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Troutman Library Funding from Town of Troutman

Posted in Iredell County, Quality of Life, Troutman on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Sunday’s Charlotte Observer Neighbors section ran an article (click HERE) detailing how the Troutman Board of Aldermen hasvoted to borrow up to $200,000 to ensure completion of the J. Hoyt Hayes Memorial Troutman Library.  The Citizens for a Troutman Library have raised over $700,000, and this commitment from the town will take away any doubt that [...]

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Interesting Bits About FHA

Posted in Finance, Real Estate, tagged on July 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I attended our monthly Charlotte Regional Realtor Association board of directors meeting this week and got a brief presentation from Amanda Ward, Sr. Account Liason for FHA.  Some of the points she made might be interesting to you. FHA uses no tax money.  It is completely self-sustaining. FHA does not make loans.  They insure the [...]

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New Home Price Index Points Up

Posted in Finance, Real Estate, tagged on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

My friend, Bill Thunberg, Mooresville businessman and mayor, sent me a link to Forbes Magazine article about a new housing price index from  a company called Clear Capital.  Bill’s son, Zach, works for this company.  Clear Capital is starting a new housing price index that claims to be more accurate than the S&P/Case Shiller report that [...]

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Taste of Summer

Posted in gardening, Quality of Life, tagged , on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Due to the relatively mild weather, my tomatoes have been slow in ripening.  I’m anxious to start getting some because I’ve always felt that they are the best garden goodies of the summer.   In the meantime, though, we’ve been consuming copious amounts of yellow squash, zucchini, and cucumbers from my garden.  Now, squash and zucchini [...]

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Wheelin’ and Dealin’

Posted in Mooresville, Real Estate, tagged , , on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Last weekend my bride and I headed up the interstate to Washington, DC to celebrate my brother’s winning the DAR National American History Teacher of the year award.  Just as we were leaving town, I received a call that a Realtor who’d shown one of my Mooresville listings was faxing an offer to my office.  We [...]

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Troutman Library Used Books to be On Sale at Ole World Market

Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Quality of Life, Troutman, tagged , on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Citizens for a Troutman Library have been having Spring and Fall Book sales for the last several years in order to raise awareness of the library and to raise funds for building the library.  Recently we talked to the operators of Ole World Market in Troutman, Chris and Tonya Gibson, about setting up a display area [...]

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Mortgage Interest Rate Update

Posted in Finance, Real Estate on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Things have been holding pretty steady in the mortgage rate world lately.  Here is a summary of rates from our Coldwell Banker United Mortgage Representative, Kim Peschock.  This was issued Wednesday, July 8.  Understand that these rates can move around and sometimes change several time within a day. Conventional Products: 30 year Fixed Rates:    around 5.125%                        15 [...]

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Troutman Thursday Night Live TONIGHT- July 9th

Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Quality of Life, Troutman on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Head on over to the deck and parking area of Ole World Market in Troutman this afternoon starting at 5:00 PM.  The Troutman Chamber of Commerce is having the second Thursday Night Live of the season there.  There will be music, beer, wine, and food available to liven up the place, and Ole World Market will [...]

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More Glory for the History Star

Posted in Iredell County, Rowan County, Troutman, tagged on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I recently wrote about my brother, Steve Suther, who is a history teacher at West Rowan High School.  He’s not just any history teacher, though.  This weekend he’ll be receiving a national award from the Daughters of the American Revolution.  We’ll be going up to Washington, DC to the headquarters of the DAR to enjoy watching [...]

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Mooresville/Iredell Developer News

Posted in Iredell County, Mooresville, Quality of Life, tagged , , on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From a meeting with the Iredell County Developer’s Council this week I picked up a couple of useful bits of news.  One of the most interesting is that planners are working on an alternate route across I-77 just north of Exit 36 in Mooresville.  This would tie Midnight Lane and Oats Road together across the interstate [...]

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