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Just in Time for Thanksgiving - Save Money At The New Grocery Outlet in Murphy, North Carolina

11-20-09

Kate Wheeler CCIM Murphy NC Real Estate for Sale

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There's a great new option for grocery shopping in Murphy, North Carolina.

United Grocery Outlet has just opened its newly expanded store in the shopping center on Andrews Road in Murphy. The new store is double the size of the former location on Hwy 64. With a wide, well-lit produce aisle and large upright freezer cases, the new location gives shoppers more choices while keeping the low prices that they are known for.

There's a welcome addition in this new larger location - a full meat department with butchers who will cut your steaks any size you want.

During opening week the store had a full page ad in the Cherokee Scout, advertising specials like boneless skinless chicken breast for $1.49/lb. and a whole boneless New York strip cut to your order for $3.99/lb. I stopped in for a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread and walked out with $168 worth of meat, produce and even a couple of very nice $2 picture frames in my cart.

The aisles were crowded with shoppers taking advantage of the bargains opening week. But just like at the former location, the policy is "what you see is what you get."

Don't go there with a specific list in your pocket or you're bound to be disappointed. The store only carries closeouts, bulk purchases and items close to the expiration date. So if you make it your first stop, you can load up on the specials and fill out your shopping list at one of the other grocery stores in town.

One last plus - the store now carries beer and even a selection of wines.

With all the holiday meals and entertaining just around the corner, the new Grocery Outlet is like an early gift to Murphy shoppers from Santa.

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Looking for a home for Christmas - Animal Rescue in Brevard, NC

11-20-09

Carol Clay, Broker/REALTOR Brevard NC Real Estate Specialist

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My name is Charlie! Charlie
Charlie is a boxer/lab mix, approximately 8 months old. Right now he's about 35 pounds of pure love and affection. He's neutered and up to date on his shots. We're working on learning how to walk on leash, but he is very good at sitting, and playing with his squeaky ball. He loves attention and being with people.

But what he really wants for Christmas is his own family.

Charlie is just one of many dogs in the Brevard, NC area who have been rescued as strays and deserve to be adopted into a warm loving home they can call their own. Even if you don't live in the Brevard, NC area you can help Charlie by sharing his story with as many people as possible by re-posting this blog, forwarding it to friends and family, or letting one of your local rescue groups know that he is available. Transportation out of state is possible!

If you are interested in giving Charlie a home, or if you'd like more information,

please contact me at carolclay@kw.com,

or at 828-551-6290.

Thank you in advance!

Carol

Charlie

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Boone Cabin Rentals NC-Mast General Store

11-20-09

Linda Lohman Cary NC Real Estate Broker

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Boone Cabin Rentals NC - Mast General Store

When staying in a Boone cabin rentals NC a must on my agenda is the Mast General Store. When I visit Boone or Blowing Rock from my home in Cary NC I always stay at Serenity Falls Rental Cabin one of the many Boone cabin rentals NC. The hardest part is deciding what to do when we go to "town". Town of course being Boone.

The Mast General Store is always on the top of our list. Established in 1883, it's like walking back in time entering the doors of an authentic General Store. My kids first run to the barrels of loose "penny" candy. (Of course, now its $5.95 a pound) Candy I remember from my youth.

Let's see if you remember:

candy dots on strips of paper?
wax bottles filled with "sugary syrup"?
Zots?
Razzle Dazzles?
candy cigarettes (yes, even in 2009!)

The list goes on....

Mast General Store also offers a variety of housewares, outdoor travel gear, clothing, mountain gifts, and Appalachian State items.

Whether your spending the weekend visiting App State, skiing, enjoying Ladies Weekend Boone cabin rentals NC and the Mast General Store should be tops on your list. Visiting Cary NC look me up for a tour.

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Boone Cabin Rentals NC - Mast General Store was first published on Cary Real Estate Blogger.com- A blog by Linda Lohman

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This news just came from one of our lenders 11/20/2009 - Buyers please take note.

11-20-09

Brad & Angela Lawrence - Realtors/Owners - Greensboro - Winston Salem -High Point

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Nationally, housing starts came in lower than expected and banks are maintaining the current pace at which they put foreclosures on the market. Both of these have the effect of keeping inventories in line and home prices stable.

The Consumer Price Index came in at an annual rate of 3.6% and , at its current pace, the Fed will run out of money to buy mortgages next March. Both of these have the effect of pushing rates up.

What does this all mean? Housing prices will not go down and rates will go up, by the end of March, 2010. Folks, it's not rocket science.

Yes unemployment is high, but it's a lagging indicator. It will continue to go up even as the economy improves, and won't come back down significantly until 2011. But if buyers pay attention to the doom and gloom, they will miss out on the MOST affordable housing they will see in their LIFETIME.

This week, rates ranged from 4.75 - 5.0% depending on program, credit and points.

The above was provided by..........
LuAnn Davis
Sr. Loan Officer
WR Starkey Mortgage
Greensboro, NC 27401
Cell: 336.253.7220
eMail: ldavis@wrstarkey.com
Website: www.davisteamlending.com

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Middle-Market Sector to Improve

11-20-09

Kathy Byrnes

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Check out this article from the REALTOR Magazine:

Executives from some of the largest brokerages in the country expect to see their sales grow 6-8 percent in 2010 and home prices to start heading up about 3 percent, REALTORS® heard in a state of the real estate industry discussion Saturday at the 2009 NAR Conference & Expo.

J. Lennox Scott, chairman and CEO of John L. Scott Real Estate, said expansion of the tax credit to include repeat buyers will help boost middle-market sales next year, although mortgage financing above the $417,000 non-jumbo conforming loan limit will remain a challenge. "The repeat tax credit will at least start a conversation about buying" among existing home owners, Scott said.

Congress recently extended temporary high-cost loan limits of $729,750 for 2010, but the lion's share of markets don't qualify for those so-called jumbo-conforming loans. As a result, repeat buyers face tougher underwriting challenges. "People applying for a $419,000 mortgage are not wealthy-they're two teachers," said Helen Hanna Casey, president of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, which operates in Pennsylvania, New York, and other states in that region.

The improvement in the middle market will help tighten inventories, helping to shore up prices, but the upper-end market will continue to under perform until companies start hiring again. That's when the industry will see more relocation business among transferees, a critical component of the upper-end market, said Scott.

Merle Whitehead, president and CEO of RealtyUSA said a key job of brokers next year is making sure their sales associates understand FHA, because federally-backed mortgages will remain the principal provider of mortgage financing for most borrowers. Too many sales associates still think of FHA as financing for people who can't qualify for conventional mortgages, but in fact FHA is the main source of mortgage capital today. "We have to change the thoughts and beliefs of our agents," he said.

-Robert Freedman, REALTOR® magazine

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