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Latest Twists and Turns for America’s Park Baseball Facility

Posted in Economic Development, Iredell County, Lake Norman, Mooresville, Troutman, tagged , , on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

This week the Mooresville Tribune reported that there has been a change of ownership of the development of the America’s Park youth baseball facility.  “Lou Presutti of Salisbury, who unveiled his plan last April to build a 25-field private youth baseball facility, is no longer involved in the project. Todd Hines and Jeff Cernuto are now [...]

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I’m Often Asked “How’s the Real Estate Market?”

Posted in General Real Estate Market, Huntersville, Iredell County, Lake Norman, Lincoln County, Mecklenburg County, Real Estate, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Having gone through the recent holiday season and the social gatherings the holidays bring, I once again got asked a particular question very frequently.  Fortunately for me, lots of folks know I’m a Realtor, so they ask me how’s the market.  Of course, most don’t plan to move anytime soon, but like lots of people, [...]

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Realtors Hear from Children’s Homes of Iredell County

Posted in Real Estate, Statesville, Iredell County, Quality of Life, tagged , , , , , on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Last week, Realtors from the Charlotte Regional Realtor’s Association’s Northern Region (Iredell and N. Mecklenburg) enjoyed a holiday luncheon at the Statesville Civic Center.  Along with our usual fundraising activities for the Housing Opportunity Foundation and bringing toys for donation to the Salvation Army, we had very special guests as speakers after lunch.  Sonya Leonard, [...]

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Planning Real Estate Closings

Posted in Mooresville, General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, tagged , , on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I was talking with my bride yesterday about the differences in our work schedules.  She’s a teacher in the Mooresville school system and has short-term and long-term lesson plans to follow, and specific things to accomplish.  She works very hard to make all those things happen on time and with great academic results.  Sometimes, it puts a heavy [...]

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Automated Real Estate Value Estimates

Posted in General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, Lake Norman, tagged , , on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article that points out some very useful details about the automated value calculators in several popular real estate sites (see it HERE).  As a Realtor, I often talk with people who have visited these sites to get an idea of the value of their property.  I understand their [...]

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Comparing Traditional Sales to Distressed Sales in Mooresville

Posted in General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, Lake Norman, Mooresville, Real Estate, tagged , , , on October 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been working with an investor who’s looking at properties around Mooresville for rental purposes.  He’s focused on distressed properties with the idea that he can get a better value on those.  In this case, distressed means that the property has gone into foreclosure and is likely owned by the previous lender, or it is [...]

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Computers in Mooresville Schools are Effective

Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Mooresville, Quality of Life, tagged , , on October 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

For the last few years, the Mooresville Graded School System has embarked on a transition to a new type of teaching.  What’s new is the integration of personal computers into the everyday educational instruction of all students.  Every student from 4th grade on is issued a leased Apple laptop computer to use in their daily [...]

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Hurry Up and Wait for America’s Park

Posted in Economic Development, Iredell County, Lake Norman, Mooresville, Troutman, tagged , , on September 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The folks who are developing the previously announced America’s Park youth baseball facility between Troutman and Mooresville have recently announced that the target date for startup will have to be moved from summer of 2012 to summer of 2013.  This is due to the extended length of time it has taken to get all the [...]

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Realtors Help Children’s Home of Iredell County

Posted in Iredell County, Quality of Life, tagged , , , on September 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I was fortunate to participate last Thursday in an awards luncheon hosted by the Housing Opportunity Foundation.  The HOF is the charitable arm of the Charlotte Regional Realtors Association.  At the luncheon I enjoyed meeting Brenda Speece, Executive Director of Children’s Homes of Iredell County, and hearing details of the wonderful work they’re doing to help upper aged children get [...]

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Iredell Home Inventories Easing Down

Posted in Iredell County, Real Estate, tagged , , on August 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I’m always looking for some perspective on the real estate market, both for my own need to understand my business prospects, and also because lots of folks ask me questions about the future of real estate since the economy is so solidly tied to it.  Well, my crystal ball isn’t working very well, but I [...]

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