Should You Lower Your List Price on Your Charlotte Home for Sale? Are you trying to sell your Charlotte home and finding that it is just not selling? In fact, showings have dwindled to a random few? This may be due to a number of reasons beyond your control, such as its location or the fact that the home layout is somewhat unusual. These are issues that you CANNOT CHANGE! If you are struggling to sell your home, there is one factor that you CAN change that may alter your results – the price. Most homeowners are reluctant to lower the price of their home, because it feels somewhat like … Continue reading...
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Nail The Final Walkthrough on Your Charlotte Home Purchase BEFORE Closing
Charlotte Home Buyer Tips | Nail The Final Walkthrough on Your Charlotte Home Purchase BEFORE Closing By the time you get to the final walkthrough on your Charlotte home for sale, the home buying process is almost complete. However, it is still important to pay close attention to this final step, as it will be crucial in the success of your home purchase. The final walkthrough is your last opportunity to ensure that everything in the home is in working order and that there are no potential problems just waiting for you when you take over ownership of the property. While conducting a final … Continue reading...
Homes for Sale in Charlotte NC’s Most Walkable Neighborhoods
Homes for Sale in Charlotte NC's Most Walkable Neighborhoods Charlotte NC residents are divided into 4 very distinct groups - those who love the super-urban lifestyle (Uptown), those who prefer suburbia (typically South Charlotte), the lake-loving souls and of course, the group of homeowners who want nothing more than to park their cars and walk or cycle everywhere! Charlotte is full of walkable communities. Most are located in the inner city historic areas...and then, of course, there's Uptown. With our office being located in the heart of Elizabeth, homes in Charlotte's walkable … Continue reading...
Charlotte Home Sales Up 33%
Charlotte Home Sales Up 33% Charlotte home sales continue to surge as we make our way past one of the typically slower months of the year! As our own Savvy Sarah Martin says, we have seen an increase in the amount of homeowners previously unable to sell their homes, now pulling them from the rental market and listing them. Many are selling in record time - especially within our inner-city neighborhoods. Hot Charlotte NC Neighborhoods in the month of July, 2013 include: Ballantyne Country Club Berewick Beverly Woods Cotswold Country Club Heights Dilworth Highland Creek Madison … Continue reading...
Tips for Charlotte Historic Homeowners and Buyers of Historic Charlotte Homes
Tips for Charlotte Historic Homeowners and Buyers of Historic Charlotte Homes Selling an historic home in Charlotte NC (or anywhere for that matter), definitely requires someone who is familiar with the 'system.' Selling one of Charlotte's coveted landmark historic homes is vastly different than selling a newer home in the area. We provide pointers for not only the sellers of these wonderful properties but, for those who own them and need to understand the steps to take to improve the properties. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission offers great pointers here for those … Continue reading...
Cultivation Meets Foundation | Unintended Consquences
Unintended Consequences - Cultivation Meets Foundation Ahh, the joys of gardening! If you enjoy the serenity of working in your gardens and you’re a landscape enthusiast, take note. All of those carefully cultivated bushes, flowers and landscaping that you (or your landscaper) work so hard to perfect, may have unintended consequences. Not only do plants contain moisture, they also transmit it to the surfaces that they touch. If shrubbery or mulch are too close to the house, they not only block sunlight but, air circulation which causes dampen ing of the exterior and even the crawl space. … Continue reading...
Historic Charlotte Homes
Welcome to Historic Charlotte Homes! Welcome to your resource for buying and selling historic Charlotte homes. From rehabilitation projects to completed restorations, you can count on us to provide the service that you deserve. If you have an historic property to sell, please feel free to phone us for the ‘how-to’s’ that you need for a successful transaction. Historic Charlotte home sales are not your typical resale and having someone knowledgeable in selling them, truly makes a difference in a successful sale. If you share our appreciation for older properties--for their unique style, … Continue reading...
VENDOR OF THE WEEK | Shannon Ackermann, Financial Planning
VENDOR OF THE WEEK | Shannon Ackermann, Financial Planning What we, as real estate professionals, love about our career is the diversity in both the properties that we sell and our clientele. One of my dear clients, Shannon Ackermann Sandlin, of Edward Jones, enjoys the same style of diversity in her career. Shannon is a practicing personal financial advisor--planning and preparing personal finance including management of cash flow, investments, life insurance, education and retirement planning, estate planning and business succession planning for business owners as well. As in real estate, … Continue reading...
Dilworth Charlotte NC – What’s NOT to Love About Dilworth?
Dilworth Charlotte NC - What's NOT to Love About Dilworth? A Little Lesson in Inner-City History In years past, there was serious doubt if several of Charlotte’s inner-city communities could be ‘saved’ from the aging that commonly exists with historic communities throughout the country. Residents used to move to the inner-city communities as young adults, then lived and died there, having done very little to improve the community--being completely satisfied with the ‘status quo.’ My, how times have changed since 1891, the year our coveted Dilworth community was developed! As Charlotte’s … Continue reading...
Charlotte NC Homeowner Tips | Upside Down Mortgage Solutions
Charlotte NC Homeowner Tips | Upside Down Mortgage Solutions Back in 2008 and 2009 in the wake of the last financial crisis, there was a decrease in home values across the United States. Many homeowners who had put down only a little money or those who bought a home in some of the places most affected by the crisis found themselves with an upside down mortgage. This instantly created negative equity situations for millions of homeowners. Upside down mortgages are those that refer to the amount of money that a property owner owes on the loan. If it is more than the property’s current market … Continue reading...