REAL ESTATE- The 2007 roundup: yee-ha!

By ROSALIND WARFIELD-BROWN and PETER GROSS |
Published online 8:00am Thursday Dec 20th, 2007
and in print issue #0551 dated Thursday Dec 21st, 2006

Quickest turnaround

APPEARED IN THE HOOK: April 5, 2007 in issue 0614

ADDRESS: 1002 Grady Avenue

ASKING PRICE: $379,000

ASSESSMENT: $152,400

SELLING PRICE: $355,000

DAYS TO CONTRACT: 30

SELLER'S AGENT: Owner/Builder Jeff Erkelens of Latitude 38 Design/Construction. 434-825-7043

BUYER'S AGENT: Tom Raney, Real Estate III, 981-2608

Most interesting– a bird sanctuary

APPEARED IN THE HOOK: August 16, 2007 in issue 0633

ADDRESS: 3025 Mechum Banks Drive, White Hall

ASKING: $1,100,000

ASSESSMENT: $972,600

STILL AVAILABLE

LISTED BY: Kevin O'Brien, Charlotte Ramsey Realtors 979-8900

House we wished we could buy

APPEARED IN THE HOOK: June 28, 2007 in issue 0626

ADDRESS: 6150 Faber Road, North Garden

ASKING: $850,000

ASSESSMENT: $380,700

SELLING PRICE: $725,000

DAYS TO CONTRACT: 168

SELLER'S AGENT: Tim Michel of McLean Faulconer Inc. 960-1124

BUYER'S AGENT: Shan Whited, Montague Miller 973-5393

When assessors and realtors disagree

APPEARED IN THE HOOK: February 1, 2007 in issue 0605

ADDRESS: 60 Davis Creek Road, Lovingston

ASKING PRICE: $385,000

ASSESSMENT: $48,300

STILL AVAILABLE

SELLER'S AGENT: Bo Newell, Mountain Area Realty, 434-361-2440

Price adjustment after no sale in soft market– up!

APPEARED IN THE HOOK: March 22, 2007 in issue 0612

ADDRESS: 444 Ednam Drive, Ednam Forest

ASKING PRICE: $999,000 (now $1.1 million)

ASSESSMENT: $754,100

STILL AVAILABLE- just more expensive

SELLER'S AGENT: Jim Duncan, Century 21 Manley Associates 977-7300 (cell: 242-7140)

Strangest juxtaposition: a castle near Stanardsville

APPEARED IN THE HOOK: November 8, 2007 in issue 0645

ADDRESS: 94 Lexington Court,Greene County

ASKING: $1,495,000

ASSESSMENT: $495,200

STILL AVAILABLE

LISTED BY: Loring Woodriff 466-2992

Priciest house we reviewed (no sale)

APPEARED IN THE HOOK: March 1, 2007 in issue 0609

ADDRESS: 3396 Fox Mountain Road, Free Union

ASKING PRICE: $7,650,000

ASSESSMENT: $1,502,400 (under open space easement with Virginia Outdoors Foundation)

LISTED BY: Joelle Meintzschel of Quest Virginia Realty 434-760-2601

Least priciest (sold!)

APPEARED IN THE HOOK: July 26, 2007 in issue 0630

ADDRESS: 8669 Schuyler Road

ASKING PRICE: $79,900

ASSESSMENT: $59,900

SELLING PRICE: $79,000

DAYS TO CONTRACT: 89

BUYERS' AND SELLERS' AGENT: Dolores Rogers, Real Estate III, 989-3397