Building dossiers, market reporting, financing explainers, and the occasional rant about what the broker-vocabulary gets wrong. Written by Rick Jarvis at One South Realty Group.
VCU houses only 15–20% of its students — the other 80% hit the open market. A straight-talk guide to the three doors (dorm, rent, buy) for Rams and their parents near Monroe Park, including the parent-buy…
Read the story →Half the lofts and conversions in Richmond exist because of one quiet piece of tax policy. Here is how the city's rehab tax abatement actually worked,…
High dues can absolutely drag down what a condo sells for — but not always. The number on the listing tells you almost nothing; why it…
Every condo in Richmond is one of five origin stories — an old warehouse, a new high-rise, a former hospital, a converted church or school, or…
There are two kinds of condos in Richmond: warrantable and non-warrantable. The difference is invisible from the front door. You can tour a unit, like the…
Buyers walk into a 2-over-2 and don't always know they're in one. They see the front door, the staircase, the kitchen on the second floor, and…
Pretty much everything has a personality. Obviously people have a personality (and not all of them are great!), but so do areas of a city, neighborhoods…
One of my favorite (ok LEAST favorite) statements that I hear when I am showing condos sounds something like this — ‘I like it, but the…
The driverless car is coming. There is no doubt. Seriously, imagine pushing a button on your phone and a car appears outside your home, sans driver,…
One of my favorite things about real estate is how local it is. Each market is unique and what is customary in one market can vary…
I live in a single family home, but I have sold a lot condos. And despite the fact that each provides us a way and place…
It has been a while since we have seen any new condos in Richmond VA and hopefully, it is about to change… The last completed and…
Miller and Rhodes is the worst example of how buyers got burned by not understanding the impact of finance on condo values. The local lenders who…
