News Flash: Housing Sales Dropped in July

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The last 12 hours have provided news stories that are dismal and dismal-er in regard to national home sales last month. So as not to  make the rest of the country feel bad about its poor numbers, Greensboro is right there with everyone else. Sheesh. A decline in sales was expected. The Federal Tax Rebate [...]

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How Are Mortgage Payments Calculated?

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The most important element of buying a home – even more than deciding what style, size and school district – is determining how much you can afford. Unless you pay cash (my name is Casey, please call me immediately) you will need to find out how much of a mortgage you qualify for and are [...]

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Jobs in Greensboro: Catepillar

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Well, it’s actually Winston-Salem. But as it’s just down I-40 a ways, jobs in Winston impact Greensboro. The News & Record and other outlets are reporting that Caterpillar will be opening a plant in Winston, bringing hundreds of jobs. This is another “get” for the area, along with HondaJet and an American Express data center [...]

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Greensboro June Housing Sales Up 34% From Last Year

July 29, 2010

Greensboro was recently named a “hot” housing market by Money Magazine. That’s nice and all, but what really matters is how many times pen is put to paper and properties close. By that measure, June was indeed hot for Greensboro real estate. There were 348* closed properties in the nine residential zip codes in Greensboro. [...]

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Money Magazine Says Greensboro’s Hot.

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If they only knew! June was the hottest month we’ve had around here. Of course, Money Magazine is referring to things economical, not climatological. In this case, it seems our city has a hot housing market, and they provide a map of the country with comparisons: This may come as something of a shock to [...]

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Is It More Stressful Buying or Selling a House?

July 26, 2010

I am working with a couple who are looking for a larger home to accommodate their growing family. During a recent showing appointment where we had been to about half a dozen properties looking for a “possible maybe” candidate for their next home, we were making final plans to get their existing home on the [...]

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Greensboro Real Estate Inventory. What’s the Impact?

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While the current supply of listings is not the highest it’s been in Greensboro, it isn’t far from it. And the average list price is nearer the bottom of the range rather than the top. What does all this mean to buyers, sellers and to those interested in their own property values? It means things [...]

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Greensboro Yard Sale Map for July 17, 2010

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One of the nifty feature of our local newspaper, The News & Record, is an online map of yard sales. (There’s also an online map of break-ins, but let’s keep happy thoughts for a minute). Here is a view of it, with thanks to Mike Fuchs at The Bargain Blog. (Click on it to go [...]

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2010 Tax Rates for Guilford County (including Greensboro)

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The new tax rates have been set for Guilford County. You can see them here (PDF). To figure what your tax bill is going to be when it is mailed out later this month, find your municipality – for example, Greensboro – and multiply that total rate (1.3699) by the tax value of your property, [...]

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Nanotechnology and Greensboro

July 6, 2010

Greensboro is becoming a center for words that didn’t exist recently. FIrst it was “aerotropolis“, with HondaJet, TIMCO, FedEx and the like finding homes here. And now it’s “nanoscience”. No, it’s not the study of grandmothers. It’s the study of other tiny things. Greensboro is where two universities – NC A&T and UNC Greensboro – [...]

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