Charlotte House Hunter Blog

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Real Estate Broker/Owner - Jonathan and Associates, Inc
A look on what's happening in and around Charlotte North Carolina, the hottest city in the South East. Reading and commenting on my blog has been known to cause hair to grow back, relationships to get mended, to increase your pay, and make you more attractive to the opposite sex.

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2009 

Charlotte North Carolina Market Update for: Single Family Homes in Mecklenburg County North Carolina Area 1 including: Charlotte, Cornelius, Davidson, and Huntersville Neighborhoods East of  I-77, North of N. Tryon Street, West of Cabarrus County, and South of Iredell County including the neighb...
01/10/2009
In late 2007, our local paper, the Charlotte Observer, ran a series of stories where they painted all real estate professionals as nothing more than greedy, lying, boogie men.  Their articles were nationally featured and even led to a number of laws being written and passed in Raleigh to protect ...
01/10/2009
Real Estate Market Update for Lake Norman North Carolina, MLS Area 13 Including the cities of Mooresville, Cornelius, Huntersville, Denver, Terrell, Statesville, and Sherrills Ford Data collected from December 1 - December 31,2008 from the CMLS New Active Listings In December, 175 single family ...
01/10/2009
Real Estate Market Update for  Single Family Homes in Union County North Carolina including: Matthews, Stallings, Indian Trail, Weddington, Monroe, Marvin, Wesley Chapel, Mineral Springs, Waxhaw, Marshville, Wingate, and Peachland Data gathered for December 1 2008 - December 30, 2008 from the CM...
01/10/2009
Total Charlotte NC Real Estate Market Overview December 1, 2008 - December 30, 2008 Data for all counties and cities served by the Carolina Multiple Listing Service including Charlotte, Monroe, Concord, Gastonia, Mooresville, and many others.  New Active Listings In December, 2,793 single family ...
01/09/2009
Main level Master Bedrooms are the latest trend among home building and design.  As the pool of home buyers continue to age, a master bedroom on the main level is a great way to ensure the home they purchased today will still meet their needs 10-20-30 years down the road.  So while the design and...
01/08/2009
Six months ago, an out of town seller contacted me to list one of his investment properties for sale.  His property management company had not followed his property closely and his tenant had completely trashed the unit.  The owner was in no position to repair the property and his bank, Greenpoin...
01/07/2009
Our office has what I've termed a "no life club."  Your office may have one too.  It's a group of us agents who you'd think we have no life.  During the week, we're either in the office before 7am or we're leaving after 9pm.  We're here on Saturday as well and some Sundays.  It's not that we're h...
01/03/2009
Ever wonder if idiots ruled the world?  As if you needed more proof, here's some.  As of January 1, 2009, the FHA loan limits for the Charlotte area decreased from $303,750 to $271,050.  Additionally, buyers will need to have at least 3.5% down to qualify for an FHA loan.  In November, 1,026 home...
01/02/2009
One of the most predominant media mistruths is that no one can get a mortgage or that you'll need 20% down.  I've been hearing this...well, let's just call it as it is, lie - for months and it's just simply not true.  Granted, many of the popular mortgage programs used a few years back are gone b...
01/02/2009
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