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4 Canary Court, Durham NC
Move-in Ready Townhouse! Crown molding, 9′ smooth ceilings, Berber carpet in living/dining room. Kitchen with tile backsplash, hardwood, under cabinet lighting and all appliances. Berber carpet upstairs, vaulted ceiling in Master bedroom. Washer and dryer included! Storage options- finished space under staircase, patio storage room. Great patio for BBQs.

Only 10-15 min. to Duke University and Duke Hospital, UNC Campus and UNC Hospital and Research Triangle Park (RTP). Also convenient to Southpoint Mall and the American Tobacco Trail in Durham.

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2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, townhome for sale in Thaxton Place at Hope Valley Farms! Crown molding, 9′ smooth ceilings, Berber carpet in living/dining room. Kitchen with tile backsplash, hardwood, under cabinet lighting and all appliances. Berber carpet upstairs, vaulted ceiling in Master bedroom. Washer and dryer included! Schools include Hope Valley Elementary, Lowes Grove Middle School and Hillside High School. Residency at Duke Hospital, UNC Hospital, Duke University, American Tobacco Trail, Southpoint Mall.

The Triangle is a wonderful place to live with a stable, diverse economy. These are the primary reasons that Raleigh and the Triangle area show up at the top of all best places to live, work, etc lists.

Merck & Co. has announced it will increase the size of the vaccine production plant to 1,000 employees in the Durham area. This manufacturing facility has grown significantly over the past couple of years.

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There is definitely a buzz around Raleigh.

You can feel it in all aspects of the real estate market these days.

I just saw a great post from DownTown Raleigh Alliance about some additional awards the Raleigh Area has recently won:

#2 Smartest City in North Carolina – American City Business Journals – November 2011

• Cary and Durham also ranked very high
• Chapel Hill received additional recognition for the smartest communities with population less than 99,999.

#4 Best City for Technology Jobs -Forbes.com – November 2011

• Technology jobs outpaced the overall rate of unemployment
• Raleigh rated #4 for this list

#5 Top 10 Metro Areas for Growth Since the Recession – Urban Land Institute - October 2011

• In just 10 percent of the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas, total economic growth exceeded 10 percent since 2007.
• Raleigh North Carolina is #5 on this list

I find this news very encouraging. I am seeing an increase in Buyers and Sellers, and the good news is only helping homeowners on both sides of the transactions in Raleigh.

How about you? Have you seen an increase in activity in your area also?

The real estate news for the Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill area keeps improving. Inman News, a top real estate technology blog, noted Raleigh as the #1 Real Estate Market to Watch in 2012.

Inman noted the end of the year home value appreciation as a top value with the median sales price jumping 7.3% from third quarter 2010 to third quarter 2011.

Also noted in the article was the median sales price for Raleigh-Cary metro was $224,300. This is one of the highest median sales prices around.

I am seeing increased activity with both Buyers and Sellers, and it is a breath of fresh air in the real estate market for certain.

We are very fortunate in Durham, NC to have the world-class DPAC that opened here in the Bull City November 30, 2008. Last year I wrote a blog which stated that in 2010 DPAC reached the top-10 list (number 9) of most attended performance venues in the United States. I wrote that with the schedule that we had for 2011, I was sure that ranking would rise for the upcoming year.

DPAC announced earlier this month that, in fact, the ranking did rise to number 4 in the U.S. for the 2011 attendance statistics accoring to Pollstar, a concert industry magazine. Last year, the most popular performances included "The Lion King" and "Radio City Christmas Spectacular." There were 68 sellout performances for the year.

This year the list of performers are both stellar and diverse: musicians Aretha Franklin, Diana Krall, Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, The Moody Blues, and Elvis Costello will be gracing the stage; comedians Steve Harvey and Lewis Black will be yukking it up; and the plays "Wicked" and "West Side Story" will all be adding drama to the stage this year. The rest of the shows for the upcoming year can be found on their website.

Here is to a very successful 2012, DPAC! Y'all come and see a show, ya' hear.