Category Archives: Home Buyer Tips

Access Charlotte Homes for Sale Info from Your Smartphone!

Imagine spotting the home of your dreams while exploring neighborhoods in Charlotte. Wouldn’t it be great to access the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) information on your smartphone? Here’s another possibility: You’ve found the section of Charlotte that’s got everything you want. Shopping centers, entertainment venues, and your workplace are conveniently nearby. And you have quick…

Getting Real in Charlotte Real Estate

For a while, it looked like Charlotte real estate was missing out on the crazy boom times of areas such as California. Now that the party’s over, we’re glad we missed out! The Charlotte real estate market has long enjoyed steady sales. The crazy volatility in places such as California never showed its face. Of…

Charlotte Real Estate Agents Encouraged by Charlotte Condo Sales

Charlotte real estate, like the rest of the country, has been a little slow lately. While Charlotte, North Carolina, wasn’t hit as hard as some areas by the real estate woes that hit in 2008, it still wasn’t much fun! So this new report from the Charlotte Business Journal that Charlotte real estate investors are “snatching…

Charlotte Home Buyers are Getting Younger

The Good News: As entry level homes become more affordable, entry level Charlotte home buyers are getting younger, resulting in a “massive wealth transfer from today’s older homeowners to tomorrow’s younger homeowners”. According to the Federal Reserve, home prices fell $6.3 trillion dollars – and with the slow rebound in home values expected to stretch…

Charlotte Home Sales

Charlotte home activity in 2010 gave a lot of Charlotte realtors headaches. Charlotte was one of the last areas of the country to be affected by the drop in the price of the average Charlotte home, so unfortunately Charlotte real estate will also take longer to recover than other areas. The good news is that…

Builders Require Buyers to Use Builder’s Lender to Get Incentives and Discounts

Builders often dangle tempting discounts, rebates, closing costs, upgrades and other lures in front of buyers – but only if they agree to use the builder’s own affiliated mortgage lender. In the real estate business, this practice is known as “required use.” And now, the Obama administration is considering a change in the laws that…

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