buyers: The changing needs of retirees coming to the Carolina coast - 08/17/08 08:36 PM
While it is probably a little early to make a complete judgment, I think the great wave of retiring baby boomers might be re-evaluating their needs.
I am working with an average of about three couples a month planning to either move to the coast or retire to the Carolina coast. (1 comments)
buyers: Your home is not a bank certificate of deposit - 04/21/08 08:36 PM
We live in an absolutely gorgeous area. I feel wonderfully blessed to be in this part of the Southern Outer Banks. Unfortunately even the pristine waters, fantastic climate, low taxes, wonderful places to visit, and friendly people cannot protect your home from a real estate slump. Like many areas we have been struggling (1 comments)
buyers: Just what we don't need - 11/03/07 10:17 AM
It has been a very busy week here on the NC coast. The weather through Thursday was fantastic. It even got up to 80 degrees Fahrenheit over on beach on November 1. That with a combination of Hurricane Noel about three hundred miles off shore brought some great waves to the beach and (2 comments)
buyers: The drought before the flood - 08/19/07 05:08 PM
This summer on the Carolina coast, we have a good balance of sun and moisture. Other places like Roanoke, Virginia where the picture to the right was taken have not been so fortunate. It is drier than we have ever seen it in our nineteen years in Roanoke. I have a feeling that (0 comments)
buyers: Pay for performance - 07/24/07 09:23 AM
This is an interesting shot that I snapped yesterday from our deck in Roanoke, Virginia. I have snapped many pictures from the same deck.The moods that I see in the sky change almost as much as those of the beach. I have said before that I think the real estate industry is (2 comments)
buyers: Spec houses, FSBOs, and selling free stuff - 06/10/07 04:05 PM
Yesterday was the the hottest day of the year here on the Crystal Coast. We had a booth at the Swansboro Arts Festival. As hard and hot as it is sometimes, standing out and talking to the public is a good way to gauge what is on people's minds. That works if (4 comments)
buyers: What is going to take to get people off the fence? - 05/16/07 11:45 AM
It does not take long for the question of "Where are the buyers?" to come up when Realtors® gather. I think buyers now feel so empowered by the Internet that a real estate agent is an afterthought.As agents I think we have done a really poor job of selling what we do. (1 comments)
buyers: The market psychology - 03/29/07 09:49 PM
The newspapers continue to prove that they are more interested in selling more newspapers than providing balanced reporting. I guess we just have to understand that newspapers are really businesses dedicated to selling papers. The best example I have seen recently was a report in the Jacksonville, NC newspaper about problems in (0 comments)