Local Economy: Consumers Cutting Back

The DP reports that the nation-wide recession has finally hit Charlottesville:*Only 760 house sold in Charlottesville and Albemarle during the first six months of 2008 — the lowest number in at least seven years, according to a mid-year report by the Charlottesville Area Association of Realtors.*Motor vehicle and parts sales during the first half of 2008 fell by 4.2 percent when compared with the