CAAR Blog Writers
Dave Phillips is the Chief Executive Officer for the Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS®, a 1200 member trade association that serves the real estate industry in central Virginia. CAAR owns and operates the Real Estate Weekly, the Central Virginia School of Real Estate and the Charlottesville Multiple Listing System (MLS). Dave publishes quarterly reviews on the local real estate market on the association’s web site www.caar.com and is widely quoted in news stories related to real estate.
Chris Allerton is the Director of Publications for the CAAR Real Estate Weekly, which is the leading real estate advertising publication in Central Virginia. Chris is a graduate of the University of Virginia and American University and a former employee of the UVA Darden School of Business.
Judy Savage is the 2008 President of the Charlottesville Area Association of REALTORS and the Broker owner of RE/Max Assured Properties. Judy is a graduate of the VAR Leadership Academy and has appeared often in the local media in stories about the real estate market.
Pat Widhalm is the guru of all real estate not only in Charlottesville, but the state of Virginia. She works for Real Estate III and has taught most agents in Charlottesvile and many around the state on a variety of legal, ethical and regulatory topics. We are very fortunate, to have her contribute to the CAAR Blog.
Dave - enjoy the blog, and Charlottsville as well, which fortunately, is just a couple of hours away.
Comment by Jim Rake — May 29, 2008 @ 1:35 pm
This is my first entry. I felt it was important enough to write. The Green group that meets in the front conference room at caar the last friday of every month had a terrific guest speaker this morning. Charles Hendricks of the The Gaines Group, PLC.
We discussed the pros and cons of different types of insulation. Did you know that we have a mixed climate here so open cell is better for our homes than closed cell.
We talked about appling mastic(sp)to duct work to keep it from leaking. Do you know what that is?
Do you know that there is water under the parking lot at the new Better Living at Zion Crossroads? On purpose. Rain water storage.
Do you know where your electricity comes from? Is it Coal generated or from North Anna? Mercury is released if it is coal generated. Did you know that?
Do you know the differences between LEED and Energy Star and Earthcraft?
What an hour of information!!!!!!!!
If you have any interest in Green you should attend the next meeting.
Comment by Sharon Lyn Duke — July 31, 2009 @ 3:55 pm