the 4 hottest housing markets on the east coast

For those of us who call Raleigh, Cary and the surrounding communities called the Triangle home we have become  desensitized to the latest list that we find our hometown on which is why I try to avoid sharing the list-du-jour …

Raleigh among the Hottest Real Estate Markets in the US Read more »

Supply of Inventory With only 3.5 months’ supply of inventory (MSI) in January and buyers snapping up the good homes as quickly as they were added to the market, most of the first two months of the year were filled …

Wake County Real Estate Trends Q1 2014 Read more »

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 …

Realtors Comment on Raleigh – Cary – Durham Home Sales 2014 Read more »

In this Google Hangout we discuss the recent changes to the USDA Rural Development Loan Program

Fannie Mae reported this week that in a recent survey of 3,000 Americans, the majority of those surveyed still prefer owning a home than renting. The survey revealed that 2/3s of renters surveyed said that they are hopeful to purchase a home in the future.

The rise in the Employment/Income Fraud Risk Index over the past two years is likely the result of the decline in house prices being outpaced by the decline in the income of working households combined with more stringent underwriting and documentation requirements.

Obama: “Subprime lending immoral, not illegal” http://ow.ly/6PE2P Today the president took a question from a  reporter who asked him why his administration had failed to file suit or enforcement action against corporate leaders for the 2008 financial crisis that ultimately led to numerous bank, insurance, …

Obama: Subprime lending immoral, not illegal Read more »

My husband and I always operated under the premise that each house would be a stepping stone to the next bigger, better home. Our first house was purchased with an ARM loan, and we sold it about a year before the balloon payment was due. This house was never supposed to be our long-term home, but a stepping stone for a few years. We viewed buying and selling a house like trading cars, and it was often easier, in fact, than buying another car.