RENOVATION REPORT: 2308 Vernon Drive
Eric Layne has always admired houses. He drew them as a child, constructed them while in college, and spent a “ton of time” reading books and taking classes on real […]
Helen Adams marketing Bright’s Creek
Helen Adams Realty has been chosen to market a Blue Ridge Mountain luxury community near Hendersonville that developers are hoping will attract Charlotte area buyers. Bright’s Creek covers 4,700 acres […]
Self-Help helps others, not itself: Durham-based national nonprofit works quietly to revitalize Grier Heights
CHARLOTTE – It takes a lot of self-help – lower-case – to revitalize a neighborhood like Grier Heights with affordable housing, and so far Self-Help – capitalized – has been […]
Charlotte broker/Realtor honored with humanitarian award
CHARLOTTE – Curt Seifart with Helen Adams Realty received the 2013 Humanitarian Award from the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association’s Housing Opportunity Foundation at its annual meeting and awards ceremony at […]
Curt Seifart: He’s a hitcher, he’s a swimmer, he’s a talker, and he’s trimmer. He gets his doughnuts on the run
CHARLOTTE – If you really want to try to label Curt Seifart, haul out the hyphens. He’s a bred-in-Foxcroft old hippie-adventurer-former sports apparel salesman-runner-swimmer-pre-Columbian scholar-man of faith-affordable housing volunteer-residential real […]
Nonprofits lift Elizabeth Heights
GRIER HEIGHTS – Elizabeth Heights, the affordable new neighborhood within this historically black neighborhood that is trying to free itself of a bad rep, is off to a ripsaw-roaring start […]
Unique property on the market at 6100 Monroe Road
The stately and unique residence at 6100 Monroe Road has been on the market for a year now. Originally listed at $1.2 million, the home was just reduced to $750,000.
Signs of a pickup in the luxury-home market
According to a report produced for The Mecklenburg Times by Keller Williams broker Nadine Deason, 10 homes priced at $1 million and higher sold in the Carolina Multiple Listing Services area in April. That's double the number of homes that sold in the same month last year.
Site unseen: Zillow’s data shortcomings create hassles for Charlotte agents
You could say real estate website Zillow drives Charlotte real estate Scott Lindsley a little crazy. Zillow, a Seattle-based database that lists homes for sale and rent and features “Zestimates” […]
Some agents frustrated with CMLS’ policy for reporting home sizes
Since the Carolinas Multiple Listing Service changed its method of describing square footage, Re/Max Metro Realty broker-in-charge Eric Strom says it hasn’t created the headaches some agents predicted. Beginning in […]
Home sellers blamed for sluggish sales
Real estate sales are down in the Charlotte area. So who’s to blame? The downturn in the housing market? The economy? According to some agents and industry watchers, it’s stubborn […]
Charlotte-area real estate agents say customized urls are helping sales
In an effort to keep potential buyers from tuning out, some Charlotte-area real estate agents are encouraging them to log on — to custom street-address-based websites for individual listings. The […]
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