Picture this: It’s winter. It’s freezing. You still need to clear the last of the leaves from your lawn, but you’re finding every excuse to stay huddled inside your warm home and out of the cold, biting air. More than ever, you’re wishing your yard work would just do itself. Sound familiar? Maintenance and lawn […]
A Tale of Two Markets The Triangle MLS just released our monthly video (URL) on market conditions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hxxj6w5ORs&feature=youtu.be The video covers the market-at-large. We analyze the Wake County (more than half of sales) and Raleigh market (3x the Cary Market) more closely. And as before( http://blog.raleighhometeam.com/?p=31&preview=true) we concentrate on the resale single-family home market, and define it […]
Many home sellers have considered skipping the real estate agent to save on closing costs, but very few have actually succeeded in seeing those savings. There’s a good reason: the average homeowner doesn’t have the rigorous training and real estate knowledge that a licensed agent does. But just what makes For Sale By Owner (FSBO) […]
From personalizing your living spaces to turning a profit when you sell, there are dozens of reasons why first-time home buyers can’t wait to find a home and make it their own. Though there are plenty of benefits of owning a home, here are the six benefits that stand out from the rest. 1. You […]
As I said in the last post (http://blog.raleighhometeam.com/?p=31&preview=true), we watch the market for single family RESALE homes, and then we distinguish them by their price range – over or under $500,000. Here’s what the market has done in these zip codes: 27607, 27608, and 27609 – the core expensive zips ITB and including the North […]
Email scams are as old as, well, email, but as the years go by, these scams have become more and more sophisticated. Recently, several home buyers have fallen victim to specially targeted email scams that attempt to rob them of their closing costs — sometimes up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. These types of […]
The property tax bill for your home is out – you should have received it already, or you will any day now. But why do we say DON’T pay it? Well, it’s just a gentle reminder and an opportunity to hit the highlights on your property taxes. Do you Escrow? These days, most people escrow […]
Let’s say you have your heart set on buying a home in a community with a swimming pool, a clubhouse, and maybe even a playground or trails. Having access to these amenities often means living in a community with a homeowners association, or HOA. Generally, an HOA is responsible for keeping the neighborhood looking beautiful […]
A quick Google search is all it takes to discover hundreds of new recipes, do-it-yourself projects, and tips about how to stage your home. With so much information available online, especially about the home selling process, many homeowners start to wonder whether it’s faster and more cost-efficient to sell their own homes rather than hiring […]
WHAT’S AN ESCALATOR CLAUSE?? It’s not a way to make sure you get the next ride up! With a red-hot real estate market, multiple offers, calls for “submit your highest and best offer”, and an influx of Buyers moving to the Triangle from other markets, one tactic some […]
