The Economist took a look at Standard & Poor’s housing data and concluded that there probably isn’t a housing bubble at the moment. And when you see the charts you can see why. For example, if you start at the end of 1987 (giving it a … [Read more...]

The two biggest days for Virginia’s Realtors is coming this fall—the Real Show 2013. Make sure you’ve made your reservations now for the Real Show — the largest gathering of real estate professionals in Virginia. Early bird registration … [Read more...]

Jim Duncan of Nest Realty and Denise Ramey, Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors president, were featured in a local NBC news report, "Realtors Continually Challenged by Growing Digital Age." "It’s important to recognize … [Read more...]

Virginia senator Mark Warner, along with colleague Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) — with backing from a bipartisan group of lawmakers — will introduce a bill that would liquidate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It would replace them with a new agency: … [Read more...]

Lucy O’Neill over at the Improvement Center (a nifty website about home improvement projects) has a cool infographic about the most common kinds of pests around a home — what kind of damage they do, how to get rid of them, and some fun … [Read more...]

Every time I prepare an issue of Commonwealth to print, I get a membership count that I send to the printer. When I started (a little more than five years ago) it was in the upper 30,000s; with the burst of the housing bubble it dropped to the … [Read more...]