Dave Sells Charlotte

As the pendulum has started it' shift toward the sellers; home owners in Charlotte, NC area are deciding on whether to put their homes on the market or to wait it out. Some home owners have been waiting it out on the hopes of the market improving and feel the time is right with inventory levels ...

Buying a home is the largest single purchase any of us will ever do in our lifetime. So, whether it is your first house or your seventh house there is a natural tendency among us to question are we making the right decision now. Being on both ends of this I can tell you that there is no clear cut...

Going out and looking at a lot of homes over the past few months with prospective buyers in a variety of price points has led me to a few conclusions. The most striking and common I am seeing right now is overpriced listings. We all know as Realtors that the inventory of available homes has shrun...

Last week I wrote about the five things sellers should be doing to help sell their homes in this market today. Today I am addressing the things buyers should be doing or questions they should be asking their agents when buying a home in today's market. The paradigm has shifted away from the buye...

2013 seems to be the year that people are going to say that the housing market climbed out of the hole. So, sellers are preparing for the first time in over six years to sell their homes and might have a slight edge.... But there are things to consider when you decide to sell your Charlotte, NC....

The Charlotte area Realtors turn in their smart phones and I-pads for hammers and paint for one day every year. On Friday April 19, 2013 we will celebrate Realtor Care Day. This will mark the fifth year of the program where Realtors are giving back to the community. We volunteer 100% of our time ...

Being in the spring market I am very busy with listings and buyers both locally and out of the area looking at homes and me previewing homes for listings. One thing came up this past weekend when i was showing homes that made me sit down last night and think and reflect back and realize something...

A trend seems to be coming up in transactions in the Charlotte, NC. market. Sellers are asking for more money on due diligence and less or nothing on earnest money. Which bodes the question as to why? Due diligence was supposed to be the dollar amount the buyer pays the seller directly to take th...

There is a lot of talk about the housing market in Charlotte, NC. and whether it is improving or if this is a smoke screen. Being one of the largest metro areas in the United States and one of the fastest growing this trend plays a vital impact on home sellers and home buyers alike. So I decided ...

When do you schedule to close your Real Estate transaction in Charlotte, NC. to close? Do you have specific times each month you prefer to close a house transaction? Specific times a day you rather close? Does your Realtor gives you options or just tells you when you are closing? As a Real Estate...