Charlotte NC Real Estate

We often have buyers who want the new homes, thinking that "newer is better".  When so often that is not the case!  Now when I refer to newer vs older, I mean homes built since the 1990's or early 80's vs homes built in the much earlier centuries.  Granted, the newer homes have some great feature...

Today I attended RainCamp, learning more ways to meet today's consumer wants and needs in real estate.  Okay, its going to be a win-win, because if I can learn to give the public what they want in the way of information that will help them solve their problems and make informed real estate decisi...

This morning I turned on my trusty Lenovo laptop to find an unfamiliar site, the Rescue and Recovery screen. What it was apparently telling me was that I my system had failed and I needed to go through all of these steps to hopefully save my documents. Not only am I not the most technical person ...

My fall/winter months were very slow, just as many other Realtors out there.  Around the end of January I start getting numerous listing calls, and find myself putting 5-8 listings on the market in the past month.  Now I know that we are supposed to love listings, but we have to admit that alot o...

Too often I find myself thinking that life is always so good, and although it really is despite the economy, etc., I still need to keep my eyes open and my head out of the sand. First example was last year, when our booming real estate market that was still strong when the rest of the country was...

I understand that our wonderful city has been in the news for several reasons the past few days, and I am here to confirm that life as we know it has been in a state of flux!  For reasons nobody really understands, thanks to Hurricane Ike of 2-3 weeks ago, the city of Charlotte suddenly ran out o...

Below are the latest figures for Charlotte NC real estate activity.  I'm actually seeing an increase in showings and contracts since Sept 1, so hopefully, despite the doom and gloom in the media, buyers will recognize that this is in fact the best time to be buying property! "CRRA reports on the ...

I just wanted to fill you in on the latest of this mountain house search, where I've suddenly found myself in Buyer's shoes after 15 years!  Yesterday, our Realtor sent me a listing of a house that was at the low end of our price range, sold "as is", obviously needing some cosmetic TLC (the house...

I've been successfully selling homes for 11 years, working patiently with buyers throughout the process of finding the perfect home, and feeling confident in my ability to quickly understand what is is important to them in their search. During this time, I've lived in the same home I bought 15 ye...

5 Things to Know About Title Insurance *Realtor.org   Title insurance protects the holder from any losses sustained from defects in the title. It's required by most mortgage lenders. Here are five other things you should know about title insurance.  1. It protects your ownership right to your hom...