Dianne Goode's Blog

    Distressed        inventory     Down 37% from June 2015.     Resale inventory     Down 16% from June 2015.     Average sales price     Up 4% from June 2015, to $306,00.  That's the highest   on record and only the 2nd month above $300K.     Average Days on Market     34, down from 38 in June...

Attention sellers:  You may have weeded your flowerbeds, but what about the steps?

Here is a snapshot of the current real estate market for residential real estate in Wake County.    New home inventory    Up 13% over May 2015. Resale inventory  Down 16% from May 2015. Average sales price  Increased 5%, to $304,000 Average Days on Market  38, down from 48 in May 2015. Closed sal...

HALF-ACRE IN MIDTOWN   Overview Maps Photos Features Open House $382,500 Single Family Home Main Features 4 Bedrooms3 BathroomsInterior: 2,224 sqftYear Built: 1970MLS #: 1786581 Location 804 Compton Rd.Raleigh, NC 27609USA Dianne Goode Raleigh Cary Realty(919) 6180652[email protected]/* */http:/...

This happened twice in one month:   Two different paralegals sent important documents  by attaching a pdf  file to the end of a long email chain on a different topic.  So the subject line had nothing to do with the document.  The first time, I was corresponding with a paralegal about what time th...

Here is a snapshot of the current real estate market for residential real estate in Wake County.    New home inventory   Up 19% over April 2015. Resale inventory Down 19% from April 2015. Average sales price  $298,000 overall; for resale homes $279,700 Average Days on Market  42, down from 52 in ...

I don’t usually watch real estate shows on TV but when I’m having my nails done I am a captive audience to whatever is playing, usually HGTV.  Often the show involves massive remodeling.   From start to finish, wham-bam everything gets done in one short episode! Smiles and high-fives all around! ...

How fast is the housing marketing moving right now?On Friday a first-time buyer sent me a list of homes he wanted to see when we went out on Sunday. There were ten properties on his list. I told him ten is too many — eight is the max that stamina and sanity can endure. So he sent me three addess...

    I love these pens so much, I buy them by the box! Here’s why: 1. They write smoothly. 2. The rubbery grip is comfortable. 3. Pink is pretty. 4. Nobody steals them, and nobody forgets to give them back to me. They’re too distinctive.5. These days pretty much all real estate documents are scann...

   I had a good time this morning, “speed-dating” a dozen local builders at the April meeting of the Raleigh Chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors. New home construction has really taken off again after the long pause 2009-2013. It’s hard to keep up with all the new communities out there, so...