It's National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!Sweeten Your Day Today With A Chocolate Chip Cookie! "If I had any choice in the matter, I’d stay in my comfy bed and eat warm chocolate chip cookies all day.”... Simone Elkeles Hope your day has gotten off to a sweet start... and to help make it sweeter, here's a reminder that today is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day! It's a great excuse to go out and sweeten your day by enjoying a chocolate chip cookie or two (or three). Now, I'm not a big cookie eater, but I will say that chocolate chip cookies, especially those made with semi-sweet chocolate, I find hard to resist. "How can you stay worried when someone gives you warm chocolate chip cookies?"... Robin Brande CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE HISTORY Did you know that 25% of all cookies baked are chocol... 08/04/2022

LATEST NEWS ON CHARLOTTE'S BALLANTYNE HOUSING MARKET...WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW...WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU... Home sellers remained essentially in the driver's seat in the Ballantyne area (28277 zip code) in July 2022. While inventory increased by 25 homes and the months supply of homes rose to 1.2 months, Ballantyne homes sold quickly and at higher prices year-over-year. Home sellers received 101.5% of list price in sale price. Foot traffic was definitely down, with the average home getting 12.9 showings in July 2022 compared with 20.4 showings in July 2022.  With closed and pending sales down, it would appear we might be returning to more of a pre-pandemic rate of sales and that the "feeding frenzy" we saw last summer has abated. BALLANTYNE AREA HOUSING MARKET HIGHLIGHTSJULY 2022 VERSUS JUL... 08/06/2022

 THERE'S STILL TIME TO BUY A NEW CHARLOTTE AREA HOME THIS SUMMER August has arrived. Schools will be back in session in a few weeks. But if you need to purchase a home in the Greater Charlotte area this summer, there's still plenty of time to do so. In Charlotte summer is still very much with us as the temperatures would attest! Meantime, the frenzy of the Summer 2021 housing market appears to have abated, providing a window of opportunity to home buyers. 3 REASONS TO BUY A HOME IN TODAY'S SHIFTING MARKET Nina Hollander/Carolinas Realty Partners Can Help You Find Your Dream Home This Summer If you're ready to start looking for a Greater Charlotte area home this summer, Nina Hollander/Carolinas Realty Partners with Coldwell Banker Realty can make your home search easy and stress-free.  T... 08/05/2022

Latest news on Charlotte Region's luxury housing market...What happened in July 2022...  What it means for you...  Despite predictions of a significant market correction in 2022, Charlotte Region's single family luxury homes real estate market remained relatively strong year-over-year and continued to "hold its own" through July 2022.  Days on market, both average and median, were down year-over-year. Although the luxury market saw a solid increase in new listings year-over-year as well as in total inventory, closed and pending sales increased in July.  Home sale prices also increased. New listings dropped significantly month-over-month. Average sales prices increased year-over-year, but decreased month-over-month. Median home sale prices increased 1.2% year-over-year and decreased by j... 08/04/2022