We have read in the news that President Obama signed H.R.4853 into law extending Bush-era tax rates. It also extended many other expiring provisions some of which affect real estate:
*Keeping Bush-era tax brackets for 2011 and 2012
*Retention of the 15% Capital Gains Tax Rate for assets sold or disposed during 2011 and 2012
*Extending many credits for energy efficiency through 2011 such as the Energy Efficient New Homes, Energy Efficient Existing Homes, and Energy Efficient Buildings credits.

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What is happening in the Central Virginia area real estate market?  The posts listed below document area real estate sales during the month of November.

Albemarle County VA Real Estate Market Report – November 2010

Charlottesville VA Real Estate Market Report – November 2010

Fluvanna County VA Real Estate Market Report – November 2010

Greene County VA Real Estate Market Report – November 2010

Louisa County VA Real Estate Market Report – November 2010

Charlottesville VA Real Estate Market Report Condominiums – November 2010

Charlottesville VA Real Estate Market Report Attached Homes – November 2010

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We all decorate our Charlottesville homes for Christmas, but do you decorate your stable too?

My stable was always decorated for Christmas.  The sliding doors sported matching wreaths adorned with red bows and pine cones.  The office was not to be forgotten and the mantle sported greenery and candles.  Stockings were hung on the stall doors to be filled with peppermints, horse treats and carrots.  Sometimes there were peppermint wreaths as well.  Not to be forgotten, there were plenty of goodies for the barn cats.  Christmas night all of the horses enjoyed a hot bran mash.  One of my favorite times of the day was walking down to the barn after Christmas dinner, listening to the contented horses munching hay, all cozy in their blankets and giving each one a last peppermint.

What are your Christmas traditions on your Charlottesville horse farm?

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The 2011 Virginia horseshow season has started.

For the basis of computing year end points and awards the new horseshow season begins on December 1.  If you are in the Charlottesville and Central Virginia area and want to get a start on this years’s points, there are two December horseshows in the area.  Today there is an schooling show at The Barracks, which will offer VHSA associate points.  Next week also at the Barracks in the firs show of their winter A show series.

If you have a Charlottesville horse farm or Central Virginia horse farm, you can keep horseshoing through out the winter.  There are several associate shows and A shows within an hours drive to chose from each month through the winter.  By spring you can have a good start in the standings or can have given your young horse important experience.

There is a good selection of Charlottesville and Virginia horse farms on the market right now and there is nothing I would nejoy more that helping you find the perfect one for your family and your horses.

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4500 acres near Monticello was just sold to a West Virginia Commpany, James C. Justice Cos., for $23.75 million dollars.

The tract consists of 55 parcels that had been owned by Mead Westvaco Corp and farmed for timber.  In 2009  James C. Justice  purchased The Greenbrier hotel when it was facing bankruptcy.

700 of the 4,500 acres was part of James Monroe’s origional estate, thus giving it historical significance.  James C Justice Cos. has snot said what their intentions are for the property.  The historic nature of the land combined with its location in the Monticello viewshed will make its furture something that Albemarle County and the Piedmont Environmental Council will watch closely.

Read the article in Charlottesville Tomorrow for more in depth information on this real estate Transaction.

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