Archive for August 6th, 2008

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August 6th, 2008 categories: Good stuff we find

You know how you just begin to feel overwhelmed? Burned out on keeping your house for sale looking like its the next Architectural Digest feature! Tired of traipsing through house after house looking for “the one”? Weary of closing costs, contracts, upgrades….ever want to just give up?

This video won’t cure those ills but it just might make you stop and breathe. Selling or finding the right home has a way of working out and we love to help…and we listen!

There are only two kinds of people:

1) people who have not yet watched this video
2) people who will never forget it

Had you heard about the Hoyt’s — we’d like to know what do you think?

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You paid what for that house?

August 6th, 2008 categories: Charlotte Real Estate & More, Home Financing

Inflated home values are a big part of the recent mortgage meltdown. The good new is that vast majority of home appraisers are professional and very good at what they do. In a recent AP article in the Charlotte Observer talks about the growing problems in the residential home appraisal area. Here is another recent article from the Charlotte Obsever’s Kenneth Harney about home appraisals  “Appraisers still feel pressure to inflate value of homes“

Bottom line #1 Use common sense “if it looks to good to be true it probably is” and #2 use a good Realtor, Realtors are trained and operate under a strict code of ethics to serve the customers need first! 

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