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Welcome!
This site is intended to provide you, the first-time homebuyer in the Charlottesville, Virginia area, all the information you need, all in one place, to help you make the most informed decision about buying your first home in the City of Charlottesville and surrounding Albemarle county .
You'll find the customary property search engine provided by our Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors (CAAR ) that you find on most real estate web sites, but you'll also find things you won't find anywhere else, like:
* A detailed, step-by-step buyer manual outline of the Home Buying Process!
* First Time Homebuyer stories--of people who have gone before you!
* Videos taken of some of the most popular neighborhoods (Forest Lakes , Dunlora, Deerwood, Mill Creek, Redfields, etc.)
* Pictoral explanations of home styles, designs, and types--do you know the difference between a ranch, a split, and a Craftsman? You will after reading this!
* REO and foreclosed homes access (NOT generally recommended for 1st time home buyers!)
* What questions should you ask when interviewing, and deciding upon, the Realtor who will help you through this 1st Time Buying Experience? Read this for some pointers!
* Home Buyer Scouting Service --more than your usual listings
* News articles related to buying your first Charlottesville, Virginia home
* Huge library of FREE articles about the home buying process--Knowledge is POWER!
* Links to local service providers you'll need AFTER you buy your home
* Home Inspector recommendations
* Access to the big 3 Localised MLS Search Engines: Realtor.com, IDX (Internet Date Exchange), and CAAR.
* Huge library of FREE articles about getting a mortgage, types of mortgages, etc.
* School info (For Albemarle and Charlottesville schools only)
* Real estate housing market reports (in PDF and Word.doc formats)
* University of VA links
* A payment calculator (at bottom of this page)
* Martha Jefferson Hospital and UVA Medical Center resources
* And a library with hundreds of free articles written to give you the information you need, in a timely manner.
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