Charlottesville Virginia Real Estate

According to Move.com Charlottesville is the #2 place to retire in the US.

Specific criteria used in making up the list of best places follow:

    * Population growth: We wanted positive growth since 1990.
    * Near major metropolitan area: within 100 miles.
    * Housing cost: below $350,000, with a few exceptions. We’re showing current median housing prices (asking prices) for single-family houses.
    * Cost of living: No more than 20 percent above the national average.
    * Economic health: current unemployment rate below 4 percent and job growth greater than 10 percent for the past five years.
    * College presence: one or more major and/or highly competitive college in the vicinity.
    * Recreation and arts and culture score in the top third for nearby major metropolitan areas.

 

I think Charlottesville is prohibitivly expensive for blue colar folks, but I guess it’s all relative.

UPDATE: The Real Charlottesville Blog had this on 4/12.  Sorry for the old news.

Welcome to my new weblog about real estate in central Virginia.  I’ve been the renter, the buyer, the seller and the landlord at several properties since coming to Charlottesville in 1995.  I try to keep a pretty close eye on what’s happening in the real estate market there.  I am excited about the prospect of keeping tabs on that here in this blog.  If you have any questions or comments or anything please use the comment form and let me know.  Thanks and happy trails!