Archive for 'Real Estate'
Warm Weather Home Sales: Up or Down?
Issue: August 2010 by Suzanne Ramsey.
Homebuyers with their eyes on bigger digs or a different zip code traditionally look to warm weather as the perfect time to buy and sell. That was the case in the Lynchburg area this year, although local real estate agents will tell you that homebuyer tax credits and low interest rates had more to do [...]
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Parking Downtown: What’s the Solution to a “Growing” Dilemma?
Issue: July 2010 by Mitchell Malcheff.
Newton’s law of motion states: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” That familiar phrase aptly applies to Lynchburg’s revitalized downtown. In this case, the equal and opposite reaction to all the growth downtown is experiencing is a parking problem. In an effort to generate turnover and alleviate traffic congestion, the city [...]
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Riverviews Artspace: Where “Living Works of Art” Takes on New Meaning
Issue: June 2010 by Kimberly Feldkamp.
You have probably walked past the tall, red brick building on of the corner of Ninth and Jefferson Street, catty-corner from Amazement Square, and hopefully, you have given it a second look. The building is like many others on the street, full of history and character and downtown Lynchburg charm. But this building is full [...]
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Businesses Breaking Ground: What’s Developing Where
Issue: May 2010 by Amanda Sullivan.
The economy is bad. The economy is getting better. Now it’s getting worse again. Whereas the economic status of the country may be a little elusive, one thing is for certain, business is still growing in our area—if only because new business owners are taking this time to exercise their entrepreneurial insights and make Central [...]
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“Market Value:” The State of Real Estate in Region 2000
Issue: April 2010 by Jennifer Koech.
Determining the state of real estate in Region 2000 is much like putting together a puzzle—after examining how several factors or “puzzle pieces” fit together, a complete picture emerges. The first piece of this puzzle is commercial real estate, which has seen many changes in Region 2000. Commercial real estate operates on two levels: rentals [...]
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Planned Communities: Are They Worth It?
Issue: March 2010 by Mitchell Malcheff.
The Muse is busy today. Six people are in line and the tables are full. A couple perches at a table in the balcony above the crowd, pecking away at their Macbooks and occasionally looking for a new song on their iPod. The popular coffee shop fronts Enterprise Drive in the heart of Wyndhurst and [...]
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Thinking about renting your home? Not so fast…
Issue: February 2010 by Kimberly Feldkamp.
For most of us, the start of 2010 was all about the new. New diets. New budgets. New jobs. New homes. At least, a new home was the hope for Lynchburg resident Sam Stroud and his family. The Stroud’s planned to move from their current three-bedroom, two-bath, 3,000 square-foot home in the Sandusky area to [...]