Rates on 30-year mortgages dropped below 6 percent two weeks ago for the first time in more than a month, reflecting aggressive efforts by the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to protect the economy from a serious recession.
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A new study suggests that southwest North Carolina has lost more than 100 acres daily for the past 30 years to urban development.
Here is an interesting heat map of housing trends & activity in North Carolina.
Acquiring a parcel on which to build is as American as it gets, a birthright dating back to the days of land rushes and “Go west, young man!” The practice has clear advantages: Custom building means having total control over every aspect of a house, from the foundation to the flooring to the views.
Home purchasers sometimes get into trouble because they are not clued into the sequence of steps involved in financing their purchase. These are qualification, pre-approval, approval, and lock.
For buyers with good credit and healthy bank accounts, a million dollars buys a lot more home than it did a few years ago.
Read the article from Yahoo Finance or look at homes priced 0ver $1 million in the High Country.
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