Home Buying For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance)) Research from Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston shows the real estate market in North Carolina continues to perform well and is expected to stay strong. According to industry estimates, 2006 will be the third-best year on record for home sales, with an all-time high inventory of homes for sale on the market and interest rates comparable to 40-year lows, offering buyers a broad range of affordable choices at present. For those already owning homes, the national median price of houses purchased 10 years ago has increased 88 percent.

The number of U.S. households is expected to increase 15 percent during the next decade, creating a continued high demand for housing. In terms of its own business, Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston found that of all the visitors in October to its Web site (http://www.hpw.com), 30 percent were out-of-state buyers. Included among those visitors were international as well as national customers, indicating worldwide interest from people to purchase a home in North Carolina. Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston has the state’s number one real estate Web site.

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