides 6 & 7) where real estate expert Barbara Corcoran looks around the U.S. to see what home buyers can get for their money. This week’s search was for houses in the $400,000 range and they found they house above in Stratford Hills.
The new city website is a great improvement but some people are having problems accessing the information.
The proposed conservation easement for James River Park is before the Planning Commission Monday February 2 at 1:30. The Planning Commission meets on the Fifth Floor of City Hall and citizen participation is encouraged. Earlier in the week Kathy sent a letter in support of the easement to all members. The full text of the [...]
Courtesy of Mugsy on the Woodland Heights Yahoo group are a set of links that will help any homeowners who feel their home assessment is unfair. Appeals Process Basic Information List of Downloadable Forms
In case you were unaware, perhaps due to living underneath a rock, the housing market has taken a beating. The blog Melissa Savenko’s Richmond Real Estate Review has a 2 page synopsis of the 2008 Central Virginia Housing Market Report. Some tidbits from her post are below and the full article here. Prices in the [...]
The house at 1016 West 46th Street and all of its contents were up for auction onsite today by Dixon Auction.
5100 Forest Hill Ave, affectionately known as that house (among other things) is officially on the market. The price? $269,500. Given the Keystone Kops-style “renovation” this property has undergone (not to mention the mere $62k assessment from the city), I suspect that’s wishful thinking at best. Anyone want to start a sale date/price pool?
We wrote back in November about the condo project intended for the foot of the Lee Bridge, specifically that the inaccurately named Manchester on the James had shrunk from a 17-story high rise to 4 stories. Today’s T-D takes a further look at the project and residents’ concerns. Some residents in the South Richmond neighborhood [...]
Courtesy of Jeremy Gaudreau: The last month and a half have been a tough time for home sales around the nation, but the Richmond Market is still stable. The Southside’s Market Absorption Rate increased from a previous 1.93 month level in April to 4.4 by mid-June. The problem hasn’t been with a decrease in buyers, [...]
The804.com takes a look at 5-year home value appreciation. Two southside neighborhoods get mentions: Westover Hills slots in at 4th lowest in the city at 68%, while Forest View (that little triangle tucked in between Westover Hills Blvd, Forest Hill, and the railroad tracks, which also happens to be your author’s neighborhood) was 4th highest [...]
Jeremy was nice enough to put together a brief real estate report for the general area. For April our “Price Trend Analysis” showed there were only 1.93 months of inventory in the “Hills and Heights” Neighborhoods. This compares with 2.13 months of inventory in the Greater Richmond Metropolitan Area and a National Inventory level of [...]
