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Moving to Raleigh, Cary or the Triangle with Children?

By Linda Craft on November 6th, 2009

This week my real estate office has been very busy with several out of state families who are relocating to our Greater Raleigh area. One of the neat things about having a large real estate team is that we all work together sharing our knowledge and experience to best meet the needs of our clients. When families relocate ... [Continue Reading]

What is up with Raleigh Real Estate?

By Linda Craft on August 24th, 2009

Over the last several months many people have asked me if home sales have been picking up for the Raleigh real estate market. While we have seen an increase in appointments scheduled to view our current inventory of Triangle area homes for sale, we have not seen them turn into equal sales. Home sales around the Raleigh region are still ... [Continue Reading]

Top Raleigh Real Estate Team Shares Their Tried and True Time Savers

By Linda Craft on July 6th, 2009

Linda and her real estate team share their top timesaver tips with you ... [Continue Reading]

Affordable Raleigh Homes

By Linda Craft on June 7th, 2009

Raleigh ranked in top 10 best areas to live and work in the USA. Raleigh real estate is very affordable ... [Continue Reading]

Raleigh Home Mortgage Rates Are Going Up

By Linda Craft on May 29th, 2009

Raleigh home mortgage rates increased three times this week ... [Continue Reading]

Raleigh Real Estate is a Great Investment

By Linda Craft on April 20th, 2009

What were the general principles we all learned in long term investing? Buy low, sell high, diversify, have an emergency savings and remember the long in long-term investing. An artificial bubble was created by removing all barriers to owning a Raleigh home. If you were breathing you could get a Raleigh home mortgage and interest rates were ... [Continue Reading]

Raleigh, NC Ranked #1 on Forbes List

By Linda Craft on April 6th, 2009

Good news for all of us who live and love Raleigh, NC. Forbes.com ranked Raleigh #1 March 25th, 2009, as the best place for business and careers. Durham ranked #3. With wonderful publicity such as this, PLUS UNC and Carolina Hurricanes both in the play offs for championships the Raleigh real estate market is getting a nice media boost. ... [Continue Reading]

Should Buyers Buy in a Buyers Market?

By Linda Craft on March 6th, 2009

Interest rates are below 5%, there is a surplus of housing which gives buyers unbelivable choices, sellers are motivated to sell and are pricing realistically and are still negotiating even lower than list price…Sounds like a fabulous buyers market to me and buyers should buy. Right? But, here it is January 2009 and buyers who ... [Continue Reading]

Safety for Raleigh Home Owners

By Linda Craft on February 26th, 2009

Today I heard that WRAL- Channel 5 -would be featuring a story on the potential danger home owners face when allowing strangers into their home when they are selling it themselves. As Agents we take this matter very seriously. Some of you may remember several years ago when a real estate agent in the Fayetteville ... [Continue Reading]

Raleigh Has A Growing Number of Homes in Foreclosure

By Linda Craft on February 26th, 2009

Every day I watch and the number of new listings, price reductions and failed listing in the Raleigh real estate market. It is very concerning to me as I see our historically safe real estate market falling and our personal equity investment decreasing. Although Raleigh home prices have not fallen to the extent other areas ... [Continue Reading]