Parade of Homes.  The Parade of Homes, with new homes on display in Raleigh and throughout Wake County, starts on Saturday.  It will be Saturday and Sunday this week-end and Friday, Saturday and Sunday the following two week-ends.  Here are a few items concerning it that you might find interesting: There will be 366 homes on the Parade this year.  It will not actually be quite that many since homes listed in the Parade book that have been sold prior to the start of the Parade might not be available to view.  Some builders make arrangements with Home Buyers to allow them to show the home during the Parade so that the public can see the kind of work they do (which, after all, is one of the main reasons for the Parade in the first place).  However, some buyers don’t like the thought of having a steady stream of people walking through their new home for three week-ends and won’t allow it.

The most expensive home on the Parade this year is priced at $2,965,000 (page 157 in the Parade book) and was built by Jayco Construction.  It is 9430 square feet and is located in the Overlook at Chatsworth.

The number of homes, by price, on the Parade this year are as follows: $100,000 to $200,000 - 34, $200,000 to $300,000 - 48, $300,000 to $400,000 - 80, $400,000 to $500,000 - 67, $500,000 to $600,000 - 31, $600,000 to $700,000 - 23,  $700,000 to $800,000 - 22,  $800,000 to $900,000 - 22, $900,000 to $1 million - 10, $1 million to $1,500,000 - 15 and $1,500,000 to $2,965,000 - 14.  The local Plan Designers and Architects who have designed the most homes on this year’s Parade are: Design Tech with 20 and Planworx with 18.  I tried to be accurate but if I missed something, if the folks at either company will let me know I will be happy to change the figures. 

Incidentally, my previous offer still goes.  Because of demand, Parade books are hard to come by so if you are in the market for a new home and don’t have an agent let me know and I will give you one when we sign the agency forms.

The Parade is alway fun so - enjoy!

John Fish (919) 696-3474   Email: marvmax@mindspring.com   Web Site: www.JohnFish.com

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 28th, 2006 at 3:15 pm and is filed under Raleigh Durham Realtor, North Raleigh Real Estate, Raleigh Real Estate, Research Triangle Events, Parade of Homes.