Realtor Charlie Jaeckels explains the challenges of moving into the Triangle Real Estate Market as someone who is both young but determined to understand the rapidly changing landscape of the area ..read more

Beginning in 2022, WRAL Photojournalist Sean Braswell has tried to take the first step into homeownership; however, certain hurdles would come his way, including when he tried to take advantage of certain programs meant to help people like him buy a home. Now, in 2023, Braswell has had some positive developments and shares them in his real estate success story ..read more

Baxter Walker and Kathy Gigac with Avison Young in Raleigh paint a brighter picture of local commerical real estate compared to the earlier days of the pandemic. Through an examination of changing trends and needs of clients, Walker and Gigac walk you through the current state of the market for commercial real estate.     arv3bqmd ..read more

Realtor Julie Gavin explains the steps a motivated buyer should have completed when entering the house-buying process. She provides an example of one buyer who was less than serious about buying a multi-million dollar home ..read more

Nancy Grace has an infectious laugh, and down-to-Earth spirit, and was recently voted Best Real Estate Agent in the 2022 WRAL Voters' Choice Awards! Host Chris Lovingood and Nancy discuss what brings her so much success in her 16 years of real estate experience, what are the best practices for a realtor to establish good, long-lasting rapport with clients, and her take on what's happening in the local real estate market ..read more

Raleigh Mortgage Group owner Brian Grubbs sits down to talk about how the opportunities for mortgages are looking post pandemic and how the mortgage outlook has evolved over time ..read more

When she was 15 years old, WRAL producer Kathy Del Hoyo had to try to translate the house buying process to her Spanish speaking mother. That moment stayed with her as she eventually learned to navigate the process for herself to buy her second home, this time in the Triangle. She shares what it’s like being a Latina homeowner in the area, and making her and her husband’s house their own ..read more

Sometimes homeownership is just out of reach, so you settle for renting until you can make that big down payment. That's when you might run into another problem: high rent costs. It's a battle for some renters, and not one they're in alone. Lorena McDowell with Wake County's Department of Affordable Housing & Community Revitalization explains what's happening on the county level and what renters can do to help address the high costs of rent ..read more

Realtor Maya Gilletta breaks down the harsh reality of foreclosures among people struggling to pay mortgages in the Triangle and the best strategies for handling a foreclosure so a bad situation doesn’t become worse ..read more

As realtor Ann-Cabell Baum with Glenwood Agency LLC notes, when the COVID pandemic hit, some people living in luxury condos set out to look for bigger spaces for more comfortable work-from-home experience. Some people even flocked to luxury townhomes for significantly larger spaces. As people sold their homes for upgrades, it showed realtors the real estate market wouldn't come to a grinding halt but rather the opposite ..read more