Archive for November, 2008

What’s happening to home prices in Raleigh?

Two popular measures of home prices offer conflicting reports.
One gauge tracks home price increases against rent increases and

Home inventories lower, sales even lower

Are you sick of all the bad news? Lord knows I am. Triangle Business Journal today reported that “The number of existing homes up for sale in the Triangle dropped in October for the first time in more than two years, but the dip in supply couldn

Raleigh – Durham new home starts drop significantly

The fact that housing starts are down means builders and developers are continuing to lower inventories. I love the word balance, it just feels good to say it.
According to a report from the Triangle Business Journal earlier today, “Triangle homebuilders cut new construction in half in the third quarter a sign that the market is [...]

2009 Real Estate Outlook For Raleigh, NC

Raleigh ranks 2nd best to weather recession

NC Treasurer Moore blasts Wachovia sale

The North Carolina pension fund “…has lost more than $100 million on Wachovia Wachovia” and Charlotte’s second largest employer

Changes being considered for “Hope for Homeowners”

The government is trying to fix something that flat out is not working.

Have you gotten your refund check?

From the News & Observer website:
The Internal Revenue Service is looking for taxpayers who are missing more than 279,000 economic stimulus checks totaling about $163 million and more than 104,000 regular refund checks totaling about $103 million that were returned by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors. Search our database to see [...]

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