My neighbors, Steve and Margaret, are Rowan County, NC natives. Last weekend we all piled into the Realtormobile and headed to one of the culinary jewels of China Grove and our area. When you head toward Rowan County, you can expect to have many good choices for barbecue. Those folks just know how to do it [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Some Lake Norman Area Housing Stats
Posted in Catawba County, Cornelius, Iredell County, Lake Norman, Mecklenburg County, Mooresville, Mount Mourne, Real Estate, Rowan County, Statesville, Troutman, tagged Lake Norman Real Estate Sales, Real Estate Aborption Rate on October 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Recently you could read all kinds of news about where the housing market is going. Some of it is encouraging and some of it is still rather depressing. Most of what you may hear or read is about the state of the combined markets in the United States. Trouble is, you can not make good [...]
Get Rid of Your Extra Stuff and Help Out
Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Mooresville, Quality of Life, Troutman, tagged affordable housing on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Got this note from Nydia Ferral, Executive Director of Community Housing Dev. Corp. of MSI asking for help raising funds for this Mooresville based non-profit that helps people acquire affordable housing through education programs and construction of affordable housing. See their website HERE. “Community Housing Dev. Corp. of MSI, a nonprofit organization located in Mooresville is [...]
Inexpensive Home Improvements That Add Value
Posted in General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged home improvement, Home Sellers, home values on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As the economy improves, more people are thinking of selling their current homes in order to get a different size home or move to a new location. If you’re thinking about that, you’ll want to do what you can to make your property stand out among the competition without spending too much. Here’s a Coldwell Banker [...]
Extend the First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit?
Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged first time home buyer tax credit, first time home buyers, prime the pump on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is an important week! This is the beginning of the end of the availability of the first time home buyers tax credit. Some would say, ” but it doesn’t run out until Dec. 1!” That’s true. So, if you are a first time home buyer (or have not owned a home within the last 3 years), [...]
Short Sale Frustration
Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, Mooresville, Real Estate, tagged first time buyer tax credit, first time home buyers, Home Buyers on October 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been working with a client couple for many weeks to find them a home in the Mooresville area. After several trips looking at listings, we found just the right home. It was in a neighborhood they liked, had the size and features they liked and was in the right price range. So, we made an [...]
Cool!- PBS Video on Demand
Posted in internet, Quality of Life, tagged craft in america, on demand video, PBS, pbs videos on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After watching an episode of the PBS series “Craft in America” last night, they said that there was more on the PBS site. I decided to take a look. There, I noticed that they have a new section that offers full-length videos of lots of their series. I thought, “WOW!” How cool! This may be better [...]
Water- Got Critters?
Posted in Real Estate, tagged drinking water wells, ground water wells, water well testing on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A lot of people in our area depend on groundwater wells to supply their needs for drinking and bathing, not to mention laundry, irrigation and other uses. If you’ve bought property and paid to have a well drilled and installed, you my have some appreciation of what is involved and the cost of putting in a [...]




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