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INterest rates decline
Home-mortgage rates fell this week, with the average rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages dropping back below 5% as Treasury yields continue to fluctuate, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey.
Recovery in the U.S. housing market has been fragile. Demand for new and used homes, after strengthening in earlier months, dropped in December because of cold weather [...]
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National statistics vrs Keller Williams Pinehurst
I recently read an article from Jeff Bader of the Wall Street Journal in which he pointed out the real estate numbers for 2009. In the article he reported that Existing-home sales plunged in December, dropping lower than expected after three straight increases that were fed by a fat government tax credit.
Home resale’s fell [...]
Tags: 2009 statistics
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Weather in the Sandhills
When thinking about what brings people to the Sandhills you can’t discount the weather. Most people who come here enjoy the many outdoor activities that are available to them. Everyone knows about the great golf courses. Many come here for the wonderful equestrian community, others enjoy the terrain for road biking. Still others appreciate the [...]
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Medical Care
Last week’s I blogged about the CNN’smoney.com article listing the top 25 places to retire in America. Often I read these ” best of” lists and wonder how they determine what makes the list and what qualifiers are used to justify the outcome. What I plan on doing over the next few weeks is to [...]
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Sandhills Retirement
Thinking about retirement? CNN’s money.com has come out with a list of the top 25 cities to retire and Pinehurst is listed at fourth out of 25 nationwide. Now CNN money is not telling us who reside in the “golf capital” of the US anything new, what money left out is the wonderful sister communities of Southern Pines, Whispering Pines, Foxfire Village and Seven Lakes.
Tags: Foxfire, Pinehurst, Retirement, Seven Lakes, Southern Pines