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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘housing market’
NAR Economist Labels Housing Recovery as “Fragile.”
Posted in Economic Development, General Real Estate Market, tagged charlotte area housing market, charlotte housing market, housing market, Iredell housing market on November 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lease Goes with Sale of Rental Property
Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged Home Sellers, home selling, housing market, iredell real estate, real estate investing, rental homes on May 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Did you know that if you own rental property and wish to sell it, any current written lease will transfer with the property to the new owner? This can be used to the owner’s advantage since a property with a current lease and positive cash flow is more attractive to a new rental property owner. [...]
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 [...]
Tax Benefit for First Time and Repeat Homebuyers Not Having Much Effect
Posted in General Real Estate Market, tagged $6500 tax credit, $8000 tax credit, first time home buyers, housing market, repeat home buyers, tax credit on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Real estate agents make a living helping people buy and sell homes. For quite awhile, there have not been nearly enough home buyers or serious sellers to keep us agents happy. There are always some buyers and sellers out there, and we’re thrilled when we get to help someone, particularly since the funky market has made [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]





