As of today, it looks like the Homebuyer Tax Credit that is a part of the overall American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will amount to a maximum of $8,000 as a direct tax credit to first time home buyers (or those who’ve not owned a home within 3 years) who purchase a home between Jan. 1, [...]
Archive for February, 2009
News on Stimulus Homebuyer Tax Credit
Posted in General Real Estate Market, tagged Home Buyers, Home Sellers, stimulus bill, tax credit on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Price History on MLS- Did You Know?
Posted in General Real Estate Market, tagged Home Buyers, home pricing, Home Sellers, price history on February 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When I was much younger, I was a fan of the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show on TV. They had lots of funny bits their characters would do, and one of them that has stuck in my mind was when the young scientific geek Sherman and his amazingly intelligent dog, Mr. Peabody, would go back in [...]
Troutman Library Bookin’ Update
Posted in Iredell County, Quality of Life, Troutman, tagged Troutman Library on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Monday evening, I went to the monthly meeting of our Citizens for the Troutman Library and got pleasant news. The head of the building committee reported that at the opening of bids after the groundbreaking last week, the town reported that they received bids from 25 contractors. The low bid was $763,750 with other [...]
Consumer Housing Trends- Small is Beautiful
Posted in General Real Estate Market, Quality of Life, tagged downsizing, economy, housing trends, rightsizing on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With all the changes in the housing market, it’s no surprise that there are some fundamental changes going on in the size and types of houses that people buy. RIS Media reported recently that the U. S. Census bureau noted that the average size of new houses started in the third quarter of 2008 dropped by [...]
Lake Norman Area Home Sales Snapshot
Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Mecklenburg County, Real Estate, tagged home sales, Lake Norman on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our office is beginning to see some spark in the market with the dramatic drop in interests rates and some expectation that our government will put into place some stimulus moves which will put confidence back in the minds of consumers, especially those who’d like to buy homes. If things go as predicted, we’ll see [...]
Roads- Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them
Posted in Iredell County, Mooresville, Quality of Life, tagged economic development, roads on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On last Monday, I went to another meeting of the Iredell County Developer’s Council which is made up of local developers, politicians, government planners, school officials, REALTORS, and a variety of other individuals who are interested in working together to maintain and improve the economic vitality of our community. Our speaker was Grey Mills, 95th District Representative to [...]
Troutman Library Groundbreaking
Posted in Iredell County, Quality of Life, Troutman on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, I and seventy some other folks attended an event that we’ve been looking forward to for over four years- the groundbreaking for a new library in Troutman. Over that time our group, Citizens for a Troutman Library, has raised over $700,000 toward this goal. Also during those years, the group successfully lobbied the Town [...]
FHA Mortgage Loans- Interesting Details
Posted in Finance, Real Estate on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our office had a very good update session yesterday with our CENTURY 21 Mortgage representative, Kim Peschock. She spent an hour talking about some of the little details of FHA backed mortgage loans that you may not know or that are changing. This is important since these FHA loans are becomming the most common among [...]
Snow?- Yes
Posted in Iredell County, Quality of Life on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, we finally got a nice pretty little snow last night in Iredell County and the surrounding Lake Norman areas. It was just the kind of snow I like- covers the ground but not the streets so that we can enjoy looking at it, but not be slowed down by it. By Friday, the prediction [...]
More Mooresville Music- Bluegrass!
Posted in Entertainment, Iredell County, Mooresville, Quality of Life, tagged bluegrass, Entertainment, live music, Mooresville Concert Series on February 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From my friend, Stu Eaton of the Mooresville Concert Series: Davidson Express Returns to Historic Downtown Mooresville Mooresville Concerts presents Davidson Express on Sunday, February 15 at 3:00 p.m. at the Charles Mack Citizens’ Center. Davidson Express is a Charlotte-based five-piece acoustic combo performing a blend of traditional bluegrass standards and fresh original compositions of [...]
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