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Spring Color. Stop. Look- Closely!

Posted in Mooresville, Quality of Life on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This time of year it’s great to have leaves and flowers popping out all over the place. Everywhere you look, there are wonderful colors. Taken as a whole, I do love to look at a field of flowers, or gardens full of blooms. But, I’d suggest that once in awhile, it’s worthwhile to just slow [...]

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Working in Real Estate- My Garden!

Posted in Quality of Life, Real Estate, tagged gardening, Home Buyers, Home Sellers on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I plowed my Mooresville backyard garden plot yesterday, getting it ready to plant my vegetables. It’s still a little wet, but it looks good- rich and brown after almost 20 years of plowing leaves and grass clippings into the original red clay. I keep doing this because for me there is no way to match the taste [...]

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Now on Sale!- A House for You

Posted in Real Estate, tagged first time homebuyers, Home Buyers, homebuyers, tax credit on April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

OK, let’s review: House prices have come down to the lowest levels in years. There’s some evidence that many markets are finding a bottom. Morgage Rates are around 4.75% for a 30 year conventional loan or 6% for a jumbo (over $417,000). USDA mortgage loans that offer no money down transactions for qualifying buyers are [...]

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First Time Homebuyer- Could You Use $8,000?

Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged first time homebuyers, homebuyers, tax credit on April 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I keep running into people who don’t know about the government incentive to encourage first time homebuyers to go ahead and make that purchase. For gosh sakes, you can get up to $8,000 free and clear for buying a house. This is not a tax deduction like mortgage interest. This is cash that the government will [...]

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Making a Living- Client by Client

Posted in Iredell County, Real Estate, Troutman, tagged Home Buyers, Home Sellers, homebuyers, reputation on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I was talking to a fellow the other day about listing a property he owns. He’s a landscaper, and occasionally I have need of that service at my house (my bride would like to have a landscaper on retainer, I think). Anyway, we were talking about things like quality of service, the price to charge [...]

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Realtors Care Day This Friday

Posted in Iredell County, Mecklenburg County, Quality of Life, Real Estate, tagged home ownership, Realtors on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today I attended a final planning meeting for the upcoming Realtors Care Day. On Friday, April 24th, around 700 volunteers, primarily Iredell and Mecklenburg County Realtors, will go to over 30 homes in both counties to do repair work on homes that were selected from over 60 applicants who need the work done but don’t [...]

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Iredell County Subdivision Approval

Posted in Iredell County, Mooresville, Real Estate, tagged economic development, land development, real estate development on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m on the mailing list for the Iredell County Technical Review Committee- part of the Planning & Development Department. These folks review and approve new subdivisions and changes to existing ones in the county. For quite some time now, I’ve gotten emails that say that the meeting was cancelled because there was no new business [...]

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Fort Dobbs- War for Empire 1759

Posted in Entertainment, Iredell County, Statesville, tagged Fort Dobbs, French and Indian War, History, Statesville on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Before the Revolutionary War, the area that is now Iredell County was actually considered “Frontier.” Most of the white man’s world was far to the east. England and France were trying to out-do each other to see who would dominate the continent. In the 1750′s and early 1760′s, they fought the French and Indian War. [...]

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