Saturday Dec 26 | via Richmond Times-Dispatch
WHY YOU KNOW HER: Snead was featured in a Richmond Times-Dispatch story in January about surviving a layoff. Comment?
Commercial real estate market still troubled
Oct 13, 2009 | via Richmond Times-Dispatch
Housing prices have stabilized and sales are rising, but the commercial real estate market is still deteriorating locally and nationally, experts said yesterday at Virginia Commonwealth University's 19th annual Real Estate Trends Conference. Comment?
Wants More Due Process Before Inspectors Could Enter
Oct 13, 2009 | via WRVA-AM Richmond
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking Chesterfield County to tweak its proposed rental home inspection plan. Comment?
Couple Sentenced for Multimillion Dollar Foreclosure...
Oct 12, 2009 | via UPI
Last week, Darrell Underwood of Chesterfield, Virginia was sentenced to ten years and his wife Cynthia to three years for an elaborate Ponzi scheme that preyed upon desperate homeowners, many of whom were fellow church members, and cost victims more than $9 million. Comment?
Commercial real estate market in Richmond is ailing
Sep 4, 2009 | via Richmond Times-Dispatch
The commercial real estate market in the Richmond area is ailing and likely to get worse, much like the rest of the country. Comment?
Many struggle even as home prices fall
Wednesday Dec 30 | via CulpeperNews.com, Culpeper, VA
Home prices may be falling, but in parts of Virginia and the D.C. metro area, more people are struggling to pay mortgages and rent now than in 2005, according to statistics from an agency that tracks housing costs. Comment?
Local Leads: $41M to Shovel Snow
Wednesday Dec 30 | via NBC Washington
The following stories have been hand-selected by the Assignment Desk at News4: DRINKING ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, DON'T DRIVE U.S. drunk driving deaths nearly double on New Year's Eve Combating a holiday period when nearly twice as many U.S. traffic deaths are caused by drunk drivers than during Christmas or any other December evening*, area officials ... Comment?
Legislative proposal requests business tax on rental...
Wednesday Dec 30 | via Northern Virginia Daily
During remarks at the city's legislative dinner Monday night, City Council members highlighted several issues they would like to see addressed in Richmond during the upcoming General Assembly session. Comment?
Frederick appeals to first-time homebuyers
Monday Dec 21 | via WTOP
Nick Carroll and his girlfriend, Kasey Lehman began looking for homes in Northern Virginia, but found better prices in Frederick. Comment?
Company/Individual Honors for Dec. 21
Sunday Dec 20 | via Richmond Times-Dispatch
KimMarie McGoldrick has received the Kenneth G. Elzinga Distinguished Teaching Award from the Southern Economic Association. Comment?
Rising Interest Rates: A Headwind for Housing
6 min ago | via Seeking Alpha
Tim Iacano authored an interesting piece recently about how the recent rise in residential housing closely matched the tax credit amount and raised concerns about what happens to prices once the tax credit is removed in April. Comment?
What will 2010's economy look like? We asked the exp...
2 hrs ago | via Bakersfield.com
BY COURTENAY EDELHART AND JOHN COX, Californian staff writers cedelhart@bakersfield.com, jcox@bakersfield.com It's probably safe to say most people weren't sorry to see 2009 go. Comment?
8 hrs ago | via The Victoria Star
There is always some cheery fool around to tell us how well off we are - especially when half the world's population is sick, dying, racing to Armageddon with newer and more lethal weapons, and/or generally messing up the planet and what's left of life on it. Comment?
9 min ago | via Real Estate Undressed
If that were a real estate question, will 2010 be better I would say a little. I can already tell that there are people preparing for the possible end of the tax credit and gearing up to purchase before the April deadline. Comment?
Municipal budgets -- and tax rates -- show strain of...
36 min ago | via The York Daily Record
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has said that the recession "is likely over," but that's not being reflected in 2010 municipal budgets around York County. Comment?