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New Homes Charlotte NC
New Homes in Charlotte, New Homes on Lake Norman, New Homes in Fort Mill, New Homes on Lake Wylie
Here is a very cool Charlotte New Home tool if you want to search exclusively for new homes: From Lake Norman to Fort Mill, Waxhaw to Huntersville, if its new, its here, and you'll like choice of map based or city based interface. Photos, Floor plans, brouchures, Inventory Homes...its all here.
Buying a New Home in Charlotte NC or Close by SC
Charlotte New Home Builders Build Inventory... Smart Buyers? Buy Inventory at a Discount
Buying a new home is an exciting time...yes there is a "new home smell" like a car. It is NOT an apartment! You may be new in town. It may be the beginning of life together with your new partner, a move up home, or a vacation home at the lake... all very exciting, and a little nervous perhaps.
A word on our builders- In the main, Charlotte builders, both tract and custom, are very competitive. Quality of construction? High. Buyers from around the country have told me this. Builders compete on how many features they can include, and with how many square feet. And most are building amenities... some amazing amenties, pools with water slides and more.
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New Home Deals are below, but first I want to talk process a bit. Whether it is your first home or you are an experienced home buyer, there is so much fun looking at plans and thinking of options, that it is easy in the excitement to be distracted and lose track of a subtle considerations or sometimes key elements. I've helped dozens of new home purchasers buy their new home here in Charlotte...first things first, please be sure the home is in a location that makes sense for you. If you are a first time homebuyer, try this post on 5 Essentials for First Time Home Buyers in Charlotte.
The first choice is almost always- to buy a "To be built home," or an Inventory Home, and looks like a simple one at first. But in today's market in Charlotte, with all its New Home Inventory, homes already built, I can only recommend you buy Inventory, and buy it at a discount. One important issue that is not widely known, is home builders will discount their Inventory homes- in this market quite a lot- and "to be builts" are discounted slightly, if at all.
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Are you buying from a tract builder? A semi-custom home builder? A pure custom builder? Each has different requirements, different motivations, and there is quite a large variance in consumer satisfaction from one to the next, in all categories. Some Charlotte examples, tract, or Production builders, would include Centex, Pulte, Brookwood, Eastwood, Lennar, Shea, Ryan etc. One way to tell is size, if they are building hundreds of homes per year, they are a Production (tract) builder, even if they don't l like the name.
Semi-custom are a bit harder to distinguish, but John Wieland comes to mind hear- their broad range of optins, and their willing ness to creat and build new if you are willing to pay for it, makes them a semi-custom builder, and Orleans Homes and the high end of Shea might fall into this category. There is a long lis t of custom home builders in Charlotte-too many to list without risk of offending one left off- but they build smaller communites, and each home is a personal project to them, with features and esignes that can be upgadedin process, usually faturing a "hands-on" owner as Superintendent.
The last big question, Do I need a Buyer Agent to represent me? I make the argument that you do not need an Agent, but if you have a good Buyer Agent, yes like me, I'll save you money, (I was a new home agent!) time, I know where to look, and if you are ever in an argument (fight) with that builder, you will REALLY want a good Agent in your corner, as an advocate and witness.
I've written exstensively about the home buying process at my Charlotte Communities blog. Here are a few important posts to get you started, but I invite you to come over to the blog and hang out there- I post alot, and try and make it fun!
These 10 rules will help you buy a new home wisely, but they are doubly important when buying a new home in 2008.
For the Over 55 Active Adult we always need to check new versu re-sale here... sometimes the new winds out, sometimes the re-sale at this popular neighborhood
A post written for those wondering about whether they need Buyer representation or not...Why You Always Need a GOOD Buyer Agentt a discussion of the good, the bad and the ugly of the new home buying process.
Most contracts go through without major issues, but if there is a fight, it will be a tough one. That is just how they are. And that's when you'll be glad you ave a quality Agent on your side, who heard what you heard... you see it's never a "he said, she said" issue then.Cost to Buyer ? None. As a former new home rep and builder, I help keep them honest.
The short answer to why you Always need a buyer agent? If there is ever an issue with the builder, you'll want a witness (me) and you will want me on your side. Unfortunatley, issues come up, builders are prepared to fight for their side, you can see some of them on the local City-Data, ("whiner boards") or Google the builder's name- if there is an issue, a good Buyer agent is indispensable to you getting what you are entitled. The builder does not want a bad reputation in the Realtor community- that simple.
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One last thing, the best time to get what you want is before the contract is signed. Do your research, know what you want, then find a good Agent, or Go in and do battle yourself, prior to contract signing or as part of the original deal--and do buy Inventory at a discount. Please don't get me wrong- I love our new home builders, for the most part. I love negotiating and buying inventory- there are especially good deals now towards the end of 2008. Negotiating with a builder is a zero sum game, and they can be quite tenacious. Once or twice a year, a builder helps keep my negotiating skills sharp. Most builders are honest and most transactions go smoothly- however if they don't, they will fight, no doubt about it, and you need a fighter with you in the ring. As you can imagine I'd say "Yes you want a Good agent." Call me at 704-351-1519. If you are out looking at homes and they ask if you are represented, jus say Yes,the McDonald Team.
Here is #1 from the Ten Essential's link above.  1. The #1 Rule of real estate, Location Location Location? Trite but true... but guess what? The #1 Rule for being happy with your decision 6 months or a year later? Location, location location... talk to folks about areas and neighborhoods, drive out and visit for yourself. Are you from out of town? Try and get a hotel in the area you are considering moving to. Decide on your area or areas first- and do not stray too far. In almost every case, straying is a mistake, even if it looks like "too good a deal to pass up."
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