Raleigh Homeowners Struggling With Their Real Estate Investment

By Linda Craft on January 26th, 2009

My phone rings a lot with people who need to sell and have unbearable heartaches in their lives. Divorce, job loss, death, retirement loss, rising cost of living paralyzing cash flow and when you couple that with 2 years of a declining real estate market it has made me more than a REALTOR, I am…

Saving Raleigh Homeowners From Foreclosure

By Linda Craft on January 19th, 2009

One my best real estate days is when I can save a family from loosing their Raleigh home to foreclosure. Don’t get me wrong I love the natural high of negotiating a sale for one of my sellers or finding the right home for a buyer but, the family facing foreclosure is in crisis and…

Raleigh Real Estate is Full of Great Deals

By Linda Craft on January 7th, 2009

As of December 2008 the Raleigh real estate market has an average of 11 months absorption rate for homes in all price ranges. This means it is the absolute best time to buy because there are so many good homes to choose from. Right now Raleigh homes have very motivated sellers including: REO, short sales,…

30% to 50% of all Homes Sold in the US may be in Short Sale or Foreclosure

By Linda Craft on January 4th, 2009

I was at a CDPE Certified Distressed Property Expert conference  recently and the trainer said; “30% to 50% of all homes sold in the US in 2009 will be in short sale or foreclosure. He also said most home owners do not know where to turn for help so they end up in foreclosure because they…