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Archive for December, 2009

New Home Wish List

Posted in General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I spent some time today talking with a local developer and a local builder.  A good bit of our discussion had to do with answering one very big question.  The question is, “When the housing market comes back (yes when, not if), how will buyers’ preferences have changed from back a few years ago when [...]

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Troutman Library Book Donations

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

Several weeks ago, a reader asked about the possibility of donating books to the new Troutman Library in someone’s honor or memory.  I’ve checked into that and just had a conversation with Bernie Tompkins, Outreach Manager for the Iredell County Library System. Bernie said that it will be awhile before she can accept books donated [...]

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Happy Realtor Helpers

Posted in Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Iredell County, Lake Norman, Mecklenburg County, Mooresville, Mount Mourne, Quality of Life, Real Estate, Statesville, Troutman, tagged , , , on December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today, Realtors from Iredell County and North Mecklenburg, our Northern Region of the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association, got together for our annual Holiday Meeting and Luncheon in Statesville.  This is a time when we get together as real estate professionals to socialize and to celebrate some of our accomplishments on behalf of the larger community [...]

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Plan Your Christmas Music Weekend

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

Iredell County has two very good events this weekend that provide plenty of Christmas spirit through live musical performances on Saturday and Sunday, both in Mooresville. My friend, Stu Eaton, who produces the Mooresville Concerts series sent this to me: Mooresville Concerts continues its third season on Saturday, December 12, 2009 , 7:30 p.m. with Kate Minogue [...]

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Still Renting? Think About Tax Benefits of Owning a Home

Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, Mooresville, tagged , , on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

With home prices at very affordable levels and interest rates at historic lows, buying a home now is something many renters should seriously consider.  Also, if you have not owned a home within the past 3 years, you can also qualify for a one-time tax credit of $8,000.  But there’s one more reason to consider buying [...]

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Using Automated Home Search

Posted in Lake Norman, Mooresville, Real Estate, tagged , , , , on December 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m working with some Mooresville area friends who are thinking of buying a larger home sometime next year.   At this point, they have two concerns.  One is how much they can get for their current home, and the other is to find out what homes are available now and in the future for the amount they’d [...]

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What I Do in My Spare Time

Posted in antique tools, Quality of Life, Woodworking, tagged , , , , on December 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I just finished a small walnut table for our foyer at home.  Susan had wanted something designed for a specific space and had pointed out a few examples of the overall style that she wanted.  I’ve been working on it for some time along with a dozen other projects, so it took a good while, [...]

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Habitat for Humanity Facts

Posted in Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Lake Norman, Mooresville, Quality of Life, Real Estate, tagged , , , , , on December 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Listening to a radio program this morning, I heard an interview of Jonathan Reckford, the head guy over Habitat for Humanity International.  It reminded me that we have very active H for H groups here in our area called Our Towns Habitat and Habitat for Humanity of Iredell County.  I’d seen a presentation by one of [...]

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Mooresville Commissioners Say No to Burlington Purchase

Posted in General Real Estate Market, Lake Norman, Mooresville, tagged , on December 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

An article in today’s Mooresville Tribune reports that Mooresville Commissioners considered the purchase of the old Burlington Mills plant on the south end of the downtown area.  After their discussion, they “decided not to act” on the chance to buy the plant for $1.7 million.  See the article HERE.  I’d posted about the plant back [...]

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Positive New Home News

Posted in Charlotte, General Real Estate Market, Lake Norman, tagged , , , , on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I recently saw a link to a Realty Times article that quoted Fed Chief Ben Bernanke as saying to the Economic Club of New York that in his view, “Housing in the coming year is going to be a relative bright spot – a helpful driver of national economic growth, rather than the wet blanket it’s [...]

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