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Forsyth County Home Sales Up for 2010

August 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Housing Market, Real Estate Market Statistics, Statistics, Winston Salem

The national housing market continues to be sluggish, however our area has outpaced the state and national numbers. Home sales are up in Forsyth County over 17% from June 2009. 563 homes sold in June, 2009 according to our local real estate board, the Winston Salem Regional Association of Realtors (statistics provided by [...]

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Existing Home Sales Up 29.2% in March

May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Housing Market, Listings, Real Estate Market Statistics, Winston Salem, Winston Salem Real Estate

The housing market in Forsyth County is picking up. March sales of existing homes were up 29.2% in March from March, 2009. There were 403 homes sold in Forsyth County in March, 2010 versus 312 during March of ’09 according to stats from the Winston-Salem Regional Association of Realtors®. Home sales were [...]

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Don’t Miss Out On The HOME BUYER TAX CREDIT!!

April 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Home Buyer Tax Credit, Housing Market

If you haven’t bought a home during this Home Buyer Tax Credit period, your time is running out. To qualify for the credit you must have a home under contract by April 30th. That’s just over 3 weeks away. You then have until June 30th to “close”. There have been many changes in the mortgage [...]

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Recession Ends in NC in 2010 According to Economist

March 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Housing Market, North Carolina, Real Estate, Winston Salem Real Estate

A University of North Carolina at Charlotte economist forecasts that the recession will end in NC during 2010.  Economist, John Connaughton, is a professor at the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte.  He says that 7 of 11 economic sectors are set to rise this year in NC.  Real Estate is one of the [...]

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Winston Salem Housing Market Slowly Rebounding

February 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Housing Market, North Carolina, Real Estate Market Statistics

the local real estate market in Forsyth County is making some progress. Home sales were down in December from November, but they were up 5% from December of last year.

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FHA Changes – Insurance Premium to Increase 30%

January 20th, 2010 · No Comments · FHA, Housing Market, Mortgage Market News, Real Estate Agents, Realtors

Today, the WALL STREET JOURNAL published an article with recently announced FHA changes. The highlights of the changes are buyers’ FHA insurance premium will increase from 1.75% to 2.25%; seller’s can contribute less money towards closing costs to help buyers; and buyers with credit scores below 580 will be required to make a 10% [...]

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Federal Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension and Expansion Details

December 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Home Buyer Tax Credit, Housing Market, Mortgage Market News, Real Estate Agents, Realtors

Many home buyers have questions regarding the latest home buyer tax credit extension enacted in November, 2009. Local Winston Salem Loan Officer, Bob Church, of Bank of America has outlined the details of the newest homebuyer tax credit. Please give Bob a call if you are in need of financing or refinancing your home. His contact details are on the flyer below.

If you are a first time home buyer (homebuyer) in the Winston-Salem (Piedmont Triad) area, you can learn more about buying your first home by clicking the previous link. If you are looking for a trustworthy Realtor, give me a call at (336)462-9544 or on my cell at (336) 287-4423.

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Is Now The Right Time To Sell My Home?

November 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Clemmons, Exit Realty, Home Buyer Tax Credit, Housing Market, Lewisville, North Carolina, Real Estate, Real Estate Agents, Realtors, Winston Salem

Unless you’ve had your head in the sand for the last year, you realize that the real estate market has been down.  Our area has not been hit like other areas of the country, but it has been affected none the less.  The first time home buyer’s tax credit has increased the number of homes [...]

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Senate Negotiators Reach Agreement to Extend First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit – Expansion Considered

November 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Home Buyer Tax Credit, Housing Market, Real Estate

First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit $8000

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