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City of Charlottesville Housing Affordability Program

Just this week the City will be sending out applications for it’s 2009 housing affordability program. The aim of this program is to offer credits of either $375 or $525 (depending on the income of the applicant) toward their 2009 December real estate tax bill. Criteria is as follows (taken from the Charlottesville Housing Authority Program website at the City


Appealing Your Tax Assessment

I have had several clients and friends ask me about their most recent Albemarle County Tax Assessments (just sent to home owners yesterday) and if there is any way to fight the numbers.  I found a really great article that summarizes everything you need to know about this subject and then some.   Many thanks to Sellsius Real Estate Blog! Some


The State of Our Market

I have gotten several individual requests recently from both buyers and sellers to give them specific numbers and data about the current Charlottesville market.  I have run some numbers and gotten together some data, but also wanted to just make some general statements as well.  We are currently experiencing a buyer’s market.  What this means is that there are more


Lowest International Cost of Living

According to the investment services provider Mercer’s latest Worldwide Individual Tax Comparator Report, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) provides the best ratio of net to gross salary, with no income tax and small social-security contributions, meaning people enjoy a 95 percent return. In second place is Russia, which has a flat 13 percent tax for all income levels, while Hong Kong is in


🗳 It’s that time of year again! 🗳

We’re so honored and excited to have been nominated for Best Real Estate Company alongside our fearless leader Sasha Tripp, who was nominated for Best Residential Realtor in the Daily Progress Readers’ Choice 2024 Contest!

We cannot be more grateful to any and all of our clients and friends who nominated us! Now that the top 5 in each category have been selected, voting officially begins!

TWO WAYS TO VOTE:
🌐 Online:
Click the link below: https://dailyprogress.com/contests/readers-choice/
Scroll to the "Home Favorites" category
Select Story House Real Estate as the Best Real Estate Company AND
Sasha Tripp as Best Residential Realtor!

📱 Text:
Create a text to the phone number 434-404-5243
To vote for Story House, you simply text “215” and send
To vote for Sasha, you simply text "730" and send

Voting begins TODAY March 27 and continues until April 17th with the opportunity to vote EVERY DAY. Thank you for always supporting us! ❤️

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