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Current State of the Raleigh Real Estate Market

Recently, one of my referral sources in California asked about the state of the Raleigh real estate market and commented his client was disappointed he could not find a good deal in Raleigh. This is what I wrote — 
     “Although we are seeing more softening in the Raleigh real estate market, our market is still not at [...]

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May 9, 2008 in Investing in Raleigh Area Real Estate, Raleigh North Carolina Real Estate, Raleigh Real Estate, eMails to Real Estate Investors

March 2008 Raleigh NC Market Trends Report

Little change is expected in Wake County NC real estate sales of existing homes over the next few months, before notably improving during the second half of the year, according to the latest forecast by the National Association of Realtors.  Lawrence Yun, NAR Chief Economist, said the market will come into clearer focus this summer.  “Existing home [...]

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May 2, 2008 in Investing in Raleigh Area Real Estate, Raleigh North Carolina Real Estate, Raleigh North Carolina Real Estate Statistics, Raleigh Real Estate

How Will Foreclosures Affect the Raleigh Real Estate Market?

We have been hearing and reading about it, and those who are the identified experts in such matters, expect it will happen. We will soon be in the middle of a full blown mortgage crisis. This is expected to occur, when some of the monthly payments of the more creative loans have their monthly payments revised, and the [...]

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October 31, 2007 in Raleigh North Carolina Real Estate, Raleigh Real Estate, Real Estate Investing in the Raleigh-Durham Area, Relocating to the Raleigh Durham Area

Holly Springs, NC and Apex, NC “Top 100 Best Towns”

Recently on the list of the “Top 100″ towns on http://www.CNN.com were two of our Wake County, NC towns — Holly Springs, NC (#22) and Apex, NC (#14). Of course, for years we have known the appeal of these areas — close in for convenience, but far enough away from the “big city” to get that [...]

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August 9, 2007 in Raleigh Durham Area "Top Ten" Lists, Raleigh North Carolina Real Estate, Raleigh Real Estate, Southern Wake County

SouthWest Raleigh Real Estate – Olde Towne Neighborhood

Went out to show property in Chasteal Trail yesterday. This is a HomeLife Community located off Barwell Road, off Rock Quarry. A lot of dirt has been moved around at the Olde Towne site. Olde Towne is expected to have 2400 new homes built around a golf course, and shopping and offices. This should give a real [...]

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March 14, 2007 in New Homes and Neighborhoods in Raleigh Area, Raleigh North Carolina Real Estate, Raleigh Real Estate, Real Estate Investing in the Raleigh-Durham Area

Olde Towne Now Under Construction in SouthEast Raleigh

The graders are out there — I saw them myself!! Development of Olde Towne is now underway in SouthEast Raleigh which should give a significant boost to SouthEast Raleigh real estate. Olde Towne is located off
Rock Quarry Road
between
Barwell Road
and
New Hope Road
. The addition of Olde Towne will certainly will also provide additional shopping convenience for [...]

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February 19, 2007 in New Homes and Neighborhoods in Raleigh Area, Raleigh North Carolina Real Estate, Raleigh Real Estate, Real Estate Investing in the Raleigh-Durham Area

Downtown Raleigh Plaza Idea – A Great One!!!

When the City Fathers decided to dig up the Fayetteville Street Mall, and re-open Fayetteville Street (our “Main Street”) to traffic after thirty years, I was very disappointed. I enjoyed walking on the Mall downtown among the fountains and hot dog vendors. However, all is not lost and much to my joy, there is  talk of a new downtown plaza [...]

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February 7, 2007 in Downtown Raleigh Real Estate, Raleigh North Carolina Real Estate, Real Estate Investing in the Raleigh-Durham Area, Recreation and Entertainment in Raleigh NC

Raleigh-Durham area rated “fairly valued” by WSJ

While catching up on my reading over the weekend, I ran across an article in the “Wall Street Journal Sunday” (November 26, 2006), “Home Buying, or Selling, in a Falloff” that displayed a chart of house values — “Over, Under, or About Right” and shows Raleigh-Cary, NC as a “Fairly Valued” location. They list the Raleigh-Cary average real estate price [...]

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January 29, 2007 in Raleigh Durham Area "Top Ten" Lists, Raleigh North Carolina Real Estate, Real Estate Bubble? What Real Estate Bubble?, Real Estate Investing in the Raleigh-Durham Area

Triangle Employment Shows Rate Below that of State and US

Recent statistics released by the NC Employment Security Commission show new jobs in North Carolina continuing to occur in various sectors and report a correlation with population growth in the particular sector. The Triangle jobless rate of 3.8 percent remained unchanged. The Triangle rate was lower than the statewide rate of 4.7 and national rate of [...]

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January 29, 2007 in Raleigh North Carolina Real Estate, Raleigh Real Estate, Real Estate Investing in the Raleigh-Durham Area, Relocating to the Raleigh Durham Area

Hasentree Comes To Life in Northern Wake County

As reported in “Builder & Broker Journal” (Triangle Edition) the “Triangle’s new premier golf community sets standard for luxury living in region” — Hasentree is a neighborhood being developed by Creedmoor Partners, a absolutely incredible development group who has demonstrated many times they have a special and amazing talent for taking a piece of land [...]

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November 7, 2006 in Hasentree (Northern Wake County - Raleigh), New Homes and Neighborhoods in Raleigh Area, Raleigh North Carolina Real Estate, Raleigh Real Estate