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 [...]
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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 [...] Over the past few weeks I have received a lot of phone calls from clients, past and present, who reside in Mecklenburg County. The topic they wanted to discuss: their new real property assessment. Real property is only re-evaluated every eight years, and no one likes it when the official letter arrives in the mail. [...] At the end of last December Standard & Poors released their most current Case-Shiller Home Sales Index data for 2010. While the data is only through October, it is the most current release from S&P. The data shows Charlotte as one of only six cities in the country to post home prices lower than when prices began [...] Was 2010 a year you would like to forget? I know the Lake Norman real estate market showed signs of improvement, but wouldn’t exactly be labeled a comeback. For me personally, each year I spend in this business I learn something new about real estate. I encounter challenges and opportunities that I never imagined would [...] As I mentioned in an earlier post, January 1, 2011 ushers in a new North Carolina Real Estate Commission approved Offer to Purchase Contract for residential real estate. On that date, the new form is the only one that can be used to write an offer on real property. Pursuant to that, all licensed agents [...] I had a conversation yesterday with a good friend, and he said to me, “As soon as home prices come up some my wife and I want to sell our house and find a town house. I’m tired of yard work.” I hear the “as soon as prices come up” qualifier a lot in the [...] According to the latest JD Powers and Associates customer satisfaction survey, Coldwell Banker ranks first with home sellers nationally among all real estate companies. The ranking was based on four areas; agent, office, marketing, and additional services. Sellers still rank their agent as the most important factor in customer satisfaction. Marketing was ranked second. My philosophy on [...] |
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