A busy week for us all – I spent most of my time on the road this week…lots of traveling between Harnett, Sampson and Cumberland but I think I got most of the bases covered. Our office has some ‘good stuff’ closing next week – great new fodder for the appraisers’ files, I hope. Now, if we can get the others Under Contract! That’s where YOU may be able to help – call your friends and remind them the Tax Credit timeline is getting shorter…there’s talk of it being extended but that’s not definite. It IS definite now…why wait? Rates are low, plenty to choose from. Let’s Go!!
We will soon have Northgate Subdivision open – those homes are nearly complete and looking good! Mark your calendars for the weekend of October 3rd and 4th. Our plans are to have them open in the afternoon for viewing – great homes, custom quality by Quest Development, in the $150k price range. If these don’t work for you, come see us about plans…we’ll get something built – choose your own colors! Located on Raleigh Road in Clinton.
One new listing to share …and some price reductions
Reduced $10,000 AND offering $10,000 Bonus to Buyer!!
213 McLamb Road
Coats, NC
$245,900
Reduced $5,000 AND offering $5,000 Bonus to Buyer!!
A reminder of Hopewell UMC Harvest Day - tomorrow, 19 Sept 09, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Come out for BBQ pork and chicken with all the trimmings. Great food, great fellowship! Plates are $7.00 each, Quilt tickets are $1.00. Proceeds are for community and church projects. Come on out to Vann Crossroads Fire Dept, 4641 Church Road Newton Grove…It’s worth the trip!!
My personal updates…Naylor Reid Higgins, my Grandson, will be One Year Old tomorrow. Time flies!! And Robert Ashley, my son, was voted “Best All Around” by classmates for senior superlatives. That’s fun! We joked about it . . . wonder what the teachers would have voted?! Congratulations!
I guess we will always remember exactly what we were doing when we heard the news of this tragic day…eight years ago today. Let us never forget how quickly a life or lifestyle can change! We put our flags out this morning here at the office – God Bless America!
Here at Naylor Realty, we are planning our Tour of Homes for this upcoming Sunday – Eight homes will be open and the weather is going to be nice. Please come by to visit with us at any of these homes – bring your friends that need a home AND your checkbook. Cash works!
We’ve been closing some homes – that’s great news! As I have said before, it’s been much harder than ‘back in the good old days’ but at least they are closing! We’ve all thrown our Daily Planners away. . .it doesn’t seem to matter which day we had a closing scheduled so we have adapted to the Freestyle Method – it closes when it’s Good and Ready! I even had a cash deal that was delayed two weeks…CASH! It was nearly $200k so I tried to be real patient. . . (I know the feeling of my check being a little short although I am positive that I won’t be writing one for $200k!!!)
Some new listings on the market – and a new one last week that has been negotiated today and sounds like is Under Contract. I wish we were that quick on all of them!
A good visit…cordial with a nice group intent on hearing the ins and outs of our political woes. The Senator gave the insider’s twist on economical situations – brief, informative, enlightening. He reminds us of the power of leverage as it relates to the ‘Bridge’ over troubled waters. In this scenario, the Bridge being the Loans made to corporate America, Troubled Waters being the financial times we are in. In his perspective, this Bridge needs to take us to Sustainable Income that maintains itself after we have gotten to the ‘other side’ rather than a bridge that gets us over but in two years, there’s nothing there to keep us going. (Now, in this illustration, please keep in mind that I have put my elementary twist to it and these aren’t necessarily his exact words but you get the gist… )
Senator Burr touched on Consumer Confidence and made the analogy of the confidence level shrinking in relation to the equity you may have in your home. As your property should depreciate, the less likely you are to be spending on non essential items. This is a reasonable response and we are feeling this somewhat in our area; however, what has been a disadvantage in the past of our property values not appreciating as they have in other nearby areas, we now are for the most part, holding our values. I have had more than one fight with an appraiser that wasn’t giving a value that I thought was justified – you see, I work in several other market areas and knowing what other areas do, I wanted Sampson county to get some of that same pie…but now, while some of those areas had farther to fall, we are hanging on. Of course, there are some areas of exception… (oh yeah – maybe I should apologize to all the appraisers I have had fights with??)
And now, I am trying to remember what he was relating to when he said the lady was in the grocery store at Thanksgiving – as she searched in the frozen department for a large turkey, she asked the young man working nearby if the turkeys got any bigger. He replied, “No ma’am. They’re dead.”
With that, I am signing off – Have a Great Weekend!
Senator Richard Burr will appear in Sampson County Friday, April 17, 2009, to address local citizens, community leaders and business owners. Burr will speak about the state of the economy and talk about how agri-businesses will play a role in the recovery of the economy.
There will be a brief Question & Answer session following Burr's address.
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