Recently an International real estate buyer client came to visit Raleigh. He was interested in purchasing real estate investment property in our area since he had so many wonderful things about our economy and the quality of life we enjoy in the Triangle area. However, because he has also been reading the newspapers and listening to television reports, and the ”gloom and doom” talk, after […]
Selling real estate in Raleigh is such a pleasure. What a great opportunity I have had over the years to meet relocating families who are looking forward to making the Raleigh and Research Triangle Area their home. And as part of my real estate practice, for the past couple of years I have also had […]
An excerpt from an email to one of my real estate investor clients:
What a great question, and one to which I am always happy to respond, because the answer is so amazing – especially in light of the current National trend in the housing market. As you are certainly aware, one of the best indicators of the health of […]
Based on recent predictions by financial forecaster Global Insight, provided to the US Conference of Mayors, the Raleigh-Cary economic growth is expected to decline by more than 20 percent next year. The Raleigh-Cary real estate market has been more or less sheltered from the national housing slump and has just recently noticed a slow down with more homes on […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pardon my shameless touting, but I find it hard to be humble when I live and work in such an outstanding city! When you couple the opportunities found in Raleigh that have to do with jobs, education and a family friendly environment, it makes a winning combination for relocating your family and for real estate investing. The Raleigh area continues […]
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 […]
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 […]
Today, msn.com published an interesting article comparing rental markets through the US. See entire article –
http://realestate.msn.com/Rentals/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=2744671
The Raleigh residential rental market is steadily improving and fewer landlords are using incentives to attract tenants. We have a steady flow of people moving into our area and many rent until they get acquainted with the Raleigh real estate landscape before […]
