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For qualified buyers, mortgage rates are near historical lows!06/23/2009 A 30 year fixed rate conforming residential loan is 5.375%and a 15 year is 5%
Market cycles only become clear in retrospect. In the midst of a market slowdown, it´s very difficult to predict when housing prices hit their low points. Timing the market almost never works! Real estate is a cyclical business. What goes up must come down. More importantly, what goes down has always come back up. Home values will most certainly continue their long-standing trend of appreciation over time. Home ownership is best viewed as a long-term investment like the stock market or any other sound investment. Click here for 20 year Historical Appreciation on Homes. Once the market settles or shows any sign of improvement, opportunities start slipping away. Even a 10% drop in home prices is immediately nullified by a mere 1% point increase in interest rates on a 30 year mortgage. Let me assist you in making a well-informed decision. Falling home prices are a great opportunity for a savvy homeowner looking to move up. Even though your home sale price may be lower, the smaller loss at sale can be compensated by greater savings at purchase. Spotting Opportunity in today's market! The number of Americans using the Internet to find real estate is climbing steadily. To help make your online real estate searching more effective, take a look at the 5 Top Blunders of home buying and learn how to avoid the common pitfalls of online real estate searching! The new tax credit in the stimulus bill goes up to $8,000 and is non-repayable (unlike last year's ineffective credit program). It's intended for first time home buyers, but under the program definition you're a first timer as long as you haven't owned or co-owned a house during the previous three years. Click here for more information on 2009 first time Home Buyer Tax Credit.The state of North Carolina has had less than 1% foreclosures, and the Cashiers area has had very few foreclosure properties. Click here for chart showing Top Foreclosure States.A self-directed IRA lets you purchase property with your retirement funds and realize the more predictable, steady growth that real estate has to offer. For more information about purchasing real estate in your IRA click here. 2005-March 2009 Residential Sales Comparisons Highlands-Cashiers Board of Realtors 2005-March 2009 Vacant Land Sales Comparisons Highlands-Cashiers Board of Realtors Click Here for Virtual Tour of the Village of Cashiers Click Here for Virtual Tour of Sapphire Valley Amenities Weather Forecast | Weather Maps | Weather Radar The Cashiers, Highlands and Sapphire Valley plateau is located in the southern crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina, an area of spectacular mountain views, waterfalls, lakes and streams at cool elevations ranging from 3400' to over 4500'. The temperature is approximately 5.80 cooler for every 1,000' increase in elevation. For example, the Cashiers-Highlands-Sapphire Valley plateau is usually about 100 cooler than neighboring communities which are at lower elevations. Check out our beautiful western North Carolina mountain communities: Cashiers Communities, Sapphire Valley Communities, Lake Communities and Country Club Communities. Whether you enjoy hiking in Panthertown Valley or Whiteside Mountain, horseback riding, fishing in Lake Glenville, golfing, tennis, shopping, relaxing near one of the numerous waterfalls, or other activities of interest, you will treasure your time spent in these majestic mountains! When your day of exploring is over, enjoy a great dinner at one of our fine area restaurants.
Market cycles only become clear in retrospect. In the midst of a market slowdown, it´s very difficult to predict when housing prices hit their low points.
Timing the market almost never works! Real estate is a cyclical business. What goes up must come down. More importantly, what goes down has always come back up. Home values will most certainly continue their long-standing trend of appreciation over time. Home ownership is best viewed as a long-term investment like the stock market or any other sound investment. Click here for 20 year Historical Appreciation on Homes. Once the market settles or shows any sign of improvement, opportunities start slipping away. Even a 10% drop in home prices is immediately nullified by a mere 1% point increase in interest rates on a 30 year mortgage. Let me assist you in making a well-informed decision.
The new tax credit in the stimulus bill goes up to $8,000 and is non-repayable (unlike last year's ineffective credit program). It's intended for first time home buyers, but under the program definition you're a first timer as long as you haven't owned or co-owned a house during the previous three years. Click here for more information on 2009 first time Home Buyer Tax Credit.The state of North Carolina has had less than 1% foreclosures, and the Cashiers area has had very few foreclosure properties. Click here for chart showing Top Foreclosure States.A self-directed IRA lets you purchase property with your retirement funds and realize the more predictable, steady growth that real estate has to offer. For more information about purchasing real estate in your IRA click here.
2005-March 2009 Residential Sales Comparisons Highlands-Cashiers Board of Realtors
2005-March 2009 Vacant Land Sales Comparisons Highlands-Cashiers Board of Realtors
Click Here for Virtual Tour of the Village of Cashiers
Click Here for Virtual Tour of Sapphire Valley Amenities
Whether you're looking for a custom home, log cabin, luxury home, vacant land, investment property or condo/townhouse in the Cashiers Area, let me help you find the property of your dreams!On this site you will find information about how to choose a great neighborhood, making an offer, negotiating, financing, mortgage rates, and everything involved in making an informed real estate decision in today´s market.Thanks for visiting my online real estate source. Please bookmark this site for future reference, and ENJOY!
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