A weekly listing of property transfers and building permits in and around Charlottesville.

Mary Jean Thomasson says she has never hit or punctured a utility line putting up a “for sale” sign in a yard during her 19 years in the real estate business.

So what’s the story at Old Trail, where recent rumors suggested the project was for sale?

So what’s the story at Old Trail, where recent rumors suggested the project was for sale?

.If you own two homes, sell the one you are living in and move into your second home as soon as possible. Tax changes taking effect on Jan. 1 will make owning a second home much less attractive in 2009. As a result, the already depressed market for vacation homes will deflate even more.

From Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, there were 1,962 houses sold in the region. There were 2,506 homes sold during the same period in 2007.

Uncle Sam has just become the 800 pound gorilla in the U.S. mortgage market.

A weekly listing of property transfers and building permits in and around Charlottesville.

A widely watched housing index released Tuesday showed home prices dropping by the sharpest rate ever in the second quarter.

Sales of existing homes rose 3.1 percent in July, surpassing expectations, as buyers snapped up deeply discounted properties in parts of the country hit hardest by the housing bust.

Real estate agents say the cost of gas is putting a damper on home sales in some rural areas.

Decide to become a homeowner and, inevitably, you’ll have to confront your credit score.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in “no danger of failing.“

A weekly listing of property transfers in and around Charlottesville.

Home foreclosures and late payments set records over the first three months of the year and are expected to keep rising, stark signs of the housing crisis’ mounting damage to homeowners and the economy.

Prince William County officials are asking residents to report vacant homes in their neighborhoods to help combat foreclosure-related blight.

Sales of existing homes fell for the eighth time in the past nine months, with the backlog of unsold single-family homes rising to the highest level in more than two decades.

Some research suggests that sales tanked by 26 percent in 2007—the worst sales year on record.

On the national level, economic news continues to disappoint. Housing stumbles along, while prices surge on food and gas.

The information in Property Transfers is compiled from documents in the offices of the clerks of the circuit courts in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.

Residents in one of the largest developments in Albemarle County will soon be able to eat and work out closer to their homes, developers announced on Tuesday.

Residents in one of the largest developments in Albemarle County will soon be able to eat and work out closer to their homes, developers announced on Tuesday.