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, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘economy’
Good Schools’ Connection to Good Economy
Posted in General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, Quality of Life, Real Estate, tagged economic development, economy, Iredell County Real Estate, iredell real estate, Iredell-Statesville Schools, Mooresville Schools on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Iredell County is fortunate to have two excellent public school systems- the Iredell-Statesville Schools and the Mooresville Graded Schools. Both rank very highly compared to other schools in the state and region. Both are populated with dedicated, motivated professionals working in schools that offer an environment that is conducive to learning. The fact that we have [...]
Real Estate Sales After the End of the Tax Incentives
Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged $6500 tax credit, $8000 tax credit, economy, first time home buyers, Home Buyers, home sales, Home Sellers, home selling, housing market, real estate market, repeat home buyers on April 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Today is the end of the First Time Home Buyer and Repeat Home Buyer tax incentives. To take advantage of one of these incentives, you have to be under contract by the end of the day today (I’m available- call me ). As we move into the months ahead, we’ll obviously be very interested in [...]
Warren Buffett Upbeat on Housing
Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, tagged economy, home sales, housing market, warren buffett on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Warren Buffett has always been an interesting man. He’s been wildly successful in the business of investing, yet he seems to be someone with whom you’d feel comfortable having a leisurely chat over coffee. He just not full of himself like many very successful people. Bill Gates even pals around with him, the better to [...]
Seven Out of Eight
Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Mooresville, Quality of Life, Statesville, Troutman, tagged economic development, economy, iredell real estate, Mooresville, mooresville real estate, Statesville, Statesville Real Estate, Troutman Real Estate on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mooresville, NC and Statesville, NC, Iredell County’s two largest communities, are celebrating another year of being named by Site Selection Magazine as the Number 1 Micropolitan Area in the country for new and expanded corporate facilities and projects. They’ve received this recognition for seven out of the last eight years. See a Record & Landmark article on this [...]
Two Kinds of Busy
Posted in General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, Lake Norman, Mooresville, Statesville, Troutman, tagged economy, housing market, iredell real estate, Lake Norman Real Estate, mooresville real estate, Statesville Real Estate, Troutman Real Estate on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
People often me if I’m staying busy in my real estate work. I always answer that yes, I’m very busy. In fact, in real estate work, there are two kinds of busy. One is being busy trying to find clients to work with, and the other is being busy working for my current buying and selling clients. Agents [...]
Kewaunee Scientific Corp. Expanding in Statesville
Posted in Iredell County, Statesville, Woodworking, tagged economic development, economy, iredell real estate, Kewaunee, Statesville Real Estate on February 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Statesville has taken some hits lately from companies closing shop and laying off employees. I guess that’s to be expected in our wounded economy. Still, every once in a while, we get a shot of good news to keep us hopeful. That came for Statesville last week with the announcement that Kewaunee Scientific Corp. is expanding [...]
Encouraging News
Posted in General Real Estate Market, tagged economy, Home Buyers, Home Sellers on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The National Association of Realtors reported some positive news on home sales for November figures with sales being the best in 3 years. HERE is a Charlotte Observer article on this. It’s certainly good news to hear that the combination of low mortgage rates, tax incentives, and somewhat better consumer confidence is having some positive effect [...]
My Squirrely Neighbors
Posted in gardening, Mooresville, Photography, Quality of Life, tagged economy, squirrels on December 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
While getting ready to head to work one morning recently, I happened to see some activity out in my back yard. It was a frosty, sunny morning, and my neighbors were hard at work- my squirrel neighbors, that is. One of the squirrels was under a big oak tree looking for acorns. He (she?- hard to [...]
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