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Raleigh and Triangle area NC real estate news and events. Experienced Raleigh Realtor writes about North Raleigh neighborhoods, real estate market updates, general information for people relocating to Raleigh NC area.

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2012 

Houses are like people -- Each one is unique, and has its own story to tell.   This sad old house is right across the highway from  a new townhome commmunity where I have a listing, so I see it fairly often. What stories would it tell, if it could? This part of North Carolina was sparsely popula...
11/26/2012
My grandmother left 100 acres of Florida pastureland divided among her three children.  Some was sold over the years, but eventually, 42 acres that formed a tidy rectangle ended up in the hands of my cousin, my brother, and myself.  Because of highway frontage, the land had commercial potental, ...
11/23/2012
We all remember what happened when Goldilocks sat down to try the three bears' porridge.  The first one she tasted was too hot!  The second one she tasted was too cold!  But the third was  "Just right!" and she ate it all up. Here in the Triangle area of North Carolina, we have a Baby Bear Clima...
11/09/2012
I've been blogging regularly for almost two years now, and it has had an unexpected side effect. I've gotten quicker at organizing my thoughts and getting them posted.  I'd have expected that. I've become more aware of potential blog topics that appear in my environment.  A new business, a commu...
11/08/2012
Some years ago, when my son Lance was much younger, I picked up one of those gingerbread-house kits in the supermarket, and a tradition was born.  The next year we bought a gingerbread house how-to book with recipes for dough and icing and struck out on our own.  Eventually, Lance went off to co...
11/05/2012
Who doesn't love gingerbread houses?  This year the Umstead Hotel and Spa in Cary is hosting its 10th Annual Gingerbread Benefit on November 29th. Top local chefs create exquisite, themed, gingerbread houses for a good cause.   The gingerbread houses are displayed in the hotel's ballroom where t...
11/04/2012
I recently read a small but provocative book called The Cow in the Parking Lot.  It's not about anger management; it's about choosing not to be angry at all.  Just .. don't. The title comes from a modern-day parable.  Suppose it's Christmas shopping time at the mall and you've been waiting for s...
11/03/2012
Today I stood in line for almost an hour at one of Raleigh's early voting sites.  It was a beautiful sunny day for standing in line, about 65 degrees with a hint of fall in the air.  No one seemed impatient or rushed.  The young woman in front of me read a book on her Kindle.  Someone in back of...
11/02/2012
During the recent presidential campaign season, there has been a lot of negative talk about the economy.  Nevertheless, crunching 3rd Quarter 2012 housing data here in the Raleigh/Wake County area yeilds some pretty postive results.            ~ The number of expired listings decreased 42% and t...
11/01/2012
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