Our Community Newsletter Goes Viral!

Every month the Southwest Plantation, Home of Bear Trail Golf Club community newsletter will go viral. It is now available to all our homeowners and golf members online as well as in their mailboxes.

Enjoy the read!

If you have any comments or sugestions regarding the monthly newsletter please feel free to leave them hear or email them to: southwest plantation@gmail.com.

NEW Floor Plan built by American Homesmith

The Longleaf floor plan has never been built before here at Southwest Plantation. It is an open floor plan with the 3 bedrooms upstairs and 2.5 baths. It is currently in the framing process with a completion date in October 2012.

Take a look at this NEW floor plan and be sure to check back and watch its progress as it is being built!

Rates Slowly Rising

Last week we saw an increase in mortgage rates across the board for all loan programs!  Of course, we all hope they will continue to stay where they are at or lower, now is the time to buy and refinance before they increase more!

From an article online at Mortgage News Daily, “We'd continue to advocate against trying to "get ahead" of current market movements due to the high degree of uncertainty. The long-term direction of rates has been down, down, down, for the past year. At some point, this will turn, and when it does, we highly recommend that you're prepared by drawing your OWN line in the sand as to how much rates would have to rise before you lock at a lost”

Contact me today for more information:

Danielle Hifko

New American Mortgage

910-581-6398

5 Questions Every Buyer Should Ask Their Agent

I ran across a great article on InmanNews.com with some helpful advice for buyers.  Also helpful for agents to make sure you are prepared for these questions!

1. Do you know a good mortgage broker, inspector, painter, etc? - An NAR survey showed that 46 percent of buyers thought they got a better list of service providers from their agent than they could have come up with otherwise!
2. What should I expect?  - This helps to manage your expectations from the very beginning – how long will this take, what needs to be done, etc.
3. What are the different ways to look at this? –How do you react during inspections – more money, repairs, more bids? Make sure your agent is there to help with all of these options
4. How do you buy a house? –Although it seems self-explanatory, each area and each experience is unique.  Allow your agent to help educate you.
5. What have I forgotten to ask? – Let the agent take lead to cover the rest of the bases for you.  Has everything been discussed? Do you understand the entire process?

Buyers  - make sure you are asking questions!  Agents – make sure you are prepared to answer!

The Greens at Southwest Plantation

The Greens section here at Southwest Plantation overlooks the pond, green and fairway of hole 8 on the Bear Trail Golf course. This section is comprised of luxury homes starting in the $220's with over 2,000+ square feet. Checkout the section map and the available listings. There is multiple floor plans to choose from built by Lake Carolina Homes.

For more information and to schedule an exclusive tour of these homes or others in our community call Diane Castro-Perez (910)467-7642!