Thinking of Selling Your Charlotte Home? Here’s a Checklist to Help You Prepare

Home appraisals - How to be sure that yours is accurate

Thinking of Selling Your Charlotte Home? Here’s a Checklist to Help You Prepare I’ve written many times about preparation for Charlotte area home sellers. From the time I worked as a clinician during my nursing training, I was acutely aware that preparation is KEY in life. While my former career is long behind me, I am still a big believer in planning. As they say, ‘those who fail to plan, plan to fail!’We’re not writing case studies to guide you through a life-threatening disease but, we ARE all about planning your move - a life-changing event.  Selling a home is something that … Continue reading...

Popular Steele Creek Community, Ranch + Full Finished Basement!

15000 Kinnegal LaneCharlotte NC 28278MLS #37790104bd, 3ba, 3,205sqft, .28 acresOffered @ $440,000**SOLD** https://youtu.be/O2Fkmc0vkMw Rare RANCH with FULL, FINISHED basement in popular Creekshire Estates. Open flowing plan ft. 2 fireplaces. Master, guest, laundry on main. Gorgeous granite & stainless eat-in kitchen, oversized formal DR & LR w/ gorgeous views of wooded tree save area. Fabulous BASEMENT with huge family room, game room (pool table remains!) wet bar/bev fridge, multiple walk in storage areas (workshop? Office? Craft room?) + 2 oversized bedrooms & full bath, … Continue reading...

Zip Code 28203 Market Report JUN 2021

Zip Code 28203 Market Report JUN 2021 including Dilworth, Wilmore, South End & Sedgefield Included in one of North Carolina’s hottest zip codes (28203), the Dilworth, Wilmore, Sedgefield, South End neighborhoods remain hot with very little inventory.  All price ranges are entertaining multiple Offers if homes are staged well and marketed properly.  Wilmore & Sedgefield continue to be the up-and-coming west side 28203 neighborhoods with lots of new construction and renovation taking place on nearly every street. The location of the 28203 zip code simply … Continue reading...

SouthPark Market Report JUNE 2022

SouthPark Market Report Chalkboard

SouthPark Real Estate Market Report JUNE 2021 SouthPark, that prestigious address that offers, not only wonderful proximity to everything Charlotte but, a lifestyle that is highly desirable. We are 12 minutes from Uptown and 12 minutes from Ballantyne (north and south) and the same distance from Cotswold on the east side and Dilworth on the west side. It really doesn’t get more ‘central’ than that, does it?! The central location in the city may just be the reason that SouthPark is one of the southeast’s largest live/work communities  as well. A variety of housing styles fill the SouthPark … Continue reading...

It’s National Homeownership Month – Here are 10 Reasons to Celebrate

It’s National Homeownership Month - Here are 10 Really Good Reasons to Celebrate National Homeownership Month began as a week-long celebration of homeownership in 1995. In 2002, President George W. Bush proclaimed June as National Homeownership Month saying, “Homeownership is an important part of the American Dream…A home provides shelter and a safe place where families can prosper and children can thrive. For many Americans, their home is an important financial investment, and it can be a source of great personal pride and an important part of community stability.” During an … Continue reading...

Americans Choose Real Estate as the Best Investment [INFOGRAPHIC]

Americans Choose Real Estate as the Best Investment [INFOGRAPHIC] Americans have chosen real estate as the best investment for 8 years running. There’s a reason for that - home equity has risen exponentially with the incredibly low inventory levels. This is even more evidence for sellers to take the plunge and sell during this low supply market. It’s never, in the history of selling real estate, been a better time to sell!For buyers, even with the rising prices, why NOT begin building equity while the market is hot? I recently did a neighborhood sales increase for one in my market and … Continue reading...

THE Most Asked Question in May, 2021 – Should I Buy NOW or Wait?

Should I buy my Charlotte home now or wait

THE Most Asked Question in May, 2021 - Should I Buy NOW or Wait? Quite frankly, we've been being asked this question for well over 2 years. If you consider only the last year of appreciation that the Charlotte Metro area homeowners gained, an 11.6% increase - yes, in ONLY one year - that will tell the story about our hotter-than-hot market! To show you what that looks like in dollars - if you paid $500,000 for your home one year ago today, your home would now be worth $558,000. Note that this is our entire MLS - some areas have realized less appreciation and others, more. If … Continue reading...

Does the Ability to Pay Cash for a Home Purchase Matter During this Strong Sellers Market?

Does the Ability to Pay Cash for a Home Purchase Matter During this Strong Sellers Market? Of course it does! It matters a LOT! We used to proclaim that ‘Cash is KING’ and sellers were all over the cash Offers - even lower than list prices were coveted. Sellers knew that buyers obtaining a mortgage could easily have an issue during the lending process - small or complicated - and the deal was toast. Sellers had to start all over again and then struggled to get anywhere near their list price again. So, cash WAS king!  The market slowly began to stabilize and mortgage requirements … Continue reading...

The Housing Bubble Discussion Again?

Charlotte Housing Market

The Housing Bubble Discussion Again? I can’t tell you how often I am asked when I ‘think this bubble is going to burst.’ The ‘mockingbird media’ tends to believe that we are in the midst of a major bubble and that we are soon to be in a world of hurt! This is not about a ‘bubble,’ this is about simple economics, supply & demand. When asked if today’s high buyer competition and rising home prices are evidence of a housing bubble, Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist at NAR, said “thisis not a bubble. It is simply lack of supply.” Today’s housing market is healthy and rising prices are … Continue reading...

SouthPark Open House CANCELLED This Weekend – SAT 2/27 – 1 – 3PM

SouthPark Open House CANCELLED This Weekend – SAT 2/27 – 1 – 3PM WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE but, our Open House for today, 2/27 from 1-3PM at 2710 Huntingtowne Farms Lane, Charlotte, NC 28210, has been cancelled. With multiple Offers in-hand, the sellers have opted to cancel this event today. This stunning mid-century home is seeking a new owner to continue to care for this house as the current homeowners have. This one-of-a-kind modern home lets you commune with nature at every turn in the house. Large casement windows (and PLENTY of them) bring nature right into your … Continue reading...