I withdrew one of my Iredell County listings today by mutual agreement with my seller clients. We had put the house on the market last spring, and priced it according to what little history was available in the community for similar houses. We agreed that if the house didn’t get some showings, the sellers would [...]
Posts Tagged ‘home prices’
Struggling with List Prices
Posted in General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, tagged home prices, home pricing, home sales, Home Sellers, Iredell County Real Estate, iredell real estate, mortgage rates on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Charlotte Area January Real Estate Stats
Posted in Catawba County, Charlotte, Cornelius, Davidson, Denver, General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, Lake Norman, Lincoln County, Mecklenburg County, Mooresville, Mount Mourne, Real Estate, Rowan County, Statesville, Troutman, tagged home prices, home sales, housing market, Lake Norman on February 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Time for the monthly bunch of numbers from our local Carolina Multiple Listing Service which includes Mecklenburg and surrounding counties. These numbers can give you an idea of the time it takes to sell a house and how the prices are trending. There is still a bit of a mixed bag, but overall, things do [...]
No Point in Listing Too High
Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged $6, $8000 tax credit, 500 tax credit, home prices, home pricing, home sales, Home Sellers, home selling, mortgages, tax credit on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The good news is that there are buyers out there, especially since the passage of the expanded home buyer tax credit which now offers a tax credit for current homeowners who want to sell their home and buy another primary home (see details HERE). The problem is that some of those people thinking of selling their [...]
Home Prices- Location, Location, Location
Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged home price comparison, home price survey, home prices, home pricing, home values on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…Speaking of real estate prices (see yesterday’s post), real estate professionals have always said that one of the key factors in a home’s price is location. Still, since most people spend most of their time in only one location, this fact can be hard to grasp. Well, Coldwell Banker recently released a study of the cost [...]
Keep Some Perspective on Changes in Average House Prices
Posted in Catawba County, Finance, General Real Estate Market, Iredell County, Lake Norman, Lincoln County, Mecklenburg County, Real Estate, Rowan County, tagged average home prices, home prices on October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When you see published reports of average house sales prices in the media, it’s good to keep in mind that there is always a seasonal component to the ups and downs of average house prices. HERE is a recent Charlotte Observer article on the monthly S&P/ Case-Shiller Home Price Index report telling of some ups and [...]
Property Tax Values- How Accurate?
Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged Home Buyers, home prices, Home Sellers, property tax value, tax value on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I got my property tax bill from the good people at the Iredell County Tax Collector’s office the other day. Residents throughout the county and elsewhere are getting similar bills and thinking about how they’re going to pay them and if we really ought to have to pay that much for what we get. Sure, I [...]
New Home Price Index Points Up
Posted in Finance, Real Estate, tagged home prices on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My friend, Bill Thunberg, Mooresville businessman and mayor, sent me a link to Forbes Magazine article about a new housing price index from a company called Clear Capital. Bill’s son, Zach, works for this company. Clear Capital is starting a new housing price index that claims to be more accurate than the S&P/Case Shiller report that [...]
Area Home Prices Show Decline- What to Do?
Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Real Estate, tagged home prices, home pricing, Home Sellers on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The most recent Standard & Poors/Case Shiller home pricing report shows that prices of Charlotte area homes are down 10% over April of 2008 (see the Charlotte Observer article HERE). Our area was one of the last to be affected by the downturn, and since some of the hardest hit areas are starting to improve [...]





