If you are still without a New Year’s Eve plan, head down to Raleigh’s First Night celebration, featuring what is possibly the world’s largest acorn! First Night is an all-day celebration in downtown Raleigh, with events beginning at 2 PM that continues into the evening to ring in the New Year with the acorn drop […]
Archives: December 2012
Post Holiday Getaway?
You have all probably begun the task of taking down the stockings, clearing out the boughs of holly, and sorting through endless toys needing batteries or sweaters one size too small. In the days immediately following the holidays, we tend to feel a sense of exhaustion, as opposed to that relaxed feeling one would get […]
Pending Home Sales Up In November
The pending home sales index rose 1.7% in November to 106.4, which is the highest level since April 2010. The index measures the number of contracts filed to buy homes. If you exclude the months that were bolstered by the homebuyer tax credit, which caused a spike in sales, this is the highest reading since February […]
Congratulations to another of our happy home buyers, that just put a contract on this great home in Wake Forest.
http://tra.mlxtempo.com/DotNet/Pub/EmailView.aspx?r=1895375983&s=TRA&t=TRA With over 20 years of combined experience in residential real estate in the Triangle, Your LuxuryMovers Team’s hard work and dedication has been critical to the growth of their business and catapulted Your LuxuryMovers to the number one sales team for Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston for 3 years in a row! Whether […]
Home Prices Up 4.3% For Year
Home prices have risen 4.3% in the past year, ending in October, according to the S&P Case-Shiller index. Home prices are being driven higher by rising demand, strong investor interest, a shrinking inventory of homes, and fewer foreclosed properties. The existing home inventory fell again in November to a 4.8 month supply according to the […]
Just Listed !!! 222 Glenwood #213
http://tra.mlxtempo.com/DotNet/Pub/EmailView.aspx?r=1668361822&s=TRA&t=TRA With over 20 years of combined experience in residential real estate in the Triangle, Your LuxuryMovers Team’s hard work and dedication has been critical to the growth of their business and catapulted Your LuxuryMovers to the number one sales team for Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston for 3 years in a row! […]
Unemployment Filings Drop
The number of people filing for unemployment has returned to pre-Superstorm Sandy levels; the storm had caused a temporary spike in jobless claims last month due to the massive destruction and disruption caused by Sandy. The storm is likely to depress numbers for November as well, but weekly applications have returned to levels consistent with […]
Christmas Trees In NC!
Here’s some trivia you may not know about our beautiful state: North Carolina is the second largest Christmas tree supplier in the country! That’s right folks, a bulk of the Christmas trees being adorned this month have their roots (ha) in North Carolina. There are over 1,600 growers producing an estimated 50 million Fraser Fir […]
New Job Numbers Far Exceed Expectations
Jobs numbers released this morning far exceeded forecasts, with the U.S. economy generating 146,000 jobs in November. This lowered the jobless rate to 7.7%, a four year low. Economists had expected the unemployment numbers to surge on the heels of Superstorm Sandy and the continuing inability of Washington to come to an agreement about the […]
North Carolina Boys Choir Christmas Concert
The North Carolina Boys Choir, Chamber Choir, Training Choir, and Girls Choir will present their annual Christmas Concert at Duke Chapel on Monday, December 17th at 7:30 PM. The North Carolina Boys Choir has been recognized across the country and around the world as one of the premier Boy Choirs since its inception as The […]