Virginia Gardner

Charlottesville Real Estate

Why Homebuying begins with agents

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Why homebuying begins with Charlottesville real estate agent.

Realtors help buyers through the process of homebuying; Why Homebuying begins with agent.  It takes a team of professionals to buy a home like the lender, the appraiser, the inspector, the property insurance agent, the title officer, and others but the real estate professional [...]

Money in the Bank - Saving for Short- and Long-Term Goals

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Money in the Bank
Get a grip on your finances by learning how to save for short- and long-term goals.
Written by Maresa Giovannini.

Do you feel like you are always one financial step behind the curve? If saving for the future isnt your forte, theres no time like the present to start developing new habits. Consider the following strategies [...]

Charlottesville Area Golf Communities

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Charlottesville Area Golf Communities

Since 2007, home prices have settled into a reasonable version of their earlier selves.  It has made Charlottesville more affordable, particularly the more costly golf and country club communities. I welcome your inquiries regarding homes in these Charlottesville area golf communities. Let me tell you here just a bit about the golf courses which add the premium to these [...]

How's the Market? Here are the 2016 numbers so far...

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Charlottesville Area 2016 1st QuarterHighlights:

  • The 562 homes sold in the 1st Quarter in Greater Charlottesville marked a 14.0% increase from Q1 2015, marking the 6th straight quarter with year-over-year sales gains.
  • The median sales price of $250,000 was 2.6% lower than Q1 2015, though the $315,204 average sales price marked a 3.0% gain.
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Virginia Green - top state-based green tourism program in the US

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Virginia Green Travel Alliance and the Charlottesville Area

If you are traveling in Virginia, you should check out the Virginia Green Travel Alliance.  Their byline is "Helping to take Green Tourism in Virginia to the next level", and their mission is to advance the objectives the Virginia Green program.  Virginia Green is a network of [...]

Preparing the Charlottesville Vegetable Garden for Winter

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Some Thoughts about Preparing the Charlottesville Vegetable for Winter

This was my vegetable garden mid-summer...

At this point, the asparagus were finished, the cukes were coming in, I had a late crop of tomatoes (though my husband got his 25 plants in on time in another part of the property), the sweet potatoes were flourishing, the herbs [...]

Preparing the Charlottesville Vegetable Garden for Winter

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Some Thoughts about Preparing the Charlottesville Vegetable for Winter

This was my vegetable garden mid-summer...

At this point, the asparagus were finished, the cukes were coming in, I had a late crop of tomatoes (though my husband got his 25 plants in on time in another part of the property), the sweet potatoes were flourishing, the herbs [...]

Charlottesville First Quarter 2015 Real Estate Market

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Charlottesville First Quarter 2015 Real Estate Market Report

 

Charlottesville Area First Quarter 2015 Highlights: Median sales price for the region was up 5.1% over Q1-2014, rising from $244,250 to $256,750. Sellers received 94% of original list price at sale, 2.7 points higher than the five-year average for the quarter. Closed sales [...]

Paying for the Remodeling of Your Charlottesville Home

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Remodeling your Charlottesville home may mean making a huge change, but it could also mean just updating your countertops, refreshing the cabinets from years of wear, or finally removing the old plastic shower stall in favor of a new tile shower and glass door.  Whatever the extent of the project, you'll need a source of funds to pay for [...]

How to Save on Your Charlottesville Kitchen Remodel

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Funny that I am posting this a couple of years after the completion of our own remodel... there are some savings we might have made if I had read this earlier!  Actually, we would have taken the wall out and installed all new recessed lighting regardless, but we remodeled for a twenty-year stay.  Whether or not we actually live here another
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