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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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  Latest News Release from CRRA Charlotte Regional Realtor® Association reports residential real estate monthly activity for February 2011  CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte Regional Realtor® Association reports on the residential real estate market in this region based on Carolina Multiple Listing Services, Inc. (CMLS) data.  The number of closings for February 2011 (1,329) was down 4.9 [...]

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A recent post from this blog discussed the need for sellers to be realistic and aware of the market in which they’re selling and the nature of their competition.  Today, I visited a couple of new home sellers at their models and came away with some competitive information that real estate property re-sellers should keep in mind. [...]

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People are always asking me if I think the real estate market is coming back.  Since I just came back from my third real estate closing of the month (woo hoo!) (two in Troutman, NC), I’d have to say that yes, there is some reassuring activity out there.  None of these closings were motivated by the [...]

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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 [...]

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I recently saw a link to a Realty Times article that quoted Fed Chief Ben Bernanke as saying to the Economic Club of New York that in his view, “Housing in the coming year is going to be a relative bright spot – a helpful driver of national economic growth, rather than the wet blanket it’s [...]

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Time to look at some real estate numbers for August recently published by the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association.  Hey, look on the bright side- things are getting worse at a slower rate! Days from List to Close: Aug. ’08= 136.1, Aug. ’09= 145.9, that’s an increase of 9.8 days.  Many factors affect this, but one in particular is [...]

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In looking at the statistics I gave you a couple of days ago, I showed a comparison of list prices and sale prices for June of 09 compared to June of 08.  One thing that jumped out at me is the comparison of how much sellers got versus what they asked.  In what we used [...]

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Did you know that as of today (June 19, 2009) Iredell County has 1189 active single family home listings ranging from $19,500 to $5,000,000 with an average of $232,885? Did you know that in May of 2009, Iredell County had 138 closings with a average closed price of $239,386? Want to see more real estate [...]

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Why, indeed?  You’d think that based on what the media gloom and doom writers have to say, you’d better wait until the bottom of the housing market comes.  You can pick the bottom, can’t you?  No?  You mean you’ll know when we’ve seen the bottom only when we see it in the rear view mirror?  [...]

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