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The question was raised at team meeting this morning: If a homebuyer has a primary residence on the market and it has not sold before the close of the new primary residence, is the homebuyer eligible for the tax credit? Yes, confirmed with the National Association of Realtors Government Affairs ...
01/12/2010
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Not So Fast
. Despite warnings from everywhere that the recovery would be full of 'stops and starts,' the employment report from November and preliminary positive Holiday sales reports had the markets getting ahead of themselves before the December jobs report was released late last week. We are ...
01/12/2010
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Nowhere To Go But Up The last two weeks of the year, rates had a pretty significant move upward. We have been warning about the potential regarding volatility with regard to the bond market. Many will say that there was very light volume in the markets during these two weeks. And certainly ligh...
01/04/2010
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What A Year We are one week away from the end of an extraordinary year. The financial crisis peaked during the fourth quarter of 2008 and the economic consequences were absolutely devastating. For one, we are digging out from a long and deep recession. Witness the fact that the economy lost 2.8 m...
12/22/2009
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With all of the bad economic news it's great to know this area of North Carolina will once again be booming. UNC has conditional approval for a new 68-bed hospital to be built in Hillsborough. The new hospital will include an emergency room, observation beds, operating rooms, general procedure ...
11/11/2009
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Dear Friends, We felt it was time to reach out to our client base as well as new potential clients and share the good news regarding the current market. We feel there has never been a better time to buy a home than RIGHT NOW! Buyers need to get on the bandwagon while rates are still low and va...
10/29/2009
In case you haven't seen this - According to RISMedia - October 20, 2009 - "The industry's most powerful associations sent a letter to administration advocating for extension of hombuyer tax credit outlining why the tax credit has had a simulative effect on not only the housing market but on the ...
10/20/2009
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It's that time of year again, and here in North Carolina we are begining to feel the change. Thats right, old man winter is right around the corner. Because we're having cold temperatures at night it's time to start thinking of home winter preparation. What is home winter preparation, you ask? It...
10/09/2009
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North Carolina is one of the most appealing states in the country according to a recent poll. North Carolina tied with Arizona and Washington as the sixth most popular states in the nation when it comes to where people want to live. Coastal states tend to dominate the list as California (1), Flor...
10/08/2009
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Being in the Real Estate business we get to see what a home really means to people. For young first time home buyers it's a new, very exciting, and sometimes scarry journey. For older people it's a safe haven of comfort and security. A house means different things for different people. I want...
10/08/2009