Rest in peace, New York City Police Officers Liu and Ramos. My blog exists to talk about real estate topics and I virtually never venture into political commentary (unless it's impacting real estate issues). But I have been in a state of shock since hearing late on Saturday night about the assass
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12/21/2014
Winter 2014/2015 Home Buyer's Guide Thinking about buying a home in the Charlotte, NC metro area this winter? Before you begin to shop in earnest, check out our Winter 2014/15 Buyers's Guide edition of "Things To Consider When Buying A Home." The Winter 2014/15 Buyer's Guide edition of "Things
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12/20/2014
Thinking about selling a home in the Charlotte, NC metro area this winter? Before you put your house on the market, check out our Winter 2014/15 Seller's Guide edition of "Things To Consider When Selling A Home." The Winter 2014/15 Seller's Guide edition of "Things To Consider When Selling A Ho
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12/20/2014
It's the proverbial battle of the sexes--who manages their debt and credit better? Men or women? From Keeping Current Matters and Experian comes the following infographic comparing how men manage their credit/debt versus women. A quick look at the numbers indicates that the differences are not
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12/18/2014
Here are two more great reasons to buy a home and not rent, as a follow-up to my December 15th post about how home ownership is the best path to building your wealth. The following infographics from Keeping Current Matters tell the story and clearly illustrate why a picture often is better than
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12/17/2014
Chocolate Covered Anything Day is today, December 16th! Chocoholics and all of you who believe (as I do) that chocolate should be its own food group, rejoice and indulge! Chocolate Covered Anything Day is a chocolate lover's dream! Today is certainly the day to get creative and pour, spread, driz
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12/15/2014
Happy Hanukkah to all of our Jewish friends, business partners and colleagues from Carolinas Realty Partners in Charlotte, North Carolina. As the Festival of Lights begins tonight, may the lights of Hannukah make your holiday season bright with happiness and rich memories. May tonight's celebrati
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12/15/2014
It's official! The best way to build wealth in Charlotte, NC (or most anywhere, for that matter) is through home ownership! Did you know that the average home owner has a net worth that is 36 TIMES GREATER than that of someone who rents? Rents have increased dramatically since 1988 (see chart) a
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12/15/2014
The November 2014 National Housing Report from RE/MAX International, based on October 2014 housing data in 53 US markets, has been released. 34 of the 53 metro markets surveyed by RE/MAX reported increased sales in October and 44 of the markets reported higher sale prices. Clearly, real estate is
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12/14/2014
November 2014 showed a solid performance in home sales in the Indian Land, South Carolina area of the Charlotte metro region. The average sale price of Indian Land area homes increased by 6.7% to just over $265,000, while days on market for property listings dropped to 66 days, a 15.4% improvemen
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12/14/2014
