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.
The biggest change to condo financing in a decade took effect August 3. Some of it is very good for Richmond condos, and some of it is going to hurt. Here's the honest split — which…
Read the story →It’s a boring little questionnaire almost no buyer has heard of — and it quietly decides whether you can get a normal mortgage on a condo.…
The handsome three-story walk-ups scattered through the Fan and Museum District have a name problem — and a fascinating second life as condominiums. What they really…
A close, honest look at the stacked two-story condo — where it came from, what it does brilliantly, where it falls short, and every 2-over-2 community…
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…
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…
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…
