Lake Norman Real Estate - Diane Aurit

    I played tourist yesterday as my Mooresville/Lake Norman Exchange Club hosted the North Carolina District Conference.  As part of our program for our visitors we took them out on The Catawba Queen for a lunch tour of Lake Norman.  We had expected rain but it turned out to be a beautiful day!...

Lake Norman Real Estate Friday Hot Sheet January 23, 2009      Above is a chart with today's "Hot Sheet" numbers from the Charlotte Multiple Listing Services for single family homes in Lake Norman (Area 13). These numbers represent a snapshot of the past TWO weeks of activity. As always, I have p...

   For those of you who don't frequent the charming Lake Norman college town of Davidson, you may not know that we now have THE BEST chocolate in the entire Lake Norman/Charlotte region right in our own back yard! Opened in the new Harris Teeter Shopping Center last August, Davidson Chocolate Co...

  We all know that energy efficiency is a big component of a "green" home.  Properly sealed, moisture protected, and insulated walls help increase comfort, reduce noise and save energy. The keys to an effective wall are: Airtight Construction Moisture Control Complete Insulation Coverage Most pe...

Maybe it's the fact that it is 17 degrees here in Lake Norman this morning, but the thought of going to the 5th Annual  Greater Charlotte Home and Landscape Show  on January 23 - 25 sounds really good! This Home and Landscape show incorporates just about everything I love about real estate and s...

"What are you doing for others?" I got an email/blog post from Seth Godin today that truly made me pause.  I must admit, I always love reading his posts but this one offered some wonderfully creative ways for bloggers like us to participate in this Monday's National Day of Service.  Honestly, I ...

 The 2009 Lake Norman Real Estate Market is going to be dependent upon two major national issues: Consumer Confidence Lenders First and foremost, potential home buyers are going to need to feel confident that they are buying a home at the "right" time.  What will instill confidence?  I think it ...

        I am fascinated by all of the shuffling around going on in my greater Lake Norman/Charlotte real estate firms.  Two of the largest privately owned firms in Charlotte just announced a merger, another mega firm closed three offices in the area and a third closed one large office. Who are th...

One of the most frequent questions I get from home buyers planning a move to the Lake Norman area is "how far is that home from shopping?"  Keeping in mind that for the most part, the closer you are to living on the actual shoreline of Lake Norman the farther you are from most restaurants and sh...

 We are truly being bombarded in the local and national news with stories about the crisis in the US housing market.  With so much information gathered by using a variety of sources of information, it can be difficult to know exactly how this news pertains to our local Lake Norman housing market...