505 Spencer Crest Court offers:

• 3252 Square Feet
• 5 bedrooms, including one on the main level
• 3 full bathrooms, all with tile
• Granite tops in the kitchen and master bath
• Stainless steel appliances, including gas cooktop
• Hardwoods on the main level and the entire staircase
• Excellent bonus room for media
• Large open 2nd level loft for reading nook, school desks, etc.
• Exterior is brick on four sides, with stone and fiber-cement accents
• Low maintenance lot, with reclaimed water irrigation and attractive landscaping
• Wonderful and convenient N Cary location

Access to points of interest is excellent, including Raleigh, NC State University, RDU Airport, NC State Museum of Art, the NC State Fairgrounds, Umstead Park, North Cary Park and Town of Cary Greenways, and Wake County Lake Crabtree Park.

505 Spencer Crest Court is located outside the RDU Air Traffic mandatory notification zones. There may be occassional air traffic, but not at a level that mandates disclosure.

Call me for a showing or more information:

Mike Jaquish, REALTOR®
919.880.2769

Broker Associate, KELLER WILLIAMS® Realty
Cary NC

Link to the RDU site page for Composite Noise Corridor maps.  Click the links under Noise Disclosure. 

The original size of the map is 90 inches x 35 inches.  That allows the RDU Airport Noise folks to give us detail right down to street level, as to what subdivisions may be affected by air traffic noise.

The good folks at Staples Print Center estimated I would pay about $220 for a printed and laminated copy.

And the map extends from the north and west side of Apex to Cary and Morrisville, and well into Durham County and North Raleigh and northern Wake County.

It is the most up to date rendering, having been released in January 2010.

As a bonus, it clears up a lot of mystery regarding the proximity of the 540 freeway project to subdivisions and area features.

Visitors to this site can use my new powerful home search function with more search field options than nearly any other site.

You can search residential, rentals, land, multi-family, and commercial listings. 

Options include too many to list, but school assignments, fenced yards, 1st floor master bedrooms, and lot sizes are among the most desired.

Hal and the guys did a great job of integrating it onto the site, and we will be looking at customizing some of the functions and appearance over time.

And my personal “No-Hassle” Search Guarantee is stronger than ever:

“You don’t register to search for homes on my site until you want to.  Period.”

I like it that way.  Who wants to give up personal information just to have access to widely available free information?

Search your eyes out.  If I can help you further in Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Morrisville, Holly Springs, or somewhere else in or around Wake County,  NC, just touch base with me, and we’ll see what we can do.

And we will do it “No-Hassle” Style!

 the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit offers a significant inducement to home purchase.

The National Association Of Homebuilders is obviously pleased with this stimulus and offers a great deal of information about it on their site:

• The tax credit is for first-time home buyers only and does not have to be repaid.
• The tax credit is equal to 10 percent of the home’s purchase price up to a maximum of $8,000.
• The credit is available for homes purchased on or after January 1, 2009 and before December 1, 2009.
• Single taxpayers with incomes up to $75,000 and married couples with incomes up to $150,000 qualify for the full tax credit.

This is significant.  There is still 100% funding available in certain circumstances for qualified buyers.  I am seeing people get house keys with only a few hundred dollars out of pocket to close, and they can gleefully anticipate an $8,000 check with their tax return next year.

And we still have affordable $80,000 single family homes in Wake County, NC.  They are not the rule, but they certainly exist.  Getting $8,000 back on an $80,000 home would be maximum “bang for the buck” for that first timer.

The $80,000 home pricepoint is elusive in Cary, Apex, and Morrisville, but in Raleigh there are condominiums, townhomes, some detached homes, and in outlying areas there is more inventory.  Wendell, Knightdale, and Zebulon come to mind in Eastern Wake County.   Most any home in that price range will need some repair and updating, but the affordable price point exists.

Buying a fixer-upper home for your first home?  The tax credit will roll in next spring to help offset the money you had to use to repair and redecorate.

Buyers would be well-advised to consult their tax specialist if they have any question about their personal tax situation and qualification for the credit, but it seems to me that the first time buyer credit is designed for wide distribution to function as an economic stimulus.