By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: September 20,2011
All three Charlotte-area real estate agents running for 2012 board positions with the North Carolina Association of Realtors were successful in their bids. Cindy Chandler of The Chandler Group was elected to the NCAOR National Association of Realtors director position. Tony Smith of Wanda Smith & Associates was elected the Region 8 vice president. Kent [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: August 22,2011
Three Charlotte real estate agents are running for board positions with the North Carolina Association of Realtors. Tony Smith, a Realtor with Wanda Smith & Associates and a past member of the board of directors of the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association, is running for Region 8 vice president. Two members of the Charlotte Region Commercial Board of [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: June 24,2011
This month, the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association rolled out a new report designed to give more insight into the volume of foreclosures and short sales taking place in the Charlotte area. The report, free to CRRA members and the public, focuses on so-called lender-mediated real estate activity. But while the report helps to shed some [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: May 27,2011
Jim Kluth remembers in the 1980s when real estate agents, hoping to get first dibs on foreclosed properties, would hang around the Mecklenburg County Courthouse and regularly dig through public records looking for new foreclosure filings. Today, such information is more readily available and accessible, thanks to the Internet. But Charlotte-area experts say the glut [...]
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: January 26,2011
Litton Loan Servicing is among the clients of Caudle Law Firm in Charlotte. But since November or so, Caudle has not been able to take any foreclosure properties to sale for Houston-based Litton, said Tiffany Smith, a paralegal for Caudle. Litton, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, collects mortgage payments from homeowners. Late last year the [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: December 23,2010
After nearly a decade of working as a talent agent, Bryan Geers was tired of the Hollywood hustle and bustle and in 2008 moved to Charlotte. In addition to representing producers and directors for cable and network television shows, Geers invested in real estate, mostly in Texas, where he said home prices were stable and [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: October 15,2010
Cheryl Littlefield’s ideal home was pulled right out from under her. Located near Revolution Park just west of Uptown Charlotte, the 1,200-square-foot, three-bedroom brick ranch-style home was just what Littlefield was looking for. And priced at $49,000, the foreclosed home was a bargain. “All it needed was carpet, appliances and some very minor repair work,” said [...]
By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: October 12,2010
As more of the country’s biggest financial institutions and mortgage lenders are pulled into the ongoing controversy involving questionable foreclosure processes, many predict the situation could have a chilling effect on the country’s already battered economy and real estate market. Some, though, say it could have a bright side. Last week, Charlotte-based Bank of America [...]
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