According to a recent article in the National Association of Realtors® online magazine, Realtor®Mag, The National Association of Home Builders is debuting a new economic index that highlights metro areas that are seeing the most improvement in their housing markets. The First American Improving Markets Index reveals 12 metro areas that have seen a turnaround [...]
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If you live in the south or the southeast, and are in the real estate business, sooner or later you will encounter a home for sale that is sided with synthetic stucco, or as it is also referred to, EIFS. EIFS stands for Exterior Insulation and Finishing System. This product has been around for at [...] Should I rent, or should I buy? People have wrestled with that question ever since they decided that caves were no longer suitable abodes. Depending on when, or where, the question has been posed, the answer is not always the same. Trulia, one of my favorite consumer home search sites, has just released their Q2 [...] Have you ever taken the time to Google your address? A recent message I received from www.trulia.com, a very popular home search website, provided several reasons why it would be a good idea to see what you can find out by searching your address. For example: 1. Megan’s Law. Find out who is living in your [...]
Independence Day 2011 is fast approaching. For most Americans that means parades, cookouts, and fireworks. But it should also be a time of reflection on how fortunate we are to live in a country that with all its shortcomings is still the best place in the world to live. From the very beginning over 230 years [...]
I work with a lot of first-time home buyers, and they are always trying to keep the cost of buying down. There are a lot of costs associated with a home purchase; loan fees, attorney fees, title searches and insurance, appraisals, inspections, and surveys, to name some. A lot of these costs cannot be escaped, but [...]
This is a question people ponder all the time; is now the time to buy, or should I rent until the market improves? The answer is one of my favorites; “It depends.” I learned in grad school that unlike undergrad questions, grad school students were encouraged to use critical thinking instead of regurgitating a correct [...] The third builder featured here is Lennar Homes, and the community they are developing is Wellesley, located in Mooresville, NC. Homes range in size from 2200 SF to over 2900 SF, and prices start at the $190′s and go up to the high $220′s. Wellesley is located east on Hwy 150, and is in the [...] The second new home builder to be featured here is MI Homes, who is building in Huntersville and in Mooresville, NC. In Huntersville, MI is building in Centennial, off Gilead Road. Homes in Centennial 60′s range between the $190′s and the $260′s. Sizes start at 1795 SF, and go up to 3000+ SF. Amenities include a [...] Welcome to the first of three posts about who’s building new homes in the Lake Norman area. My purpose is to provide you with some indication of what’s available to you in the new home market. I’ll talk about one builder in each of the three posts, and give you an idea of location, size [...] |
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