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Ok, it's almost official, but not yet out of the Senate, but the latest tax incentive to get the US housing market back on its feet again is taking shape.  Under the plan, approved by the Senate and awaiting a House of Representative vote tomorrow, home owners who've owned their homes for 5 years...
11/05/2009
What was this selling thinking when he/she rescheduled a showing for my buyer client?  Did they really thing we'd reschedule the rest of our showings so we'd be back in their neighborhood later in the afternoon? If you plan on doing this, don't expect the buyer or buyer's agent to be cooperative....
09/12/2009
I agree, wholeheartedly.  If a seller really wants to sell, they need to be ready at all times.  After all, home selling is like a lottery.  You never know what that ONE buyer will come in (but if you don't get the "ticket" or showing, you can't possibly win the "game")....our local MLS. While se...
08/19/2009
That's the question I'm getting every day from my buyer clients who are purchasing foreclosures. One client, Nick, has been waiting 12 days since we came to agreement with the bank seller of a South Charlotte foreclosure.  As his agent, I call the listing agent each and every day and get a simila...
08/19/2009
The market is definitely improving in the Charlotte market.  Buyer's still seem to be gravitating to current foreclosures (most of my clients come from one of my foreclosure links like http://www.CarolinaHouseHunter.com/custom10.shtml ). While most sales had been in the entry-level homes, recent ...
08/10/2009
It is clear that money is going to cost more going forward.  Interest rates have risen to over 6% for 30 year fixed mortgages and while there is a touch oversupply in the Charlotte region's non-Mecklenburg markets, the Mecklenburg county area appears to be on the rebound.  Inbound calls which had...
06/15/2009
On the back of financial industry chaos, Charlotte came within striking distance of New York City's banking empire with Bank America purchase of Countrywide Financial and Merrill Lynch.  Unfortunately, the gain was shortlived as both Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley became bank holding companies ...
09/27/2008
Charlotte (Mecklenburg County), North Carolina together with the South Carolina regions of Rock Hill and Fort Mill, are among the strongest in the country.  Charlotte's region includes the Lake Norman areas of Davidson and Cornelius, Lake Wylie (Clover), and the surround counties of Union, York, ...
05/06/2007
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