Jabin Norris's (jbroker1) Blog

More potential home buyers are on the hunt, but the nation's homebuilders still have a grim view of the prospects for a turnaround over the next six months. Those are two key elements of the latest reading on a key index of home builders' confidence, which edged slightly higher in February becaus...

 Six of the nation's largest mortgage lenders, in a joint effort to cool the raging foreclosure crisis, have agreed to temporarily stop foreclosure proceedings on homeowners who have fallen seriously behind in their house payments. Under a program unveiled Tuesday, legal efforts to oust seriously...

  THe median home price around the US grew 3% since Jan. 1, while others stand still as we try to avoid recession. And there is also good news for the long-term, with continued high inventory and value pricing through the spring and early summer months. Sales are always slow around an election bu...

Town commissioners on Tuesday had a public hearing seeking input for an ordinance to establish an annexation agreement between Holden Beach and the towns of Shallotte and Ocean Isle Beach.After outlining the current town limits to the public, Mayor Alan Holden said the agreement was for the town ...

After seeming to have skirted the worst of the mortgage issues plaguing the financial sector, more investors have reported to overevalueate up to $1 billion in assets.Traders didn't update their figures to keep up with the market downturn, and this tardiness resulted in assets being marked higher...

Oil shot higher, closing above $100 for the first time as investors bet that crude prices will keep climbing despite evidence of plentiful supplies and falling demand. At the pump, gas prices rose further above $3 a gallon.The fact that there was no overriding reason for such a price spike could ...

As we now step into 2008 the local market at Holden Beach has seen a slight increase. Inventory still continues to grow, but buyers have started to get serious after the Fed's last rate cut.As with last year mobile homes were the pick of choice, so far people are taking advantage of motivated bui...

The nation's weakening real estate markets are providing the best buyers housing markets in years in much of the U.S. and 2008 promises to be the best time in years for home and condo buyers to find a deal in real estate, according to the latest analysis by Housing Predictor. By cutting interest ...

Before the American Revolution, early settler seeking land near Lockwood's Folly River applied for patents and received warrants for surveys of selected tracts. Upon payment of fifty shillings for each hundred acres, the warrantee could receive a permanent grant for Royal Governor Arthur Dobbs.Be...

Supply is a small unincorporated community in Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA located around the intersection of US 17 (Ocean Highway) and NC 211(Southport-Supply Road/Green Swamp Road). Its name is derived from the hardware stores and other supply shops found within the community. Resident...