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Is this a good street for my new Raleigh home?

I have some interesting perspectives on choosing Raleigh homes and Wake County real estate today.  As you drive around some of the neighborhoods in Raleigh, Cary and Wake Forest, looking at homes for sale and thinking about neighborhoods and schools, think about this...when you’re looking for a home in Raleigh or any of our Triangle area towns, remember: "where your house sits is as important as what the house is like."

Here are some of the questions we always ask when we’re checking out a new listing. Naturally, we pass what we know about properties on to people shopping for homes in the Raleigh / Durham area, but you, too, can have these considerations in mind:

• What is the traffic like on the road where you’d like to live?
• What are future plans for road development, if any?
• What are the plans for surrounding property? (answers are sometimes common knowledge, but often they must be looked up in the town hall offices where maps, charts and proposals are available.)
• Where is the nearest public transportation?
• How far is the house from schools, shopping, recreation, religious and cultural centers (depending on individual preferences)?
• How far is the house from a particular place of work and what kind of commute is available?
• What do local taxes (state, county and town) amount to and how are they calculated?

Posted at 12:24PM May 07, 2010 by Rick Freeman in General  |  Comments[0]