Archive: September 2010

The Most Affordable Places to Live




Here’s a video from Coldwell Banker CEO, Jim Gillespie, recent visit with Fox Business to talk about the Coldwell Banker Home Listing Report.

Generation Blue




At Coldwell Banker ®, we refer to our global network of 100,000 agents and the 3,500 local offices and companies as “Generation Blue”…as you can see, we are very proud of our corporate color! So what IS Generation Blue? Well, after touring the country and hearing discussions from experts about what a Baby Boomer is [...]

Remembering Oconee Drive




As I was thinking back, it occurred to me that I purchased my home 40 years ago this year. It was 113 Oconee Drive in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The year was 1970 and I bought it (with some help from my parents) for what seemed like a huge sum of money – less than $30,000. The home was three-bedrooms and two-bathrooms, and I still remember the brick, the ranch layout, the carport and having the first place I could call my own!

Packing Tips: Color Coding




I hate packing. Boxes, bubble wrap, markers for writing on cardboard boxes. I don’t know about you, but I find no matter how many times I write what room a packed box is suppose to go in it usually ends up in the wrong place. That’s part of the reason why I love this simple idea of “color coding” when packing boxes

September 21 / 2010
Author David Marine
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Moving with Children




There’s nothing quite like the chaos of getting ready to move. Boxes, newspaper, bubble wrap, packing tape, etc. Now throw kids into the mix and you’ve got yourselves a recipe for a potentially stressful experience. With two young boys at home and one more expected in November, I can’t imagine what it would be like [...]

September 08 / 2010
Author David Marine
Category General
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Great Summer Reading While It’s Still Summer




  Where did the summer go?  Hopefully yours was more relaxing than mine.  Most of my time was spent on the road in congested airports and packed planes as I visited many, many great Coldwell Banker companies.  I can attest that if you looked only at airport useage our economy must be well on its [...]

September 03 / 2010

What Makes a House a Home? Family




Everything changes when you become a parent. As a mother of two beautiful daughters, I can speak with first-hand experience. You begin looking through the world with a new lens on life, which affects many major decisions.  I remember looking for a home when I was pregnant with my first child, and I’ll never forget [...]

September 02 / 2010
Author admin
Category General
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