Tag: Area News
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Rose Water, Orange Water, Pomegranate Molasses
Good news for North Raleigh — Neomonde has opened its third location in Harvest Plaza, Six Forks and Strickland Road. No more driving downtown, no more trekking out to Morrisville. Now we have it all, right here! Fresh baked pita bread, speciality Middle Eastern food market, and tasty deli dishes to eat in or take…
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We’re #1
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, IS AMERICA’S #1 BEST CITY! Businessweek.com arrived at this stunning conclusion by looking at “a range of positive metrics around quality of life,” including restaurants, school test scores, and the number of colleges and pro sports teams. “When we began the process we had no idea which cities would come out on…
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Triangle Market Update — Surprise! Good news!
At this point, it feels like news from the housing industry has been mired in gloom and doom for a very long time — but take heart! Here in the Raleigh/Wake County area, at least some indicators are moving in the other direction. Would you believe — Foreclosures are down! Distressed properties accounted for 20%…
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Market News
I was quoted in the News and Observer this week, saying that this market is “brutal for sellers,” which it is. In the same article, Loan Officer Todd Barbour said that buyers won’t buy just because of low housing prices and mortgage interest rates — it takes jobs. I said it takes confidence in the…
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Area News
I have clients relocating from Texas, so I left some maps and relocation magazines at their hotel for them to have when they checked in. As a container for the pile of literature, I put everything into a Trader Joe’s paper grocery bag. (They don’t do plastic.) When I picked my clients up the next…
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Area News
I recently had the good fortune to attend my first performance at the Durham Performing Arts Center — DPAC for short. The play was great and the facility wonderful, but I was even more impressed by the entertainment complex that Durham has created out of the old American Tobacco factory. Besides DPAC, the pedestrian-friendly mall…
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Area News
For the next few months, year-over-year statistics will show dramatic improvement. This is misleading, because a year ago our economy came almost to a standstill. During Fourth Quarter 2008 and First Quarter 2009, the stock market was falling hundreds a points a day, every day, until it reached the low point of half its 14,000…
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Greetings!
I am going to be posting in three categories: Area News, Garden News, Personal News. All my posts will be tagged with one of those categories, so you can use the tags to filter for the posts that interest you. Area News posts will include information about the local real estate market — local to…
ADVENTURES IN REAL ESTATE 