Real Estate in Chapel Hill, Durham NC and the Surrounding Area

Buying and selling a home can be exciting, emotional, yet sometimes challenging or stressful. When you buy or sell with us, we will do everything in our power to be sure you have a positive experience. My attention to the myriad details and my knowledge gained from nearly 30 years experience along with the assistance of my husband Jim with his professionalism and dedication to our clients makes for a successful real estate transaction.

Experience alone, however, is not everything. Without losing the personal touch, we keep up-to-date technologically - with our website, smart phones with MLS access, texting & email, our voicemail that pages us, our SLR digital camera setup with a wide angle lens, and fully equipped computers.

But, best of all, we like what we do-working with you, our clients, finding and marketing homes, advising and supporting you. We are working for your satisfaction.

Serving Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough. N. Chatham County: Pittsboro. Durham County, Wake County: Raleigh, Cary, Morrrisville, Apex, Holly Springs. Research Triangle Park

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Houses sell quickly if fixed up and priced right!

Stats are now available to demonstrate the importance of getting your house ready to sell and pricing it properly! Wouldn’t you prefer to sell in 49 days vs. 115 days? And get 96% of your listed price rather than 85%? The Triangle area of North Carolina's statistical expert, Stacy Anfindson of the TARR Report shows the importance of pricing and condition to sell in this market. You can forget about the concept that the buyers can choose what they like! Buyers can’t visualize the end product and will discount heavily what has to be done! Here is what you need to do to put the money in your pocket.

Statistics are now available in the Triangle area in North Carolina to demonstrate what we real estate professionals have been preaching to sellers forever! Price and condition! Houses that show well and are priced well show a big statistical advantage over other houses. It affects Days on Market (DOM) and % of listing price. And, yes, if the condition is good and the price is fair, you can even find multiple offers on your house! This Spring I was involved in FOUR multiple offers! And we sold one of our listings in the FIRST week! Those were in great condition and properly priced. Price range does have something to do with that – first time buyer properties have many more prospects than do the higher priced homes. How much of a difference does pricing/condition make? There are actual statistics that show this...

How is the Triangle area of North Carolina doing with home sales? It’s not as bad as the average person thinks from what they hear on the news. According to our local real estate statistical guru, Stacy Anfindson of the TARR Report®, four counties in the Triangle (Chatham, Durham, Orange and Wake) are still showing appreciation in sales prices from a property’s prior sale, (“the average percent per year change when comparing either the two most recent sales price of the same house, or the list price/most recent sales price of the same house.” - Anfindson Spring 2009). These statistics are as of the end of the first quarter 2009.