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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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Last Sunday the J. Hoyt Hayes Memorial Troutman Library held a Sneak Peek fundraiser in preparation for the opening later on in May.  At last night’s meeting of the Citizens for the Troutman Library, president Winkie Powell pronounced the event a success with good attendance and compliments from many visitors. The library is scheduled to [...]

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The J. Hoyt Hayes Memorial Troutman Library will officially open at 11:00AM on Tuesday, May 25, 2010!  There will be a dedication of the library the previous Sunday, May, 23.  It’s been a long haul, and recently, the county budget has added challenges to the schedule.  At long last, though, Troutman will have a sure [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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I’d like to take the time to write a nice useful, insightful post today, but unfortunately, I’ve got to spend the rest of the day packing my office for a move to our new office on Williamson Road in Mooresville.  It’s only been a year since I moved from our Troutman office to the one [...]

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This week, we learned of the passing of one the pillars of the Troutman community- Ruth Starks.  I first met Ruth when I was 16 and working as the grocery delivery boy for Neil’s Grocery in Troutman.  Each week I’d bring the groceries she ordered in an old black Rambler station wagon.  I learned a lot [...]

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For those of you who love to look at numbers and draw conclusions, here are some residential real estate stats from December of ’09 for our Carolinas Multiple Listing Service area of Mecklenburg and surrounding counties.  My own opinion is that positive change in average price numbers is worth considering to a degree, but the contract [...]

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Young people don’t understand how you could use the words “grey hair” and “high school” in the same sentence.  However, if it has been 41 years since you finished high school, then you understand.  Last Saturday night, my South Iredell High School Class of ’68 had our 41st reunion at the Black Angus in Statesville.  Although the [...]

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Each time I help a client purchase a piece of real estate, I always advise them to get a survey.  Of course, no one likes to pay any more than they have to in fees leading up to a purchase, and surveys for the typical residential lot can cost several hundred dollars.  Also, it has to [...]

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