December 11, 2025 • 31 mins
Ready for a contrarian take that actually works in your favor? We dig into the local housing data and show why listing in winter can be a strategic play: less competition, more motivated buyers, and a clearer path to the right offer. With sales up year over year, prices holding, and inventory still tight, your home can stand out now rather than get lost in the spring rush.
We unpack the numbers behind days on market, compare today with the hard-learned lessons of 2011, and explain how to turn timing into leverage. If you’re thinking about selling before buying, this is your roadmap: prepare during winter, go under contract with confidence, and walk into spring ready to act on the best listings. We also talk through the hidden power of equity—how years of appreciation and principal paydown can offset higher rates, strengthen your down payment, or even let you make a cash offer. Plus, we share practical tax notes like the homeowner capital gains exclusion so you can estimate your net with clarity.
Our conversation goes beyond primary homes to include estate properties, inherited land, and investment strategy. And because the season invites reflection, we share the origin of the Salvation Army kettle—one small act that grew into a tradition of hope—along with highlights from our Hometown Hero series celebrating quiet community leaders. It’s a reminder that big change often starts with a single step, and the same is true for your next chapter in real estate.
Want a confidential market analysis or a simple net sheet to see your options? Call 828-393-0134 or visit realestatebygreg.com. If this conversation helped you think differently about timing and strategy, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a quick review to help others find it.
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SPEAKER_00 (00:09):
Good morning and welcome to the Door Drill Estate
Group Radio broadcast here onWHKP every Thursday morning,
right after the 10 o'clock news.
Thank you so much for joining inthis morning.
I trust you're doing well.
I hope you're having a wonderfulChristmas season.
Time is flying.
Here we are, just a few weeksaway from Christmas, and so much
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to be thankful for.
If you're tuning in for thefirst time ever, the George Real
Estate Group's located in FlatRock.
We serve all of Western NorthCarolina and the upstate South
Carolina.
We have an incredible group ofagents and staff, and more
importantly, we have incredibleclients.
We're so thankful for ourclients.
We've had the privilege ofhelping uh over 1,600 families
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throughout the years.
And at the George Real EstateGroup, we are passionate and
enthusiastic about helping ourclients navigate through real
estate.
If you're tuning in for thefirst time ever, you can find us
online at realestatebygreg.com.
We also have our radio showwebsite, George Real Estate
Groupradio.com, and we alsopodcast all of our radio shows.
You can find us on your favoritepodcast platform.
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Be sure to follow us on socialmedia.
We're on Facebook and Instagram,and we'd love to connect with
you.
We post about our new listings.
You can see about our openhouses and things going on in
the community.
And again, we'd love to connectwith you.
We've been doing this radioprogram here since 2011.
I've also had my real estatebroker's license for 20 years
and just grateful to serve thecommunity through real estate.
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We have incredible agents, wehave incredible staff, and like
I said earlier, we haveincredible clients.
It's ultimately our clients thatultimately make it all possible.
So everybody's curious aboutwhat's going on in the real
estate market.
Well, in the last 12 months,we're averaging about 135 single
family homes a month selling.
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That's up some 10% from theprevious 12 months to the
current 12 months.
And guess what?
Our prices?
The prices are holding.
We've had about a 1.5% drop,which is remarkable considering,
you know, over the last, I mean,last year, a year ago, and a
month and so we had Helene.
But it's wild to think thatwe've had a 10% increase in the
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number of single-family homehomes sold in the last 12 months
versus the previous 12 months.
So the demand has has increased.
Inventory levels are stillremaining low.
As of this morning, there's onlysome 573 active single-family
homes on the market.
And so inventory levels are low.
Demand is is actually upcompared to last year.
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And then prices are holding.
Now, the thing that a lot ofpeople are noticing is days on
market are increasing.
It's taking closer to twomonths.
I remember, I mean, of course,everybody remembers, you know,
uh, you know, two weeks whenthings were selling in two
weeks, you know, just a coupleyears ago on average, but now we
are two months.
I and I also remember, again,I've had my broker's license for
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20 years in 2010 and 2011 and2012 when things were really
challenging, and we had atwo-year supply of homes.
And again, days on market werecloser to, if you were even able
to sell it, you know, you'recloser to uh six months in the
market.
So, you know, it's all aboutcontext and it's all about
perspective, and and we try toprovide clarity and information
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for clients.
So our clients can make adecision.
We know real estate happensaround life, and therefore life
happens, therefore real estatehappens.
And we see this every single dayin the conversations we have
with our clients.
It doesn't matter what theinterest rates are, it doesn't
matter what the economy isdoing, it doesn't matter what's
happening politically, itdoesn't matter, you know, the
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the thing is, and and we sawthat again, life happens,
therefore real estate happens,and this has been true uh in in
my career over the last 20years, but you know, and
regardless of the time of year,you know, the time of year, you
know, people think you know,winter, you know, well, first
off, we hear all the time,people say spring is the best
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time to sell.
But you might consider whywinter could be the the smartest
actual actual time to sell yourhome, because even though the
spring, everybody says spring isthe best time, and of course
spring is busy, there's there'sno question about that.
You know, more buyers come outof the as the weather warms up,
but the piece most people neverthink about is spring also
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brings out more sellers, so yourhome suddenly has more
competition.
Winter, on the other hand,winter is a totally different
story.
One of the most consistentpatterns in real estate is that
the number of homes for saledrops in the winter months.
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You know, every year sellerstake their properties off the
market for the holidays or waitfor until the spring to relist.
And because of that, there'ssimply fewer homes available
during the winter.
And based on current housingdata heading into you know,
heading in into this next year,we're already seeing inventory
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tighten up again as the yearwinds down.
And so, even though we have morehomes for sale now than during
the pandemic years, overallinventory is still well below
what we consider a normalmarket, like when we had in
2017, 2018, 2019.
And so this is where theopportunity lies with fewer
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homes for buyers to choose from,your home immediately becomes
more noticeable, and you're notcompeting with the big wave of
new listings that always hits inMarch and April.
And so if you list in thewinter, you get in front of
buyers early, you avoid beinglost in the noise of the spring
inventory, and then your homenaturally attracts more
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attention.
So I've always said to sellers,it it's only right, the time is
only right when it's right foryou.
It's not about the interestrate, it's not about the time of
year.
You know, again, the crowd isgonna wait till the spring to go
in the market, so get ahead ofit instead of joining it.
So another major advantage of toselling in the winter, the
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buyers who are looking right nowaren't casual shoppers.
I actually had a buyer call usand said, I have to buy
something before the end of theyear.
Again, his life situation, uh,it was uh, you know, you know,
the you're again, life happens,therefore, real estate happens.
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People, there's differentreasons why people buy and sell.
People who go out in the coldweather or around the holidays
or in the middle, middle of thewinter storms aren't just
browsing.
You don't know someone's reasonof why they're buying, and so
they're typically moving becausethey have to, not because they
feel like it.
There was a recent quote fromU.S.
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News that said buyers who aretrudging through wintery weather
often have a good reason forbeing out in the cold.
They need to move, and so thesebuyers are often relocating for
a new job.
They could be facing the end ofa lease, it could be a major
life change.
Um, they could be preparing fora growing family, a new baby.
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They could just be ready to movequickly, and so they're
motivated, they're serious,they're qualified.
And since we know that winterinventory is usually lower, they
have fewer homes to choose from.
And so if your home is pricedright and shows well, it could
easily be one of the ones thatstands out, the one that checks
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the boxes, the one they move onright away.
So, winter may not have thespringtime buzz, but it has
something even better (08:00):
less competition, more motivated
buyers, and a better chance foryour home to shine.
So, for a lot of homeowners,that combination leads to
stronger interests and asmoother selling experience.
So, even so, if so, if you'reeven thinking about selling,
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winter might offer you astrategic advantage.
We'd love to connect, we'd loveto provide a market analysis.
There's no pressure, there's nocost, there's no obligation.
You can have a confidentialconsultation, and we can take a
look at your home, take a lookat your neighborhood, and tell
you what it might look likelisting your property.
And so the other piece of thispuzzle is a lot of people want
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and choose to sell beforebuying.
And so, what a great setup to goahead and get your home in the
market, get your home undercontract.
So when the increased inventorydoes happen this spring, you can
be set up, you can be ready, youcan have your home under
contract in order to make thenext move.
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And again, a lot of peoplechoose to sell before buying.
But your your unique situation,your unique story, your unique
home, it's an it's an honor andprivilege for us to sit at the
dining room table.
If that's possible, we do phonecall consultations, we do Zoom
consultations, we have clientsthat come into the office.
Again, whatever your situationis, we'd love to have the
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conversation.
And it doesn't just have to beabout your personal home.
We're having conversations allthe time about investment
properties, about estateproperties, about estate
planning in regards to realestate, about tax strategies in
regards to real estate.
You know, you're in in it couldbe uh land that you own that
you've just been paying taxeson.
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Maybe it's land that you'veinherited.
There's a lot of differentscenarios that we're talking to
our clients, not just about thepersonal home, which is again
something we've been doing.
We've been in this, I've been inthis industry for 20 years.
Uh our comp we have a combinedexperience of over 100 years at
the George Real Estate Group.
And so if we'd if if you'd loveto have the conversation or just
curious, and there's of coursenever pressure, there's no
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obligation, and it's aconfidential consultation we can
have about your situation.
We'd love to hear your story.
You can call us directly at828-393-0134-828-393-0134.
Uh, this time of year, I alwayslove looking and I love the
inspirational Christmas stories,different stories.
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It could be, I mean, one uhthere's a number of them, but
one that recently came acrossuh, you know, my my uh my my
desk was the story, and I don'tknow if you've heard the story
of the first Salvation Armykettle.
So let's actually go back to SanFrancisco in 1891.
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It was a booming port cityfilled with sailors, immigrants,
and working families trying tosurvive tough times.
And in the middle of it all wasa Salvation Army captain named
Joseph Joseph McPhee, and it wasa man with a heart full of
compassion and a head filledwith worry.
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Christmas was approaching, andhe felt a deep responsibility to
feed the thousands of hungry,jobless men and women wandering
the waterfront, and he wanted toserve a Christmas dinner for the
poor, something warm anddignifying, a moment of hope for
people who were feelingforgotten.
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But there was a a major onemajor problem.
He had no money to do it.
He had the vision, but he didnot have the money to do it.
He prayed and he paced and hetried to think of ideas, and
then one memory surfaced.
When McPhee was younger, livingin England, he had seen a large
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iron kettle hanging at the stagelanding in Liverpool, and
passerby would drop coins insideto help the poor.
He remembered the clinging ofthe coins, the simple honesty of
it, the way people slowed downand even for a moment to give
what they could.
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And suddenly he had his answer.
He found an old crab pot, placedit out on the busy San Francisco
wharf with a handwritten signthat read, Keep the pot boiling.
He rang the bell, he greetedstrangers, he shared his vision.
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People stopped, people listened,people gave.
That battered iron pot filled upnickels, dimes, even pennies
from children.
Marine workers gave the loosechains from their pockets,
businesses gave small amounts,immigrants gave what they could,
remembering their own hunger.
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By Christmas Day, McPhee hadenough had more than enough
money to feed the hungry.
He didn't just serve a meal, herestored dignity.
And so word traveled quickly.
Within a few years, SalvationArmy kettles popped up in
Oakland, Los Angeles, New York,Chicago, and Boston.
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And by the early 1900s, the redkettle became a symbol of hope
during the coldest months of theyear.
During the Great Depression,those kettles fed millions who
had absolutely nothing.
During the Second World War,donations helped support US
soldiers, prisoners of war, anddisplaced families in Europe.
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The sound of the bell becamepart of the American Christmas
soundtrack right up there withcarols, church bells, and the
rustle of wrapping paper.
So that single crab pot on awindy pier eventually grew into
one of the largest charitabletraditions in the world.
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Today, the Salvation Army RedKettle Campaign serves serves
families facing eviction,seniors who can't afford heat,
hungry children, victims ofdisasters, veterans in crisis,
people overcoming addiction.
One petal one kettle can helpfeed thousands, one handful of
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coins can provide a warm bed,and one dollar can become hope.
It all started with one man whorefused to look away from need,
and that one simple idea thatanyone, no matter how little
they have, can give something.
And so Christmas reminds us thatmiracles often start with simple
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acts a pot, a bell, a few coins,a little courage, and suddenly
thousands are fed.
So Captain McPhee didn't waitfor the perfect plan, he worked
with what he had.
The community didn't need togive much, just whatever they
could spare.
And so together they performed aquiet Christmas miracle.
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And so now every time we hearthat bell outside a grocery
store, we're hearing the echo ofone man's decision to take
action instead of despair.
Again, just what a reminder uhin a story.
You know, every Friday morningat 8 45, the George Real Estate
Group, we sponsor the HometownHero series.
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And it is such a privilege tocome around the mic uh with
Randy every Friday morning at 845, and we hear stories.
We hear people giving back.
We heal, we hear people likeJoseph McPhee that started the
the kettlebell tradition.
We hear about stories, peoplethat have started movements here
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in in Hendersonville and inWestern North Carolina.
I mean, if you've hadn't had achance to listen to some of
them, certainly tune in everyFriday morning at 8 45 for the
Hometown Hero Hero series.
We also podcast uh them as well,and there's there was a
remarkable story just lastFriday.
Every Friday's prettyremarkable.
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Um, and we hear stories.
There was a a student thatstarted her compassion for
animals, and this and and shestarted uh Kennel kindness, and
and that's an amazing story.
This high school student startedher own non-profit, and it
profit, and again, anybody canmake a difference with that one
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decision, with that one action.
And again, and you don't haveand again, you don't have to
have you think, I how am I gonnado this?
I don't have money, I don't havethe resources, but if you have a
vision, and again, you takeaction and show up, and she did,
and you can go back and listento that on our podcast.
We have coming up for ourChristmas show.
Uh Christmas this this year ison a Thursday.
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We Randy and I are gonna bereviewing the top 10.
Uh, and when I say top 10,they're all amazing.
Every single one of our hometownheroes are amazing.
When I say top 10 by downloads,because we podcast all of our
radio shows and we podcast allof our hometown heroes.
And so by downloads, we'veidentified uh the top 10
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downloads of our hometown herostories, and we're gonna be
recapping the year with those 10stories, and we're gonna be
doing that show on Christmas.
We're gonna be uh broadcastingthat show on Christmas.
We're also gonna replay it againFriday morning like our normal
Hometown Heroes series, insteadof 15 minutes like we normally
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do.
We're gonna do an expanded30-minute show that that Friday.
But on Christmas, we're gonna bedoing uh a review of some of the
most compelling stories, and andthey're all amazing.
And again, it's this it'samazing when people people show
up.
And we certainly saw with Heleneneighbors helping neighbors, the
community showing up, people andand and that's happening every
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single day.
And we love putting a spotlighton that.
And so every Friday morning at 845, we have our hometown hero
series.
You are welcome.
If you know somebody making asilent hero in the community
that's making a difference,reach out to WHKP, nominate
them, tell us their story.
We'll reach out to them andinvite them to come in.
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And so many of these uh heroesjust are they're they're so
humble.
And again, that's what makesthem amazing, too.
The work that they're doing uhyou know, behind the scenes,
unnoticed, quietly, and they'rethey're making a difference in
our community.
That's why we love putting aspotlight and having the
Hometown Hero series uh where wecan have conversations and share
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amazing stories with ourcommunity about the amazing work
being done in the community.
And so it's it is truly aprivilege and honor to sponsor
the Hometown Hero series here onWHKP every Friday morning at 8
45.
And again, we will bebroadcasting uh the top 10
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downloads of the Hometown Heroseries from our podcast.
That will be running onChristmas morning, and it will
also run also Friday morning aswell.
So you can you can catch thatThursday right at the 10 o'clock
news.
Uh, we're here every Thursdaylive, but this Christmas we're
gonna be broadcasting that showthat Randy and I are putting
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together.
And again, grateful for uh theopportunity to just it's it's
sharing stories.
Everybody has a story, right?
Everybody and and it take amoment to hear and to ask
questions and to to learn.
You might never know unless youengage and and reach out and and
when you're you know meetingwith a neighbor, meeting with a
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family member, it's it's so youknow ask the questions, you
know, or or find out what'sthey're passionate about, or
find out where they'revolunteering, or just cu be
curious and and come withcuriosity.
And and so again, we love lovesharing the story.
Of what's going on.
We still have some time left.
You're here at the George RealEstate Group radio broadcast
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here on WHKP.
We've been actually, I've beendoing this radio program.
It's so fascinating.
I started this radio program in2011.
You can imagine the news withthe real estate market in 2011
was not very positive.
And so that was actually mytagline positive news about the
real estate market.
I mean, here we're averagingsome 132 single-family homes a
month selling.
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Just for context, in 2011, wewere only averaging some 70 to
75 single-family homes a monthselling.
We had a two-year supply ofhomes.
Now, here's a fascinating thingsthing.
Homes were still selling.
Actually, was it pretty?
No.
Was it still happening?
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Yes.
And we we navigated throughthat.
We learned a lot.
And what we one of the big someof the biggest lessons we
learned, again, is real estatewas gonna happen in there in
regardless of the the economy,regardless of the market.
And we still saw home selling.
And so we had to have some verycandid conversations.
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There were some very challengingconversations.
And and it was not uh again, ifyou didn't have to sell, again,
when you own your real estateand you live there, you're
enjoying it.
It's a place for your home, it'sa safe place, it's where you can
um you know come home afterwork, or maybe it's your
retirement home, you enjoy it.
And and the thing about the realestate market, there's always an
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ebb and flow of pricing, there'salways an ebb and flow ups and
down of what homes are worth.
If you look at though thehistorical data of homes over
the last 50, 60 years, there'sbeen this like three to four
percent appreciation line.
And and guess what?
Sometimes it goes above that,sometimes it goes below that.
And so, you know, the timing ofit, and it's not when you buy
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and sell real estate, it's notalways about the timing.
It is interesting, though.
People that did sell in in 2010and 2011, most times they were
buying as well.
And so it's interesting when youbought and sold in the same
market, maybe you took a lotless than what you wanted to,
but when you bought in, guesswhat?
You were still in the market andyou recovered.
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And so the people that and thenmaybe first-time home homeowner
homeowners, first-time buyers,they were getting into the
market.
That was significant, and and itcan be life-changing.
And and you can buy when you canbuy, you can when it's
affordable for you.
If you can afford the paymentand the interest rates or the
interest rates, you can alwaysrefinance later.
Uh and and guess what?
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You can participate in theappreciation of homes long term.
And guess what?
At some point, prices willprobably go down again, and
that's okay.
There's just this ebb and flowof home price appreciation uh
historically.
And so when you're living in thehome, enjoying the home, using
the home, again, you're notnecessarily paying attention to
what the prices of the home.
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Of course, when the market didwhat it did in 2010 and 2011, it
was a very challenging time.
And and some people and andfrankly, there was a lot of
distressed sales.
There was some 40% of the marketwas distressed.
It was a combination offoreclosures and a combination
of short sales.
It's a very challenging time,and we walked through that with
so many of our clients.
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We helped them, we wereadvocating for them, and we were
finding a way.
And then a lot of our clientswere say, hey, yeah, we'd love
to sell, but guess what?
When we were honest with themabout the what the home would
sell for in that market, theymade a decision not to sell, and
that's okay too.
You you know, you can decideyou, and this is even today,
we're providing clarity andnumbers and information for our
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clients to understand you knowwhat's what's right for you.
And and when you haveinformation and you have the
understanding of what themarket's doing and homes are
selling, the sky is not falling.
I mean, the question a lot ofpeople are asking right now, is
it even a good time to sell?
And and and if it's right foryou, the market's actually it's
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still a great time to sellbecause one of the biggest
factors right now for a lot ofour sellers is the amount of
equity that you have in yourhome.
If you've the chances are, ifyou've lived in your home for a
while, you you know you havesignificant equity.
And so the no the equity is thethe amount is really here's a
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dip, here's a this is the hiddenwealth of home ownership.
The the um then the amount ofequity you have might actually
change and give you more optionsthan you realize.
And so when you own a home, youbuild up something called
equity, and every time you makea mortgage payment, you're
chipping away at the loanbalance, and that helps your
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ownership stake in your homegrow.
And so at the same time, youryour home, and especially in the
last five, ten years, the homevalues typically rise, and which
drives up the overall value ofyour home.
And so when you combine payingdown your mortgage and the
appreciation in your home isexperienced, you're building
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wealth automatically, monthafter month, year after year.
And so that adds thatcombination can add up to real
dollars that can make a bigdifference in your move.
One of the things we've sharedbefore is if you're if you've
lived in your home two out of afive-year period, as an
individual, the first twohundred and fifty thousand
dollars of profit.
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I'm not talking about what youpaid for the home or what you
put in to improve it, theimprovements, but what you paid
plus the improvements plus thefirst two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars is you do notpay capital gains tax.
If you're married, that's fivehundred thousand dollars.
That's two hundred and fiftythousand per person.
You can actually have up to fourpeople on your deed and up to a
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million dollars of not payingthe capital gains, two hundred
fifty thousand dollars perperson if you've lived in the
home two out of a five-yearperiod.
This is so fascinating.
Nearly forty five percent,excuse me, nearly half.
So forty-five percent of today'shomeowners have lived in their
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home for more than fifteenyears, and one in four for over
twenty-five years.
So, if that's you, if you had amortgage, imagine what 15 to 25
years of paying making paymentsplus the study appreciation have
done to your bottom line.
And so if you're curious, thisis we can find we can we can
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provide you information, and ifyou're curious about what your
home is worth, you can find outyou know what kind of equity
you're sitting on.
And so it depends on what youpaid for the home, it depends on
how much you've been paying yourmortgage, and so all these
different factors go into play,and so a lot of homeowners are
sitting on hundreds of thousandsof dollars in equity without
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even realizing.
So, these this equity, theamount that you that your home
is worth minus what you owe onit, that can offset nearly every
concern you have about movingright now.
If you're concerned about takingon a higher mortgage rate, well,
your equity could coversignificant down payment.
And the more money you put down,the less you need to finance.
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Unsure if you can compete intoday's market, you know.
Thanks to your equity, you canyou may this is so fascinating.
30% of our sales in HendersonCounty are purchased with cash.
So thanks to your equity, youmay be able to purchase your
next home in cash.
And so an all-cash offer issomething that is going to
appeal to a lot of sellers rightnow, so they don't have to worry
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about the buyers financing uh asa as one of the challenges.
So you know, if now's a greattime of year to look at your
home and what your what you uhwhat your equity is in your
home.
And this doesn't mean you haveto sell it, but it could provide
clarity and information and andand and give you a some
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information so you can makeplans.
Maybe their plan is for nextyear, maybe it's in two years,
maybe it's in five years.
You know, life happens quickly,life can change in a day, and
again, real estate happensaround life.
So if you're just curious whatyour home is worth, if you're
curious what kind of equity youhave, uh, you know, after paying
off your mortgage, if you wantwhat's called a net sheet, we
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can provide that.
Ultimately, all this informationis so you can decide what to do
for what's right for you.
It's not about timing themarket, it's not about timing
the interest rate, it's aboutwhat the what is right for you
and your story and your life.
And so at the George Real EstateGroup, we provide a no pressure,
no cost, no obligationconsultation, confidential
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consultation.
We talk, we are talking withsellers every single day.
We work with buyers every singleday, and it's fascinating.
This time of year, even thoughwe're a couple weeks away from
Christmas, we're just as busy aswe've been all year, and we're
so grateful.
We've actually helped morepeople this year, uh,
significantly more people thisyear than we did last year.
And we're continuing to grow,and we love helping and love
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serving our community, and we'dlove to help you if that's
something this this could behelpful for.
You can call us directly at828-3930134.
You can find us online atrealestatebygreg.com.
We also podcast all of our radioshows.
You can find it on your favoritepodcast platform, whether it's
Apple, Amazon, Spotify, whereveryou listen.
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If you have a smartphone, youcan type in podcasts, and then
you can look up George RealEstate Group uh radio podcasts.
We'd love to connect with youthere.
You can follow us in and like Imentioned earlier in the show,
the Hometown Hero Series.
We have that every Fridaymorning at 8 45.
We'll be here tomorrow morning.
And like I said, for Christmas,and then the Friday after
Christmas, we'll be doing a uhtop 10 uh podcast downloads of
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our Hometown Hero series andreviewing that.
Randy and I will be doing thattogether and looking forward to
that.
Again, so much to be thankfulfor and grateful for this time
of year.
I just hope you'd continue to bekind to yourself and take care
of yourself.
Check on a neighbor, make thatphone call to that family member
you haven't talked to in awhile.
And again, perspective iseverything.
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And again, we're so grateful andso much to be thankful for uh
this time of year and everyevery day throughout the year.
Thank you so much for tuning in.
This is the Door Drill EstateGroup Radio Broadcast here on
WHKP.
Have a wonderful day, have awonderful week, and we'll see
you tomorrow morning.
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Every decision, every step,every next chapter is yours to
choose.
Selling your home isn't aboutletting go, it's about opening
the door to more freedom, moretime for what you love, more
energy for the people andpassions that matter most.
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At the George Real Estate Group,we believe independence isn't
behind you.
It's right here, right now.
Our team goes beyond buying andselling.
We're here to help you protectyour wealth, preserve your
legacy, and make sure Uncle Samdoesn't become your biggest
benefactor.
We'll guide you every step ofthe way towards your next
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chapter, your next opportunity,and your freedom on your terms.
Call us at 828 393 0134.
Find us online atrealestatebygreg.com.
Good morning and welcome to the Door Drill Estate
Group Radio broadcast here onWHKP every Thursday morning,
right after the 10 o'clock news.
Thank you so much for joining inthis morning.
I trust you're doing well.
I hope you're having a wonderfulChristmas season.
Time is flying.
Here we are, just a few weeksaway from Christmas, and so much
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to be thankful for.
If you're tuning in for thefirst time ever, the George Real
Estate Group's located in FlatRock.
We serve all of Western NorthCarolina and the upstate South
Carolina.
We have an incredible group ofagents and staff, and more
importantly, we have incredibleclients.
We're so thankful for ourclients.
We've had the privilege ofhelping uh over 1,600 families
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throughout the years.
And at the George Real EstateGroup, we are passionate and
enthusiastic about helping ourclients navigate through real
estate.
If you're tuning in for thefirst time ever, you can find us
online at realestatebygreg.com.
We also have our radio showwebsite, George Real Estate
Groupradio.com, and we alsopodcast all of our radio shows.
You can find us on your favoritepodcast platform.
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Be sure to follow us on socialmedia.
We're on Facebook and Instagram,and we'd love to connect with
you.
We post about our new listings.
You can see about our openhouses and things going on in
the community.
And again, we'd love to connectwith you.
We've been doing this radioprogram here since 2011.
I've also had my real estatebroker's license for 20 years
and just grateful to serve thecommunity through real estate.
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We have incredible agents, wehave incredible staff, and like
I said earlier, we haveincredible clients.
It's ultimately our clients thatultimately make it all possible.
So everybody's curious aboutwhat's going on in the real
estate market.
Well, in the last 12 months,we're averaging about 135 single
family homes a month selling.
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That's up some 10% from theprevious 12 months to the
current 12 months.
And guess what?
Our prices?
The prices are holding.
We've had about a 1.5% drop,which is remarkable considering,
you know, over the last, I mean,last year, a year ago, and a
month and so we had Helene.
But it's wild to think thatwe've had a 10% increase in the
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number of single-family homehomes sold in the last 12 months
versus the previous 12 months.
So the demand has has increased.
Inventory levels are stillremaining low.
As of this morning, there's onlysome 573 active single-family
homes on the market.
And so inventory levels are low.
Demand is is actually upcompared to last year.
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And then prices are holding.
Now, the thing that a lot ofpeople are noticing is days on
market are increasing.
It's taking closer to twomonths.
I remember, I mean, of course,everybody remembers, you know,
uh, you know, two weeks whenthings were selling in two
weeks, you know, just a coupleyears ago on average, but now we
are two months.
I and I also remember, again,I've had my broker's license for
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20 years in 2010 and 2011 and2012 when things were really
challenging, and we had atwo-year supply of homes.
And again, days on market werecloser to, if you were even able
to sell it, you know, you'recloser to uh six months in the
market.
So, you know, it's all aboutcontext and it's all about
perspective, and and we try toprovide clarity and information
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for clients.
So our clients can make adecision.
We know real estate happensaround life, and therefore life
happens, therefore real estatehappens.
And we see this every single dayin the conversations we have
with our clients.
It doesn't matter what theinterest rates are, it doesn't
matter what the economy isdoing, it doesn't matter what's
happening politically, itdoesn't matter, you know, the
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the thing is, and and we sawthat again, life happens,
therefore real estate happens,and this has been true uh in in
my career over the last 20years, but you know, and
regardless of the time of year,you know, the time of year, you
know, people think you know,winter, you know, well, first
off, we hear all the time,people say spring is the best
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time to sell.
But you might consider whywinter could be the the smartest
actual actual time to sell yourhome, because even though the
spring, everybody says spring isthe best time, and of course
spring is busy, there's there'sno question about that.
You know, more buyers come outof the as the weather warms up,
but the piece most people neverthink about is spring also
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brings out more sellers, so yourhome suddenly has more
competition.
Winter, on the other hand,winter is a totally different
story.
One of the most consistentpatterns in real estate is that
the number of homes for saledrops in the winter months.
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You know, every year sellerstake their properties off the
market for the holidays or waitfor until the spring to relist.
And because of that, there'ssimply fewer homes available
during the winter.
And based on current housingdata heading into you know,
heading in into this next year,we're already seeing inventory
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tighten up again as the yearwinds down.
And so, even though we have morehomes for sale now than during
the pandemic years, overallinventory is still well below
what we consider a normalmarket, like when we had in
2017, 2018, 2019.
And so this is where theopportunity lies with fewer
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homes for buyers to choose from,your home immediately becomes
more noticeable, and you're notcompeting with the big wave of
new listings that always hits inMarch and April.
And so if you list in thewinter, you get in front of
buyers early, you avoid beinglost in the noise of the spring
inventory, and then your homenaturally attracts more
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attention.
So I've always said to sellers,it it's only right, the time is
only right when it's right foryou.
It's not about the interestrate, it's not about the time of
year.
You know, again, the crowd isgonna wait till the spring to go
in the market, so get ahead ofit instead of joining it.
So another major advantage of toselling in the winter, the
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buyers who are looking right nowaren't casual shoppers.
I actually had a buyer call usand said, I have to buy
something before the end of theyear.
Again, his life situation, uh,it was uh, you know, you know,
the you're again, life happens,therefore, real estate happens.
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People, there's differentreasons why people buy and sell.
People who go out in the coldweather or around the holidays
or in the middle, middle of thewinter storms aren't just
browsing.
You don't know someone's reasonof why they're buying, and so
they're typically moving becausethey have to, not because they
feel like it.
There was a recent quote fromU.S.
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News that said buyers who aretrudging through wintery weather
often have a good reason forbeing out in the cold.
They need to move, and so thesebuyers are often relocating for
a new job.
They could be facing the end ofa lease, it could be a major
life change.
Um, they could be preparing fora growing family, a new baby.
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They could just be ready to movequickly, and so they're
motivated, they're serious,they're qualified.
And since we know that winterinventory is usually lower, they
have fewer homes to choose from.
And so if your home is pricedright and shows well, it could
easily be one of the ones thatstands out, the one that checks
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the boxes, the one they move onright away.
So, winter may not have thespringtime buzz, but it has
something even better (08:00):
less competition, more motivated
buyers, and a better chance foryour home to shine.
So, for a lot of homeowners,that combination leads to
stronger interests and asmoother selling experience.
So, even so, if so, if you'reeven thinking about selling,
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winter might offer you astrategic advantage.
We'd love to connect, we'd loveto provide a market analysis.
There's no pressure, there's nocost, there's no obligation.
You can have a confidentialconsultation, and we can take a
look at your home, take a lookat your neighborhood, and tell
you what it might look likelisting your property.
And so the other piece of thispuzzle is a lot of people want
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and choose to sell beforebuying.
And so, what a great setup to goahead and get your home in the
market, get your home undercontract.
So when the increased inventorydoes happen this spring, you can
be set up, you can be ready, youcan have your home under
contract in order to make thenext move.
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And again, a lot of peoplechoose to sell before buying.
But your your unique situation,your unique story, your unique
home, it's an it's an honor andprivilege for us to sit at the
dining room table.
If that's possible, we do phonecall consultations, we do Zoom
consultations, we have clientsthat come into the office.
Again, whatever your situationis, we'd love to have the
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conversation.
And it doesn't just have to beabout your personal home.
We're having conversations allthe time about investment
properties, about estateproperties, about estate
planning in regards to realestate, about tax strategies in
regards to real estate.
You know, you're in in it couldbe uh land that you own that
you've just been paying taxeson.
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Maybe it's land that you'veinherited.
There's a lot of differentscenarios that we're talking to
our clients, not just about thepersonal home, which is again
something we've been doing.
We've been in this, I've been inthis industry for 20 years.
Uh our comp we have a combinedexperience of over 100 years at
the George Real Estate Group.
And so if we'd if if you'd loveto have the conversation or just
curious, and there's of coursenever pressure, there's no
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obligation, and it's aconfidential consultation we can
have about your situation.
We'd love to hear your story.
You can call us directly at828-393-0134-828-393-0134.
Uh, this time of year, I alwayslove looking and I love the
inspirational Christmas stories,different stories.
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It could be, I mean, one uhthere's a number of them, but
one that recently came acrossuh, you know, my my uh my my
desk was the story, and I don'tknow if you've heard the story
of the first Salvation Armykettle.
So let's actually go back to SanFrancisco in 1891.
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It was a booming port cityfilled with sailors, immigrants,
and working families trying tosurvive tough times.
And in the middle of it all wasa Salvation Army captain named
Joseph Joseph McPhee, and it wasa man with a heart full of
compassion and a head filledwith worry.
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Christmas was approaching, andhe felt a deep responsibility to
feed the thousands of hungry,jobless men and women wandering
the waterfront, and he wanted toserve a Christmas dinner for the
poor, something warm anddignifying, a moment of hope for
people who were feelingforgotten.
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But there was a a major onemajor problem.
He had no money to do it.
He had the vision, but he didnot have the money to do it.
He prayed and he paced and hetried to think of ideas, and
then one memory surfaced.
When McPhee was younger, livingin England, he had seen a large
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iron kettle hanging at the stagelanding in Liverpool, and
passerby would drop coins insideto help the poor.
He remembered the clinging ofthe coins, the simple honesty of
it, the way people slowed downand even for a moment to give
what they could.
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And suddenly he had his answer.
He found an old crab pot, placedit out on the busy San Francisco
wharf with a handwritten signthat read, Keep the pot boiling.
He rang the bell, he greetedstrangers, he shared his vision.
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People stopped, people listened,people gave.
That battered iron pot filled upnickels, dimes, even pennies
from children.
Marine workers gave the loosechains from their pockets,
businesses gave small amounts,immigrants gave what they could,
remembering their own hunger.
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By Christmas Day, McPhee hadenough had more than enough
money to feed the hungry.
He didn't just serve a meal, herestored dignity.
And so word traveled quickly.
Within a few years, SalvationArmy kettles popped up in
Oakland, Los Angeles, New York,Chicago, and Boston.
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And by the early 1900s, the redkettle became a symbol of hope
during the coldest months of theyear.
During the Great Depression,those kettles fed millions who
had absolutely nothing.
During the Second World War,donations helped support US
soldiers, prisoners of war, anddisplaced families in Europe.
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The sound of the bell becamepart of the American Christmas
soundtrack right up there withcarols, church bells, and the
rustle of wrapping paper.
So that single crab pot on awindy pier eventually grew into
one of the largest charitabletraditions in the world.
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Today, the Salvation Army RedKettle Campaign serves serves
families facing eviction,seniors who can't afford heat,
hungry children, victims ofdisasters, veterans in crisis,
people overcoming addiction.
One petal one kettle can helpfeed thousands, one handful of
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coins can provide a warm bed,and one dollar can become hope.
It all started with one man whorefused to look away from need,
and that one simple idea thatanyone, no matter how little
they have, can give something.
And so Christmas reminds us thatmiracles often start with simple
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acts a pot, a bell, a few coins,a little courage, and suddenly
thousands are fed.
So Captain McPhee didn't waitfor the perfect plan, he worked
with what he had.
The community didn't need togive much, just whatever they
could spare.
And so together they performed aquiet Christmas miracle.
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And so now every time we hearthat bell outside a grocery
store, we're hearing the echo ofone man's decision to take
action instead of despair.
Again, just what a reminder uhin a story.
You know, every Friday morningat 8 45, the George Real Estate
Group, we sponsor the HometownHero series.
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And it is such a privilege tocome around the mic uh with
Randy every Friday morning at 845, and we hear stories.
We hear people giving back.
We heal, we hear people likeJoseph McPhee that started the
the kettlebell tradition.
We hear about stories, peoplethat have started movements here
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in in Hendersonville and inWestern North Carolina.
I mean, if you've hadn't had achance to listen to some of
them, certainly tune in everyFriday morning at 8 45 for the
Hometown Hero Hero series.
We also podcast uh them as well,and there's there was a
remarkable story just lastFriday.
Every Friday's prettyremarkable.
(16:12):
Um, and we hear stories.
There was a a student thatstarted her compassion for
animals, and this and and shestarted uh Kennel kindness, and
and that's an amazing story.
This high school student startedher own non-profit, and it
profit, and again, anybody canmake a difference with that one
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decision, with that one action.
And again, and you don't haveand again, you don't have to
have you think, I how am I gonnado this?
I don't have money, I don't havethe resources, but if you have a
vision, and again, you takeaction and show up, and she did,
and you can go back and listento that on our podcast.
We have coming up for ourChristmas show.
Uh Christmas this this year ison a Thursday.
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We Randy and I are gonna bereviewing the top 10.
Uh, and when I say top 10,they're all amazing.
Every single one of our hometownheroes are amazing.
When I say top 10 by downloads,because we podcast all of our
radio shows and we podcast allof our hometown heroes.
And so by downloads, we'veidentified uh the top 10
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downloads of our hometown herostories, and we're gonna be
recapping the year with those 10stories, and we're gonna be
doing that show on Christmas.
We're gonna be uh broadcastingthat show on Christmas.
We're also gonna replay it againFriday morning like our normal
Hometown Heroes series, insteadof 15 minutes like we normally
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do.
We're gonna do an expanded30-minute show that that Friday.
But on Christmas, we're gonna bedoing uh a review of some of the
most compelling stories, and andthey're all amazing.
And again, it's this it'samazing when people people show
up.
And we certainly saw with Heleneneighbors helping neighbors, the
community showing up, people andand and that's happening every
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single day.
And we love putting a spotlighton that.
And so every Friday morning at 845, we have our hometown hero
series.
You are welcome.
If you know somebody making asilent hero in the community
that's making a difference,reach out to WHKP, nominate
them, tell us their story.
We'll reach out to them andinvite them to come in.
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And so many of these uh heroesjust are they're they're so
humble.
And again, that's what makesthem amazing, too.
The work that they're doing uhyou know, behind the scenes,
unnoticed, quietly, and they'rethey're making a difference in
our community.
That's why we love putting aspotlight and having the
Hometown Hero series uh where wecan have conversations and share
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amazing stories with ourcommunity about the amazing work
being done in the community.
And so it's it is truly aprivilege and honor to sponsor
the Hometown Hero series here onWHKP every Friday morning at 8
45.
And again, we will bebroadcasting uh the top 10
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downloads of the Hometown Heroseries from our podcast.
That will be running onChristmas morning, and it will
also run also Friday morning aswell.
So you can you can catch thatThursday right at the 10 o'clock
news.
Uh, we're here every Thursdaylive, but this Christmas we're
gonna be broadcasting that showthat Randy and I are putting
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together.
And again, grateful for uh theopportunity to just it's it's
sharing stories.
Everybody has a story, right?
Everybody and and it take amoment to hear and to ask
questions and to to learn.
You might never know unless youengage and and reach out and and
when you're you know meetingwith a neighbor, meeting with a
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family member, it's it's so youknow ask the questions, you
know, or or find out what'sthey're passionate about, or
find out where they'revolunteering, or just cu be
curious and and come withcuriosity.
And and so again, we love lovesharing the story.
Of what's going on.
We still have some time left.
You're here at the George RealEstate Group radio broadcast
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here on WHKP.
We've been actually, I've beendoing this radio program.
It's so fascinating.
I started this radio program in2011.
You can imagine the news withthe real estate market in 2011
was not very positive.
And so that was actually mytagline positive news about the
real estate market.
I mean, here we're averagingsome 132 single-family homes a
month selling.
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Just for context, in 2011, wewere only averaging some 70 to
75 single-family homes a monthselling.
We had a two-year supply ofhomes.
Now, here's a fascinating thingsthing.
Homes were still selling.
Actually, was it pretty?
No.
Was it still happening?
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Yes.
And we we navigated throughthat.
We learned a lot.
And what we one of the big someof the biggest lessons we
learned, again, is real estatewas gonna happen in there in
regardless of the the economy,regardless of the market.
And we still saw home selling.
And so we had to have some verycandid conversations.
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There were some very challengingconversations.
And and it was not uh again, ifyou didn't have to sell, again,
when you own your real estateand you live there, you're
enjoying it.
It's a place for your home, it'sa safe place, it's where you can
um you know come home afterwork, or maybe it's your
retirement home, you enjoy it.
And and the thing about the realestate market, there's always an
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ebb and flow of pricing, there'salways an ebb and flow ups and
down of what homes are worth.
If you look at though thehistorical data of homes over
the last 50, 60 years, there'sbeen this like three to four
percent appreciation line.
And and guess what?
Sometimes it goes above that,sometimes it goes below that.
And so, you know, the timing ofit, and it's not when you buy
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and sell real estate, it's notalways about the timing.
It is interesting, though.
People that did sell in in 2010and 2011, most times they were
buying as well.
And so it's interesting when youbought and sold in the same
market, maybe you took a lotless than what you wanted to,
but when you bought in, guesswhat?
You were still in the market andyou recovered.
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And so the people that and thenmaybe first-time home homeowner
homeowners, first-time buyers,they were getting into the
market.
That was significant, and and itcan be life-changing.
And and you can buy when you canbuy, you can when it's
affordable for you.
If you can afford the paymentand the interest rates or the
interest rates, you can alwaysrefinance later.
Uh and and guess what?
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You can participate in theappreciation of homes long term.
And guess what?
At some point, prices willprobably go down again, and
that's okay.
There's just this ebb and flowof home price appreciation uh
historically.
And so when you're living in thehome, enjoying the home, using
the home, again, you're notnecessarily paying attention to
what the prices of the home.
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Of course, when the market didwhat it did in 2010 and 2011, it
was a very challenging time.
And and some people and andfrankly, there was a lot of
distressed sales.
There was some 40% of the marketwas distressed.
It was a combination offoreclosures and a combination
of short sales.
It's a very challenging time,and we walked through that with
so many of our clients.
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We helped them, we wereadvocating for them, and we were
finding a way.
And then a lot of our clientswere say, hey, yeah, we'd love
to sell, but guess what?
When we were honest with themabout the what the home would
sell for in that market, theymade a decision not to sell, and
that's okay too.
You you know, you can decideyou, and this is even today,
we're providing clarity andnumbers and information for our
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clients to understand you knowwhat's what's right for you.
And and when you haveinformation and you have the
understanding of what themarket's doing and homes are
selling, the sky is not falling.
I mean, the question a lot ofpeople are asking right now, is
it even a good time to sell?
And and and if it's right foryou, the market's actually it's
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still a great time to sellbecause one of the biggest
factors right now for a lot ofour sellers is the amount of
equity that you have in yourhome.
If you've the chances are, ifyou've lived in your home for a
while, you you know you havesignificant equity.
And so the no the equity is thethe amount is really here's a
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dip, here's a this is the hiddenwealth of home ownership.
The the um then the amount ofequity you have might actually
change and give you more optionsthan you realize.
And so when you own a home, youbuild up something called
equity, and every time you makea mortgage payment, you're
chipping away at the loanbalance, and that helps your
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ownership stake in your homegrow.
And so at the same time, youryour home, and especially in the
last five, ten years, the homevalues typically rise, and which
drives up the overall value ofyour home.
And so when you combine payingdown your mortgage and the
appreciation in your home isexperienced, you're building
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wealth automatically, monthafter month, year after year.
And so that adds thatcombination can add up to real
dollars that can make a bigdifference in your move.
One of the things we've sharedbefore is if you're if you've
lived in your home two out of afive-year period, as an
individual, the first twohundred and fifty thousand
dollars of profit.
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I'm not talking about what youpaid for the home or what you
put in to improve it, theimprovements, but what you paid
plus the improvements plus thefirst two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars is you do notpay capital gains tax.
If you're married, that's fivehundred thousand dollars.
That's two hundred and fiftythousand per person.
You can actually have up to fourpeople on your deed and up to a
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million dollars of not payingthe capital gains, two hundred
fifty thousand dollars perperson if you've lived in the
home two out of a five-yearperiod.
This is so fascinating.
Nearly forty five percent,excuse me, nearly half.
So forty-five percent of today'shomeowners have lived in their
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home for more than fifteenyears, and one in four for over
twenty-five years.
So, if that's you, if you had amortgage, imagine what 15 to 25
years of paying making paymentsplus the study appreciation have
done to your bottom line.
And so if you're curious, thisis we can find we can we can
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provide you information, and ifyou're curious about what your
home is worth, you can find outyou know what kind of equity
you're sitting on.
And so it depends on what youpaid for the home, it depends on
how much you've been paying yourmortgage, and so all these
different factors go into play,and so a lot of homeowners are
sitting on hundreds of thousandsof dollars in equity without
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even realizing.
So, these this equity, theamount that you that your home
is worth minus what you owe onit, that can offset nearly every
concern you have about movingright now.
If you're concerned about takingon a higher mortgage rate, well,
your equity could coversignificant down payment.
And the more money you put down,the less you need to finance.
(27:14):
Unsure if you can compete intoday's market, you know.
Thanks to your equity, you canyou may this is so fascinating.
30% of our sales in HendersonCounty are purchased with cash.
So thanks to your equity, youmay be able to purchase your
next home in cash.
And so an all-cash offer issomething that is going to
appeal to a lot of sellers rightnow, so they don't have to worry
(27:35):
about the buyers financing uh asa as one of the challenges.
So you know, if now's a greattime of year to look at your
home and what your what you uhwhat your equity is in your
home.
And this doesn't mean you haveto sell it, but it could provide
clarity and information and andand and give you a some
(27:58):
information so you can makeplans.
Maybe their plan is for nextyear, maybe it's in two years,
maybe it's in five years.
You know, life happens quickly,life can change in a day, and
again, real estate happensaround life.
So if you're just curious whatyour home is worth, if you're
curious what kind of equity youhave, uh, you know, after paying
off your mortgage, if you wantwhat's called a net sheet, we
(28:19):
can provide that.
Ultimately, all this informationis so you can decide what to do
for what's right for you.
It's not about timing themarket, it's not about timing
the interest rate, it's aboutwhat the what is right for you
and your story and your life.
And so at the George Real EstateGroup, we provide a no pressure,
no cost, no obligationconsultation, confidential
(28:40):
consultation.
We talk, we are talking withsellers every single day.
We work with buyers every singleday, and it's fascinating.
This time of year, even thoughwe're a couple weeks away from
Christmas, we're just as busy aswe've been all year, and we're
so grateful.
We've actually helped morepeople this year, uh,
significantly more people thisyear than we did last year.
And we're continuing to grow,and we love helping and love
(29:00):
serving our community, and we'dlove to help you if that's
something this this could behelpful for.
You can call us directly at828-3930134.
You can find us online atrealestatebygreg.com.
We also podcast all of our radioshows.
You can find it on your favoritepodcast platform, whether it's
Apple, Amazon, Spotify, whereveryou listen.
(29:23):
If you have a smartphone, youcan type in podcasts, and then
you can look up George RealEstate Group uh radio podcasts.
We'd love to connect with youthere.
You can follow us in and like Imentioned earlier in the show,
the Hometown Hero Series.
We have that every Fridaymorning at 8 45.
We'll be here tomorrow morning.
And like I said, for Christmas,and then the Friday after
Christmas, we'll be doing a uhtop 10 uh podcast downloads of
(29:46):
our Hometown Hero series andreviewing that.
Randy and I will be doing thattogether and looking forward to
that.
Again, so much to be thankfulfor and grateful for this time
of year.
I just hope you'd continue to bekind to yourself and take care
of yourself.
Check on a neighbor, make thatphone call to that family member
you haven't talked to in awhile.
And again, perspective iseverything.
(30:06):
And again, we're so grateful andso much to be thankful for uh
this time of year and everyevery day throughout the year.
Thank you so much for tuning in.
This is the Door Drill EstateGroup Radio Broadcast here on
WHKP.
Have a wonderful day, have awonderful week, and we'll see
you tomorrow morning.
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You've built a lifetime ofstrength, wisdom, and
independence.
And here's the best part (30:35):
you still have it.
Every decision, every step,every next chapter is yours to
choose.
Selling your home isn't aboutletting go, it's about opening
the door to more freedom, moretime for what you love, more
energy for the people andpassions that matter most.
(30:57):
At the George Real Estate Group,we believe independence isn't
behind you.
It's right here, right now.
Our team goes beyond buying andselling.
We're here to help you protectyour wealth, preserve your
legacy, and make sure Uncle Samdoesn't become your biggest
benefactor.
We'll guide you every step ofthe way towards your next
(31:19):
chapter, your next opportunity,and your freedom on your terms.
Call us at 828 393 0134.
Find us online atrealestatebygreg.com.
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