Lake Norman Real Estate - Diane Aurit

  If you want to experience small-town life in North Carolina, attending one of the many spring and summer festivals is not only fun but a great way to learn more about our wonderful communities.   This Saturday, May 16th,  is the annual Race City Festival (Formerly the Lake Norman Festival) in ...

    The recent uptake in home sales, both here in Lake Norman and throughout many parts of the country has led to a flurry of speculation about whether we have hit the bottom of the housing market.  This week the National Association of Realtors came out with some strong "Pending" numbers (homes ...

Whether you are a potential home buyer considering the greater Lake Norman area or a Lake Norman homeowner trying to determine the best time to sell, it has never been more important to be informed in every possible way about our local Lake Norman real estate market. Our Lake Norman housing marke...

  May in Lake Norman is the time to return our focus to our wonderful lake.  While it has been warm enough to go boating  for at least a month,  Memorial Day is the official kick off of our summer boating season.  And it starts with a bang! I took the picture above last year at the Peninsula Yac...

  While you might think that listing a home and getting a good offer is the toughest part of our Lake Norman real estate market these days, in my opinion you would be wrong.  The greatest challenge in most cases right now truly is getting a lender to actally make a loan and close a sale! We all ...

Loaded down with tools, work gloves and safety glasses, at 7:30 am yesterday morning I met up with about 15 other Realtors at a modest home in our community.  After a brief introduction by our site captain about safety and the list of projects we were to complete, everyone put on their gloves an...

  If you are contemplating a move to our Lake Norman area you most likely have gone to the Chamber of Commerce websites and know about our great weather, proximity to Charlotte, the Blue Ridge Mountains and the beaches.  But what is it REALLY like living here?  Here is my list of things that I f...

   One of the most interesting and unique neighborhoods in Lake Norman is the Lake Norman AirPark  where single family homes don't have just a garage for their cars.  Homes have a hanger for their own planes and a runway is part of the community amenities!  This certainly is nirvana for an avid p...

Lake Norman Real Estate's Friday Hot Sheet April 17, 2009   * Data from Charlotte Regional MLS     Above is a chart with today's "Hot Sheet" numbers from the Charlotte Regional Multiple Listing Service for single family homes in the Lake Norman area (13/1 - 13/5).  These numbers represent a snaps...

  Those of you who have been reading my blog for several years already know that I am an AVID collector of Catawba Vally pottery, particularly the potters that follow the same historic traditional methods passed on by the late Burlon Craig.  Of all of the potters that are included in the book "Ca...