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You Told Me More in an Hour...  I've been working the expired listing market pretty heavy the last six months or so, and I've met with many sellers that have been unsuccessful in getting their property sold.  In the Hickory NC real estate market, like most other markets around the United States, ...
03/18/2011
Do North Carolina home sellers have to disclose property defects? This question comes up a lot, both from sellers and buyers.  Sellers may know of a condition that may affect the sale of their house and fear that it will cause problems.  Buyers, especially those that have bought a house and then...
03/16/2011
Continuing my series on the new 2011 REALTOR NC offer to purchase contract, today, we're looking at it from the buyer's perspective.  For full details on the new contract, you can read my post on all the changes in this new form.  For an overview of the seller's perspective, you can my post on th...
03/15/2011
Has any real estate agent here in the Rain heard that one before?  Nobody in our neighborhood is happy with you right now! So, we get through a successful closing (always a good thing in this market!) and we send out our "Just Sold" postcards to the surrounding areas.  Pretty standard stuff. I ge...
03/10/2011
You hired an agent, got your house on the market and waited on the big day when a good offer comes in on your property and you can move on.  Except, that day never came and your listing expired.  What do you do now? Your house not selling is a frustrating, disappointing, upsetting emotional rolle...
02/01/2011
In my last post on the new North Carolina Offer to Purchase form, Big Changes to the NC Offer to Purchase Contract, we went over the biggest changes compared to the old contract.  Of course, if you've never bought or sold any property in NC before, then it's all new anyway.  But, if you have, the...
01/24/2011
In the past couple of years, how many times, as agents, has a buyer said to you, "I'm looking for deal!"  Hey, in the current market, with the national media spewing all the negative they can muster on the housing industry, everybody is looking for a deal now, right? Some buyers looking for a dea...
01/19/2011
As of January 1st, 2011, North Carolina has a completely different REALTOR/NCBAR Association approved offer to purchase and contract.  If you've currently been looking for a home to buy, made offers before or bought houses in the past, be prepared for some BIG changes to the way purchases are han...
01/17/2011
The other day, as I was reading through my RSS reader feeds, I really got a good laugh.  No less than four posts in a row with headlines like "Home Prices remain steady" "Housing values continue to fall" "Home prices are up for the 3rd month in a row" I guess that they wanted to pretty much cover...
01/12/2011
YOU'LL LOVE THE UPGRADES to this all brick 3 bedroom home! Don't let the size fool ya, lots of room here. Features a spacious eat-in kitchen with laundry area, roomy living room and good-sized bedrooms to boot. Great storage in the full basement (with extra laundry hookups!) as well as a playhou...
01/11/2011
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