In thinking about the pros and cons of buying vs. renting a home, I decided to do research to substantiate either side of these positions and see how it all turns out. The real estate company Trulia reported recently that in many […]
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Housing News Update Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index rose 2.2% in April. Consumers grew more optimistic about the housing market. Five of six components that measure confidence in buying were up for the month. Forty-nine percent of those that do not
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Let me start by wishing all my readers a healthy and prosperous New Year! To begin the New Year on a positive note in this regard, thought I would provide you with some good news for sellers and reasons sellers should consider
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I read an interesting article about the top Metropolitan areas for residential Investors. According to The real estate investing social network Bigger Pockets recently released annual Real Estate Investment Market Index, it’s about as the saying goes” location, location, location.” Location plays
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My husband, a member of the Neuse Sunrise (Bridgeton) Rotary Club asked me to attend his Rotary meeting on Wednesday, October 26. I said I would and on that Wednesday I went off to the 7:30 a.m. meeting. To make a long
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As your new Real Estate Contributor to “New Bern Now,” I thought a great place to begin is to tell you a bit about myself. My History I moved to New Bern from a town about 50 miles north of New York
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