I always believed that every experience and road traveled during your professional life will help lead you to your ultimate destination.  I know that my professional road still has many miles to travel but I am very thankful of my most recent experience and how that experience made it possible to go out on my own in real estate.  My 2 years at Heritage Wake Forest was spent working with many of the Triangle’s best builders, amazing home buyers in search of their dream homes, supportive co-workers and managers, great opportunities and I would not of traded for any other neighborhood even though it meant a lot of hard work and many weekends away from family and the associated activities and events.

The 2008 National Sales Team of the Year!

Working at the Triangle’s #1 new home neighborhood also allowed our sales team to win many local and national awards and recently we won the most coveted award of all – The 2008 Gold Award for Best Sales Team in the entire United States! It was truly a team effort and I am very proud and honored to have been a part of that award winning team.  Even though I am now on the other side of the table I am looking forward to helping buyers and sellers in a place I know well and love – Heritage Wake Forest!

Read the recent press release about the national award and if you are a buyer or seller needing help in Heritage Wake Forest then I am here to help!

Walking With You Every Step Of The Way!

Jenn Nowalk – Raleigh Realtor/Broker

Press Release:

Heritage Wake Forest won the 2008 Gold Award for Best Sales Team in the United States from the National Home Builders Association. The Heritage team, which consists of Ann Gowarty, Ashley Wilson, Brenda Simpson and Jenn Nowalk, received the prestigious award during the National Home Builders Convention held in Las Vegas, Nevada in mid-January.

“We are pleased and honored that Heritage Wake Forest has been recognized for its achievements on a national level by the National Home Builder’s Association,” said Andy Ammons, President of Heritage Wake Forest developer Ammons Development Group. “Earning the Gold award confirms that by combining a strong sales team with a highly desirable community that offers enduring value is a winning formula for success.”

Heritage Wake Forest was the 2008 Regional and Silver Award winner in the ‘Sales Team of the Year’ category, qualifying the team as a finalist for the Gold Sales Team Award.

Heritage Wake Forest offers a wide variety of recreational amenities including an award-winning golf course, expansive tennis and swim club, walking and biking trails, greenways, playgrounds and a fully stocked fishing pond. The community was named as one of the Top 100 Amenity Communities by Ideal Living Magazine, and the golf course was awarded an enviable 4.5 rating by Golf Digest Magazine.

I am pumped up and optimistic about the opportunities that lie ahead in 2009! In our Sales Meeting this morning, I was surrounded by a group of professionals that feel the same way.  Appointment showings in North Raleigh are up 50% just in the last week and several agents have sold multiple properties in the last 45 days.  I have the confidence in the Real Estate market and in what I do daily to know that the state of our economy is just a short-term situation.  Life is all about choices – especially in how you will deal with challenges.

Myers Barnes posted a great blog this morning in regard to the state of your thinking in regard to Recession, or the “R” word- and he could not have hit the nail on the head more perfectly- I am going to join him in not participating in the recession.  Myers says, “I have chosen not to dwell on it.  It’s not denial. My refusal is a reflection of my determination not to cave into the harsh perception associated with living/working/surviving in a recession.  A professional athlete or special forces member will tell you that you can work through the pain if you choose to. It’s not the pain that hurts; it is the perception of the pain. Choose not to acknowledge the pain and move on.”   He goes on to say that if you “shift your thinking past the present and focus on what you need to do in order to create your own success, you will achieve!”  

I for one am committed to working hard for my real estate clients, staying positive and helping them find solutions so that they can make their real estate transactions a success in 2009!  Life is what you make of it and if it is the only one that we have- you better make it great and have some fun along the way! What will you choose to make of it?

Walking With You Every Step Of The Way….

Jenn Nowalk – Your Raleigh Realtor/Broker

Now truly is a great time to buy a house but that time may get even better in the near future.  There is talk of the federal government helping the challenged housing market by introducing a fixed 4.5% interest rate. Now that is an interest rate and program that would get a lot of buyers off the sidelines and fast!

Here is one small excerpt from an article about the proposed plan –  ”Under one proposal, Treasury would seek to lower the rate on a 30-year mortgage to 4.5 percent by purchasing mortgage-backed securities from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Scott Talbott, chief lobbyist at the Financial Services Roundtable, said Wednesday.”

This could be the major boost that the housing market needs to lower inventory and get the housing market back to being the needed strong foundation of the economy.  To read the full article on the proposal plan please click here.  If you have any further questions or need information please feel free to contact me as I am here to help with all your real estate needs!

Jenn Nowalk – Raleigh Realtor/Broker