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Year-Round Schools or Traditional Schools in Wake County - 03/30/10 05:46 PM
Solve this problem. What is better for students and for the county budget? "Year-round" schools or "traditional" schools? The answer is not a simple equation.
To meet educational needs, Wake County turned to the year-round school concept in 2006. Since that time, all new elementary and middle schools opened on a year-round calendar, while more than 20 existing traditional-calendar schools were converted. Because not all students are on the same schedule, the buildings can be used more effectively and accommodate more students over the course of a year. While students do not have a traditional summer vacation, they have frequent breaks … (0 comments)
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Can Cary’s New Development Plans Be Derailed? - 03/28/10 10:13 PM
Cary shares a common link with other U.S, when it saw its core downtown business shrink as new subdivisions, shopping centers, and office parks became the norm. But in 2001, forward thinking town officials adopted a downtown master plan to re-define its historic core area with a mix of high density, mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly development. That's still the end goal, officials say, but a recessionary economy and plan to link Raleigh and Charlotte via high speed rail have caused city planners to regroup - and may cause them to do so again.
In December, town officials decided to delay spending on specific … (0 comments)
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Hands across America… The Triangle Helps Haiti - 03/25/10 07:44 PM
Donors across North Carolina have reached out to survivors of Haiti's horrific earthquake with, parts of themselves - artificial hands, feet and joints they no longer need but whch can make a life-changing difference to injured Haitians.
Travis Dessoffy, who runs the Greenville office of Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics, will transport the prosthetics, as well as crutches, canes and walkers, to Physicians for Peace in Norfolk, Va., a nonprofit that will ship them to Haiti. Hanger is the largest U.S. producer of prosthetic equipment. All the company's 600-plus offices are participating in the limb drive, including those in Raleigh, Cary and … (0 comments)
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Settle Your Family in Healthy Wake County - 03/23/10 07:40 PM
Wake County is not only the site of the best real estate in North Carolina, -it is also the healthiest. Whether you are looking for a palace or a starter home, where you buy is important for the well being of your family.
According to a new report prepared by University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Wake tops 100 North Carolina counties when weighting health factors (health behaviors, clinical care, social and economic factors, and physical environment) and health outcomes - how long people live (mortality) and the quality of their life (morbidity.) Though other counties like Orange … (2 comments)
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Downscaling More Than a Size Issue in Triangle Home Building - 03/21/10 07:34 PM
In our recent blog on decreasing Triangle-area home sizes, we noted how area builders are trying to keep pace with consumers' changing needs and pocketbooks to provide great homes at affordable prices. Reducing the square footage does not reduce many basic costs involved in the process. Given that the costs for material and labor are going up, how can builders economically provide new housing to today's market? The answer often is: downscale what is included and make what is included more functional.
No more expensive extras!
If you are looking for a new smaller home, you may find fewer amenities included … (0 comments)
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What is Old Has Become New Again in Cary-area Home Sizes - 03/18/10 09:48 PM
After 30-40 years on rise, home sizes are the decrease now.
In the 1960's and 1970's, homebuilders constructed entire communities of 3 or 4 bedroom, 2 bath 1,200 square foot homes with a two car attached garages. Those homes housed happy families for decades and had great resale value. Better yet, with a base price of around $15,000 - $20,000, almost anyone could afford a home of their own. How times and prices have changed! The 1990's building boom brought average homes closer to the 3,000 square foot range and prices in the Triangle area (Raleigh-Cary-Wake Forest) soon soared out of … (2 comments)
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Staging Your Raleigh Home for Selling Success - 03/14/10 11:43 AM
Shakespeare said it first, but Realtors® have made it all their own: "all the world's a stage." Staging, the art of preparing a home for sale by decluttering, depersonalizing, cleaning, repainting, rearranging, landscaping, and cosmetically improving a home to make it more saleable, has become the norm. The theory is that when a home is properly staged, it will appeal to the largest number of buyers and sell more quickly and sell for more. While "staging" has always been a normal part of getting a home ready to sell, since the 1990's, staging has become an industry of its own that … (3 comments)
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Can't Afford Your First Home? A Foreclosed Home May Be Your Perfect Answer! - 03/07/10 01:19 PM
In an effort to stabilize existing neighborhoods, the State of North Carolina has stepped up to the plate to offer first-time home buyers an opportunity to purchase a foreclosure property with unprecedented terms.
Administered through North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (NCHTA), the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) can provide a second mortgage of $14,900 at zero percent interest rate. The second mortgage may be forgiven at 20% per year for each full year you own and live in your home. This means that after five years, the second mortgage is wiped clean.
How do you qualify?
• You are a first … (2 comments)
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Mortgage Credit Certificate Can Be the Key to Your New Home! - 03/06/10 09:53 AM
As a first time buyer, your income may have kept you out of today's very affordable housing market. There is great news for you! We can help you purchase the home of your dreams using a Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) from the State of North Carolina.
The MCC will allow you to claim a federal credit of 20% of your annual mortgage interest- up to $2000 EVERY YEAR that you are in your new home for a real dollar savings of nearly $10,000 (in your pocket) over a five year term. What is very helpful is that you can immediately change … (0 comments)
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Call Marti and Have Raleigh, NC at the TIP OF YOUR FINGERS - 03/03/10 10:18 PM
If you're moving to Raleigh, Cary, or Wake Forest , North Carolina, in the Triangle region of North Carolina, you'll be in love by the time you get your suitcases unpacked. If you are buying your first home or upgrading to your area dream home, you already are.
As in any real estate transaction, knowing the Agent you are working with is very important. After all there are thousands of licensed Real Estate Agents in the Triangle, so making your choice of who to list your home with mayor who to buy from may be confusing.
At my company, the … (1 comments)
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Marti Hampton
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