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Charlotte Area Tops for Quality of Life

Posted in Real Estate on December 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

People and companies continue to move to the Charlotte area, including Mooresville and surrounding communities.  There are many reasons for their choosing our area.  Kiplinger has a great article that explains why Charlotte is among 10 of the best cities to live in the US, including business climate, quality of education, and cost of living. Lots [...]

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Holiday Apologies

Posted in Quality of Life, Real Estate, tagged on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I have to apologize.  I’ve concluded that I don’t fit the Christmas plan.  It seems that when people ask me what I want for Christmas- you know, something reasonably priced and small enough to wrap, I just come up with nothing.  Don’t get me wrong.  I do want things, like new windows for my house, [...]

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Realtors Hear from Children’s Homes of Iredell County

Posted in Iredell County, Quality of Life, Real Estate, Statesville, 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 General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, Mooresville, 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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NAR Economist Labels Housing Recovery as “Fragile.”

Posted in Economic Development, General Real Estate Market, tagged , , , on November 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Last week the Charlotte Regional Realtors Association hosted the Chief Economist of the National Association of Realtors, Dr. Lawrence Yun.  Dr. Yun came to Charlotte to give us his thoughts on the future of the economy and of the housing industry in terms of both real estate sales and new home construction.  The bottom line [...]

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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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Hope Hotline Assists People Facing Foreclosure

Posted in General Real Estate Market, tagged , on October 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Few people benefit from home foreclosures, and we’d all be better off if we could help minimize the number of foreclosures.  To that end, I suggest that if you know someone who is facing foreclosure or having difficulty making their mortgage payments, you should let them know about a free service I saw the other [...]

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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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