4/16/2008 5:54:00 PM
Curb appeal more important than ever
Looking to sell your home. With the amount of competition in todays marketplace there is a more important than ever to make a succesful first impression. That first impression will make the difference between having showings and offers. SOME investors may ...
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4/16/2008 4:24:00 PM
Charlotte among the Top 10 markets for home sellers!
Forbes magazine recently named Charlotte among the top 10 best cities for home sellers. Forbes used a variety of resources to determine how the country’s 40 largest metro areas fared according to four factors- job growth, amount of new construction, ...
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4/7/2008 5:24:00 PM
$15 Billion Housing Relief Plan
The Capitol is abuzz with the news that there is movement on the housing front with a major relief plan moving forward. The major responses considered are 1) Upgrade the FHA Loan limits to new maximums after the current emergency limits expire on December ...
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4/6/2008 8:21:00 PM
Foreclosure
Foreclosure 101 Foreclosures are hitting record numbers across the country. To assist homeowners, FrontDoor.com , a new real estate website powered by HGTV, is offering a foreclosure guide that provides much needed resources to successfully navigate and understand ...
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3/27/2008 10:21:00 AM
Seller financing makes a strong comeback
Remember those days when the interest rates were at such high rates the only way people could qualify for a loan was to get seller financing? They are back.... Well kind of.... Even though interest rates are low that has not stopped the lenders from tightening ...
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3/27/2008 10:09:00 AM
Charlotte is the place to be?
Recent census figures will show that Charlotte has the 6th fastest growing city in the United States. While some city's like Detroit are losing population as fast as the interstates can get them out of town others like Charlotte have seen significant growth. ...
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3/20/2008 4:51:00 PM
Growth, OH MY!
Mecklenburg county was rated as the 10th fastest growing county in the nation and Union was rated as 7th by the census bureau. That may explain why I see more cars on the roads every day
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3/18/2008 6:54:00 PM
Another .75% What are you waiting on?
Even if you are not going to buy a home it may be enough with the total of a 1% rate drop this week to consider re-financing. So What are you waiting on?
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3/17/2008 8:48:00 PM
VA Loans overlooked in Stimulus Bill
The stimulus bill helped Fannie, Freddie and HUD but they overlooked the loan program that originates 11,000 loans a month. Congressmen and Senators admit in the "Rush" to get some economic stimulus VA loans were accidentally overlooked and they ...
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3/13/2008 4:34:00 PM
Is 40 the new 30?
40 year mortgages have a certain attraction to home buyers due to the lower payment from stretching out the payments those extra 120 payments may not save as much as you think. After you add the extra .25 to .375 percent increase in the interest rate causes ...
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