Fredericksburg City:

76 days on market – this is 121 days less than in January 2009
Sellers received, on average, 93.32% of their list price when the home sold
There is 13.1 months of inventory on the market
12 homes sold in January 2010 – this is 2 less than in January 2009
The most popular price range was $250,000-$349,999.   
The median sold price was $257,500, compared to $217,500 in January 2009
Financing Terms:  Conventional – 5, […]

With a new Republican governor in office the legislative body in VA didn’t waste any time paying back the NRA for all their help getting him into office in the first place. It’s funny how anti-government Republicans get all in favor of government activism when they are in charge.
Let’s take a look at the new […]

After being postponed last year, the World Beer Festival is coming to Richmond, VA on Saturday, June 12, 2010. All About Beer magazine sent the following press release.The World Beer Festival Coming to RichmondPresented by local charity, FETCH a Cure, …

This monster is forecast to loop around us out to sea and then retrograde (move back westward) into the northern Mid-Atlantic and New England. Blizzard conditions will likely prevail north of here…I wouldn’t want to go north of Baltimore this week!A…

Want to attend the Great American Beer Festival? Want to go for free? Here’s a chance to do just that, and contribute to a good cause at the same time. Pints for Prostates is giving away a trip for two for the event to be held September 16-18, 2010 in …

My weekend wishes were fulfilled with a ribbon-cutting assignment. I’m pretty sure when they cut the ribbon I did not look through the viewfinder. Such is the power of my protest of these sorts of assignments. Maybe I should shoot a personal project on the people that manufacture golden shovels and giant scissors. If nothing […]

King George’s Rachael Webb (center) celebrates with Heather Jones (left) and Emily Pelto (right) following Webb’s finish in the 50-yard freestyle at the Battlefield District swim meet at the University of Mary Washington on February 13, 2010. (Mike Mor…

Shot this on the way back from an assignment at Montpelier in Orange County. It likely will not run in tomorrow’s paper due to the hole available was something like 1 column. If it did run, the skydiver would look like an ink smudge. Oh well – it was nice to sit around and chat […]

The Oscars are drawing near and I just got an education: short films are included in the Oscars. This I never knew. Granted I don’t think I ever saw a short film until I became a fan of RIFF and the whole business hijacked my imagination but wow, that’s pretty neat.
Having become a huge fan […]

I don’t make this stuff up folks.
State Delegate Bob Marshall of Manassas says disabled children are God’s punishment to women who have aborted their first pregnancy
Even if you believe that, how much of an asshole do you have to be to say it out loud?
“The number of children who are born subsequent to a first […]