Homes Fort Mill SC

I meet with Liz Ciardi,  Home Mortgage Consultant with Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, this past week . She past on timely information about the Home Buyer Tax Credit that expires in April. The following is a summary of the Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Tax Credit information brochure:

Seize This Opportunity

Little time remains for you to take advantage of the Federal Home Buyer Tax Credit. Along with high affordability and low mortgage rates, tax incentives make now a great time for first-time and repeat buyers to purchase real estate. It also presents a good opportunity for sellers. Now is the time to make sure your home appeals to motivated buyers. (more…)

I thought it might be interesting to recap some of this weeks headlines from national and local news sources to see what the news media mood is related to real estate and the economy. Here is a recap of this week’s real estate headlines:

• Mortgage rates stay below 5%
• Charlotte-area home sales pick up in February (up 3.6%)
• Clear Springs back to development Mixed-use project one of rare starts across the region at Springfield Town Center in Fort Mill

(Charlotte Business Journal) (more…)

Fort Mill Real Estate – Fort Mill Townhouse For Lease

• Listing # 1066563
• Price: $1,200 (lease/rent)
• Address 961 Copperstone Lane Fort Mill, SC 29708
• Bedrooms: 3
• Bathrooms: 2.5
• Square Ft.: 1383
• Schools: Riverview Elementary, Gold Hill, Ft Mill High
• Subdivision: Fieldstone – FTM

Immaculate townhouse with upgraded kitchen that has all the bells and whistles! Open and bright great room. Fenced patio with gate that leads to wooded area. Pets ok with $200 deposit. (more…)

Fort Mill Real Estate | Fort Mill Townhouse For Sale

• Listing # 1065855
• Price: $97,500
• Address: 733 Shellstone Pl.Fort Mill, SC 29708
• Bedrooms: 2
• Bathrooms:1.5
• Square Ft.:1025County Name: York
• Schools: Pleasant Knoll Elementary, Gold Hill, Ft Mill High
• Subdivision: Waterstone – Ftm

Practical and ready to move-in short sale opportunity. Great central location to I-77 and Charlotte, Fort Mill School District. Neutral colors throughout, lots of windows and private courtyard with privacy fence. (more…)

I have a couple of Tega Cay news announcements I wanted to pass on to you this week. One is about write-in City Council candidate Chris Larsen and a new Tega Cay waterfront homes website.

News Annoucement One:

Tega Cay’s special election is Feb 9th to fill the empty city council seat. You may have seen new “vote for…” signs in Tega Cay recently. Currently, the two Tega Cay city council candidates that are officially on the ballot are Doug Collins and John Dervay. But there is a third candidiate asking you to vote for him via a write- in.

Who is Chris Larsen? (more…)

North Carolina grants a Job Development Investment Grant to Husqvarna that could be worth up to $2.5 million to the company. In return Husqvarna will move its North American headquarters from Augusta, Ga., to Charlotte. This means approximately 160 new jobs will be created for the Charlotte Metro.

Swedish owned outdoor power equipment manufacturer Husqvarna plans to consolidate its Consumer Outdoor Products subsidiary in Augusta with its Professional Products office in Charlotte to create the North American headquarters. (more…)

Great news for Fort Mill Home Buyers and Sellers.  Congress has passed legislation to extend the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit. But the bill added incentives to current home owners. Here are the details of the extended home buyer tax credit signed by the President November 6,2009.

The new bill:

* Extends the First-Time Home Buyer Tax Credit of up to $8,000 to first-time home buyers until April 30, 2010.

* Expands the credit to grant up to $6,500 credit to current home owners purchasing a new or existing home between November 7, 2009 and April 30, 2010. (more…)

HomesFortMill.com has had a free home search tool for quite some time for the Charlotte Metro area including homes for sale in Fort Mill and Tega Cay. Fort Mill Realtor® Carmen Miller decided it was time to super charge the home search tool feature on her website. HomesFortMill.com now has a new more powerful free home search tool.

Why the change? Our Fort Mill, York County area is on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina. Some local Realtors® on both sides of the border don’t always list homes and properties for sale in both Multiple Listing services that are available in our area. Carmen Miller’s home search tool now searches for information available on both the Carolina Multiple Listing Service and the Piedmont Multiple Listing Service. Not all local home search tools get data from both services.

Other important features include: (more…)