Tag Archives: Lake Norman Foreclosures

What Role Does Shadow Inventory Play in Lake Norman Real Estate?

By Diane Aurit | Published: January 4, 2012

  There was a rather disturbing article in Sunday’s Charlotte Observer:  Housing glut looms behind region’s ‘shadow inventory’.   It is not the whole issue of shadow inventory that is disturbing but rather the tone of the article, starting with the ominous title itself.  Home buyers are already extraordinarily nervous, why add relatively useless fuel to this fire? [...]

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Lake Norman Real Estate: A Real Life Glimpse into Some Lake Norman Foreclosure Transactions

By Diane Aurit | Published: February 9, 2010

    There are myriad sites online dedicated to detailed explanations about foreclosures. This is not going to be another “how to” guide.  Instead, I am going to try to provide you with some insight and examples of  real hurdles encountered during my recent experiences representing Lake Norman buyers through the process of purchasing foreclosures or bank-owned properties (REOs).  In [...]

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Lake Norman Real Estate: Are Foreclosures Driving Our Current Market?

By Diane Aurit | Published: January 29, 2010

We are bombarded by national and regional housing statistics and prognostications in the news practically every day.  Even our Charlotte Regional Real Estate Association provides monthly data by our Charlotte Mulitple Lisitng Service’s defined areas including Lake Norman.  However, none of these resources provide specific numbers that enable us to get a grasp on how big a role [...]

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Lake Norman Real Estate: How YOU can search for “distressed” Lake Norman Homes for Sale

By Diane Aurit | Published: November 20, 2009

    Unfortunately, Short Sales and Foreclosures are where the action is right now in Lake Norman home sales.  Recently, our Charlotte Multiple Listing Service added a new search field for Realtor members which enables us to search for properties that are in “distress”.  However, at this time our MLS is not providing this same [...]

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Lake Norman Real Estate: Foreclosures and Unemployment Rates

By Diane Aurit | Published: September 10, 2009

    In today’s real estate market, both here in the Lake Norman area as well as the entire country, economic data changes daily.  This is especially true of  the number of home foreclosures.  And it is particularly difficult to stay on top of our local numbers as they are not as readily available. That is why I got [...]

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