charlotte homes: “Last Call” to Buy Your Charlotte Home?
- 03/12/18 09:32 AM
The question posed in last week’s Realtor.com article was certainly scary enough: “Is It Last Call for Low Mortgage Rates?” If you have been putting off getting ready to buy your next Charlotte home, it could well have been a potent call to action. For the normally staid Realtor, it was an unusually pointed dispatch. The article’s opening line, “All good things come to an end…” is what many Charlotte home loan rate watchers have known to be true enough—yet for years now, when it comes to the financial benefits that accompany low mortgage interest rates, the prospects for losing the resultant … (0 comments)
charlotte homes: “My Charlotte House Will Sell Itself” Can be a Problem
- 01/30/18 08:28 AM
You might think that when your house is in terrific shape, that’s all you need to guarantee a quick, successful sale. Just because it is located in a desirable Charlotte neighborhood on a great street populated with conscientious neighbors—and just because it has most of the features and attributes that today’s buyers seem to want—that it’s a cinch to draw a raft of top-of-market bids from a clamoring flock of eager prospects. It often turns out that the result was not inevitable. The reason is that “My Charlotte house will sell itself” thinking was allowed to take over. Now it is … (0 comments)
charlotte homes: 5 + 5 Winter and Seasonal Notes for Charlotte Households
- 12/12/17 11:46 AM
Over the weekend, at the same time California’s Santa Ana winds were dealing chaos in the west, the premature arrival of winter weather was pounding the other side of the country compliments of Winter Storm Benji. The unprecedented December snowfall started in New Orleans and worked its way all the way up the East Coast to Maine—all of which made last week’s Consumer Reports’ article unusually timely. CR happened to have published a heads-up on ways to cope when winter storms interfere with daily routines. Charlotte winter weather may not regularly trigger Alaskan-level emergency situations, but it’s still a worthwhile reminder … (0 comments)
charlotte homes: Textbook Argument for Selling Your Charlotte Home Now
- 09/05/17 10:20 AM
“Give me one good reason why selling now is better than waiting until next spring,” is a perfectly legitimate request. It’s a challenge to the traditional peak of Charlotte’s selling season. Why should right now, at the start of September, be the right time to sell your Charlotte home? Statistics show that more homes are sold in the spring and summer, that—plus sheer inertia—can be powerful arguments to the contrary. So here’s the “one good reason.” In fact, it could be the best reason. It’s the textbook Economics 101 basic rule about markets and pricing. Simply put, the supply of housing all across the … (0 comments)
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