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Wake County Foreclosure Rising to Pre-Crisis Levels

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ContentsWhat is the Shadow Foreclosure Inventory?What are Judicial Foreclosures?What is a Deed of Trust?Why are foreclosures spiking?What can past due … More Wake County Foreclosure Rising to Pre-Crisis Levels →

Market Commentary

Realtors Comment on Raleigh – Cary – Durham Home Sales 2014

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When I was preparing the post – Buying a home in Raleigh is getting tough!  I reached out to some real estate partners that I know and trust and asked them to comment on on the current market condition. The responses were so good that although I couldn’t squeeze them into the original post so I thought I would share them in a  separate post. Continue reading Realtors Comment on Raleigh – Cary – Durham Home Sales 2014 →

How To - Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, Luxury Homes, mortgage loans raleigh nc, Raleigh Property Values

How to Upgrade your Home in Raleigh

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For Houses in Raleigh priced to sell between $550,000 - $599,999 there is 24 month supply of inventory
24 Month Supply of Luxury Homes in Raleigh Priced to sell between $550,000 & $599,999

Because of the current state of our economy many luxury home buyers may have been artificially sidelined.

These would be move up buyers are fearfully waiting for the housing market to bottom.

As with the stock market, it is hard to time the housing market. No one really knows for sure whether the market will go down further or not. In fact even after a recent six month rise in housing prices they have begin to fall again. Continue reading How to Upgrade your Home in Raleigh →

About Raleigh, Affordable Housing, Inflation, Low Down Payment Loans, mortgage loans raleigh nc

Is Renting YOUR American Dream?

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ContentsHas Renting Become the New American Dream?a Lack of Affordable Rental Units Inflation is the intended unstated goal of governmentRelated … More Is Renting YOUR American Dream? →

Affordable Housing, Down Payment Assistance Grants, Low Down Payment Loans, mortgage loans raleigh nc, Tips for Home Buyers, USDA Rural Development Loans

$14 Billion in No Money Down Guaranteed Loans for Rural Homebuyers

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Contents Related articles USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT GUARANTEED RURAL HOUSING NEWS From the National Office in Washington DC June 15, 2011 … More $14 Billion in No Money Down Guaranteed Loans for Rural Homebuyers →

Affordable Housing, Down Payment Assistance Grants, mortgage loans raleigh nc, Tips for Home Buyers, USDA Rural Development Loans

$24 BILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATED FOR GUARANTEED LOANS!

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The USDA is begging for people to borrow their money! The program will be undergoing significant changes in … More $24 BILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATED FOR GUARANTEED LOANS! →

About Raleigh, Down Payment Assistance Grants, Tips for Home Buyers

NC Home Buyer Tax Credit *UPDATE*

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In April I wrote about a bill introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly HB/485 that I dubbed Cash For … More NC Home Buyer Tax Credit *UPDATE* →

Cary, Economic News, Inflation, Tips for Home Buyers

Gold, Guns or Real Estate?

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Today’s historic low real estate prices in Raleigh North Carolina and the surrounding areas along with similarly low rates have made homeownership the best tool or hedge against inflation the average person can use to protect themselves from the imminent rising prices. If you have been waiting for the bottom, this loan officer is going on the record as saying THIS IS IT! Of course we will have no way of knowing that to be true until we look back six months from now and see that I was right, but by then it will be too late and you will have missed the best opportunity to have bought real estate in easily 30 or more years!

Economic News, Raleigh Homes For Sale, Tips for Home Buyers

Markets Moved by Tsunami and Saudi Arabia

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Remember, housing will likely be in a much better position in the second half of the year and at that time rates could be a bit higher. Now’s the time to take advantage of the combination of low rates and affordable housing.