Mark Ledbetter's (ledbetter) Blog

I encourage all my agents to get out and familiarize themselves with what is on the market.  This knowledge is so powerful whether it is for that home you are viewing or doing market comparisons.  My suggestion is 5-8 homes per week.  Start with in house listings 1st as should know those best in ...

This is just a friendly reminder that we are real estate agents / REALTORS 24/7.   What I mean by that is we don't take a break from our profession to maybe "express a personal opinion" that for the non real estate person / REALTOR may be okay. So when you are out talking with neighbors, friends,...

I am a big beliver in wearing my badge out in public - as Tom Ferry says - "stop being a Secret Agent"!  If you do not tell people what you do or are embarrassed in your profession, then do something else.   There are thousands of us that ARE proud of what we do and we do it well.   Don't ever fo...

Overall it was not too bad in the month of March.   Sales for residential were down slightly (by about 5%).   Average home prices continue to be effected by foreclosures and short sales however we are still strong compared to many areas of the country.   Prudential Lifestyle Realty continues to b...

I was thinking about how everyone works together and need each other in this real estate world of ours.    Whether it is an agent from another company showing our listings, showing our own listings or other companies, we all need to play nice.   It is just a common courtesy to offer construtive f...

This past weekend we ran an article regarding our company and our property management sister company.   As of yesterday, we have generated several real estate leads, numerous property management leads and an HOA inquiry.   The article featured stats from a Prudential survery regarding confidence ...

Having just ran a quick report of real estate sales in Western North Carolina, It appears sales of higher priced homes may be on the rise.  Not only have we seen sales of homes over $1M dollars, the activity of showings is up.   In the past 2 month alone, there were over 650 showings in homes wit...

Very excited to hear that Lifestyle Homes is about to start 7 homes in the next few weeks.  Most builders are at a stand still however customer visits are up and we are selling homes!   I'll keep you posted over the next few weeks as we move along on the construction.   Prudential Lifestyle Realt...

I was pleasantly surprised that home sales where up in our area over the same period last year.  Being up over 5% is a really a "good" thing!   Average sales price was down by 8.2% however that is still good compared to many parts of the country.   Also, over 1/3 of all residential transactions Y...