HUD Case Number 381-915588

Only $265,000. HUD Home: 307 Swordgate Drive

307 Swordgate Drive in Cary is a cute 5 bedroom home with great potential, and priced at only 265,000, in MacArthur Park.

See 307 Swordgate Drive listing on my No Hassle Property Search.

This HUD-Owned Home offers:

• 2776 Square Feet
• 5 bedrooms with a vaulted master suite.
• 2.5 baths
• Only 16 years old, built in 1995.
• Family room, Office/den, and living room.
• Large sunny kitchen with smooth-top stove
• Great deck in a lovely and private, fenced back yard.
• Natural Gas heat
• 2 car garage.
• Easy care vinyl siding
• Convenient location with Daveis Drive/Davis Drive/Green Hope School Assignments.
• Great Town of Cary services.

Bright Sunny Kitchen

Master Bath has separate tub and shower, and dual vanities

Private back yard and large deck

HUD Requires you to use a HUD-Registered agent to write and present your offer. I am a HUD-Registered agent and can serve you as your Buyer’s Agent and write your offer.

Call me to arrange your personal showing of this great opportunity in Cary.

Mike Jaquish, REALTOR^®

919.880.2769

http://caryrealestatesales.com/

Broker Associate

KELLER WILLIAMS_® Realty Cary NC

I have a client telling me that the Fed is working against home sales by artificially holding interest rates down.  That people feel like they have at least two more years to watch housing, at least until mid-2013, which is the current apparent horizon of low interest rate projections from the Fed.

He says (actually, it was his very intelligent wife whom he quoted with full admiration and attribution), “Why feel urgency to borrow now, when we are clearly told that rates are going nowhere, and prices are feeble.”

Hard to argue with.  So, the Fed has drained urgency out of the housing market; the National Association of REALTORS® and REALTOR® members support that effort, and then in a disconnect, they work themselves into a lather with educational sessions and programs and seminars to learn how to “Create Buyer Urgency!”  Well, I have been hearing for 5 years that rates are going to go up.  And the Fed tells me I will likely hear it for a couple more years, as we witness ongoing record low mortgage rates.

And I am supposed to look like a goon and twist arms to “Create Buyer Urgency” because rates will go up?
Nope.  Not me.  If you are ready to buy a house, give me a call.  If not, think your way through it, and I will be around when you ARE ready.  No pressure.  No hassle.

Maybe instead of another silly 1st time buyers boondoggle, the Fed should just give us a road map plotting how and when rates will escalate.  It just might shake some money loose and get it into circulation.

“The FOMC left its benchmark interest rate in a range of zero to 0.25 percent, where it’s been since December 2008 and reiterated language from its August meeting that the rate is likely to stay very low through at least mid-2013.”

From Bloomberg By Scott Lanman and Craig Torres – Oct 13, 2011 12:00 AM ET

Only $151,000.  HUD Home:  208 Doves Haven Drive
HUD Case #381-831416

208 Doves Haven Drive in Apex is a cute 3 or 4 bedroom affordable home with great potential, and priced at only $151,000, in Sunset Hills.

See 208 Doves Haven Drive listing on my No Hassle Property Search.

This HUD-Owned Home offers:

• 1733 Square Feet
• 3 bedrooms, and the sitting area in the master suite could be a 4th bedroom.
• 2.5 baths
• Only 9 years old, built in 2002.
• Soaring vaulted ceiling in the living room.
• Large sunny kitchen with gas stove
• Great screen porch in a private, fenced back yard.
• Natural Gas heat
• 2 car garage.
• Easy care vinyl siding
• Convenient location on a quiet street near the community pool.
• City water and sewer services.

Bright Sunny Kitchen

Master Bath has separate tub and shower, and dual vanities

 Private back yard and sunny screen porch

HUD Requires you to use a HUD-Registered agent to write and present your offer.  I am a HUD-Registered agent and can serve you as your Buyer's Agent and write your offer.

Call me to arrange your showing of this great opportunity in Apex.

Mike Jaquish, REALTOR^®

919.880.2769

http://caryrealestatesales.com/

Broker Associate

KELLER WILLIAMS_® Realty Cary NC

505 Spencer Crest Court is a lovely home, nearly new, in Bexley at Weston, in north Cary.

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

Selling Your Home?  De-Clutter Your Attic!

Many home sellers in Cary have embraced some degree of staging their home for sale.  Listing agents are seeing more interest in home staging, de-cluttering, and generally making the home show better.
And then we get to the attic, basement, or garage.  Those areas are all too often overlooked in the staging process.  Large spaces show well when they are open, and the home buyer and their buyers agent are impressed with spaciousness in storage.

My advice?  De-Clutter the auxiliary spaces and storage areas for better showings!

Settlement vs. Closing in Cary NC Real Estate

Folks buying or selling a home in Cary need to plan well for activities around Settlement and Closing. And they should be able to expect some guidance from their Listing Agent and Buyers Agent.

And, many home buyers in Cary do not know the difference between Settlement and Closing in a North Carolina Real Estate transaction.  When using the NC Association of REALTORS® Standard Offer to Purchase and Contract, the two terms have significantly different meanings.  "Settlement" is the signing of documents related to conveyance of the property.  "Closing" is when the Closing Attorney actually records the Deed at the Wake County Courthouse.  Buyers are still Buyers until the Deed is recorded.  After Recording, i.e., "Closing," Buyers become "Owners."

Expired Triangle MLS Listing?

If you have ever had a home on the market, with a Triangle MLS Listing that expired before you were able to sell your home, you probably experienced an onslaught of REALTOR® traffic, with a wide variety of professionals telling you they had the answers to your problems.

Me?  I don't call folks whose listings have Expired or been Withdrawn.  I figure they are deflated enough.  Yet, I have had some success selling homes after others were not able to.  Some times it is just because my photos are better than a lot out there, or because I do a better MLS presentation, along with some more aggressive internet marketing.  Sometimes it is because I tend to keep an eye on my vacant listings and primp them a little so they show well.

Whatever.  I'll keep doing what I do:  Servicing clients' needs.
And I will keep not being a nuisance to people who are on the Do Not Call list, or who are besieged by hopeful potential listing agents.

But, if I can help…

Expired Listings are painful for Home Sellers and difficult for Listing agents.
I empathize with folks who have been unable to sell their property during the listing period.
And I can help many of them, which doesn’t mean I am going to stalk them…

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This mortgage calculator, from the good folks at CalcMoolator can be a big help to you in planning your finances, and knowing what it will take to buy that Cary home.
As a Buyers Agent, I see many real estate buyers who haven’t yet talked to a lender, and have no idea how affordable their home payment may be. Please note, your Wake County Property Tax and Homeowners’ Insurance premium included in the total estimated mortgage payment will vary depending on your property value and which Wake County town you are in.
Also, I expect to offer several more specialized real estate calculators on this page, so check back to see what’s new.

One to Buy, Two to Sell  

Often conversation with homesellers can become awkward when the topic of marriage arises, as in, "Have you been married at any time while you  have owned this home?"

When I am talking to ONE Seller, things can become quickly complicated when they say something like, "Yes, but we are separated/divorced."  Or, "I owned the house before we were married, and he/she didn't help pay for it.  He/she has nothing to say about the sale."

Well….  It depends.  In North Carolina, we are a "One to buy, Two to sell," meaning that a long-lost spouse or ex-spouse may have a financial interest in the property.
Horror stories of shock and surprise abound…..

One of the responsibilities of a Listing agent is to attempt within reason to ensure that the Seller can actually legally SELL the property.  No one wants to list a home for sale, and find that there is another Seller who is not on the listing agreement, and then have an irate Buyer and Buyers Agent.
And, it is important to note, I am not an attorney, and cannot offer legal advice.  But, often it is necessary to access a legal opinion as to who must approve the sale.  I have spoken with divorce attorneys, and have received "Free Trader" agreement copies, and either way has put my mind at ease that I can market a property with confidence that it can be conveyed.
And sometimes, the former spouses have to bury the hatchet long enough to consummate a real estate transaction.  That process can be unnerving to all involved.

The topic seemed worthy of a 60 Seconds in Real Estate vlog: