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Hey all, I currently live in the Augusta/Aiken area and was considering making a move to the Raleigh/Durham area. Can any realtors chime in and tell me how the market is? I work for a new construction company who has quite a few communities in the area so a transfer is do-able. Also if any other transplants can point out what they love about the area to me that'd be awesome! Thanks in advance.
If you work in new construction, and can transfer up here, I'd say it's pretty ideal. New construction is selling very fast - faster than it can be built currently. Economic growth continues, where folks are moving here and a good % of them are "new home" people. Then you add in what seems to be a plethora of buyers who have no buyer agent, and I assume the on-site folks earn more that way. Nearly a perfect storm.
Thanks for all the replys! That's how the market is here in Augusta is as well, I'm looking to possibly transfer in the next year or so. I will be making some time to visit the area prior to, of course. Any gems I should check out in particular? Also, I'm a 25 year old single male and was trying to get some ideal places to live. I'd imagine 800-850 a month in rent would be my range. Decent areas?
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My condo in Chapel Hill sold within two weeks, and I bought (or rather have under contract) my home in Durham which had been on the market for two weeks as well. So as a buyer and seller, I'd say the area is indeed hot and worthy of you to pursue.
My condo in Chapel Hill sold within two weeks, and I bought (or rather have under contract) my home in Durham which had been on the market for two weeks as well. So as a buyer and seller, I'd say the area is indeed hot and worthy of you to pursue.
That's great. Mimics how my local market is going as well. When I get to the point of finding a place to live, where should I avoid?
I gotta tell ya, when I saw this question posed by the OP, I thought, "Oh boy, their Realtors. They work on commission. They won't encourage somebody to increase the competition for those listings and new buyers."
I'm delighted to see that I am 100% wrong. I've always preached that, as a profession, Realtors get a bad rap (some of my pro-Realtor accolades on the Real Estate boards has convinced other members that I'm a closet Realtor). But this open door welcome mat even took me by surprise. BIG KUDO's to you guys - and I'm willing to bet that the results might have been different on a board for another city.
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