So you think we have it tough now, take a look at this. This was lifted off the front page of the Charlotte Observer on March 30, 1980. My associate Jackie Stutts bought her first house in closing months in 1980. Considering where the interest rates had been earlier in the year, we were more than thrilled when rates dropped below 12% and we got our first mortgage at the bargain basement rate of 11.75% for a 30 year fixed...

Well that question I hear at least once a day. How is the market? Let’s see, let’s start with the average days on market for February 2010. Out of the 1,397 homes that closed, 46% closed in 121 days or more or 639 homes, 16% closed between 91 and 120 days or 228 homes, 17% closed between 61 and 90 days or 238 homes, 237 homes closed in 31-60 days, and 55 homes in Charlotte, NC closed in less than...

Birth of a Mission

In the summer of 2008, a large group of families and professionals held a meeting to address the strong concern with the limited quality of special education choices currently offered in Charlotte. Each parent told a personal story in heartbreaking detail about how they had tried various educational options for their child, from public school to private special needs school to home school and how each had failed. All said that his/her child just "didn't...