Standard Pacific Homes Raleigh would like to congratulate Donna Varnum, from RE/MAX Integrity in Morrisville N.C, as our REALTOR® Partner of the Month for her 2 sales in our Weatherfield community!

About Donna:
“I believe in exceeding my customers’ expectations. When my clients find the right home, I think it is just as exciting for me as it is for them!”

Why she likes working with Standard Pacific Homes:
“The one thing that I noticed about Standard Pacific Homes is that they treat my clients like family. I know that they will be taken care of not just at the time of the sale but after as well.”

Thanks Donna, keep up the excellent work!

Contact Donna:
RE/MAX INTEGRITY
1901 NW Cary Pkwy #111 Morrisville, NC 27560
Phone: (919) 810-8510

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At Standard Pacific we are committed to bringing you, the homeowner, thoughtfully planned high-quality homes that blend artistry and advancement in design to create a home that suits your needs where you and your family and friends can create memories. We call this The Artistry of Home and have been providing it to our homeowners since 1965.

What makes The Artistry of Home unique and important to you as a homebuyer?

We recognize that the way we live has changed and our team of award-winning architects have created a vast selection of home designs to reflect that. Standard Pacific strives to provide you with a home that represents the casual luxury of today’s lifestyle while remaining true to the characteristic architectural details and lasting craftsmanship that we are known for.

How is The Artistry of Home reflected in our home designs?

We are aware that today’s homebuyer looks for several important design features when looking to purchase a new home. It is important that the homes layout flows easily from room to room and feels spacious, open, and filled with light. Additionally, multifunctional living spaces are important so that it can adapt to your needs and tastes for everyday living and formal entertaining. Lastly, a seamless transition between indoor and outdoor living spaces is key.

Our award winning architects have incorporated all of these important factors into 9 enhancements that can be found in many of our new Standard Pacific Homes:

1. More square footage dedicated to everyday living areas that are comfortable and casual

2. The Great Room integrates eating, dining and socializing into one spacious location

3. Smooth, effortless transitions between indoor and outdoor areas

4. Flexibility to customize areas to suit your needs

5. Greater use of windows to utilize natural light and enhance the connection between inside and out

6. Expanded multi-use kitchen islands

7. Enhanced home organization built in

8. Storage becomes a priority throughout the home

9. Spa-like master baths

You can see The Artistry of Home in our Chamberlynne, Salem, Park at West Lake, and Northampton communities by visiting our website or contact Leslie Loveless at lloveless@stanpac.com or by phone at 1(800)787-0414. See The Artistry of Home for yourself at one of our communities near you!

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Now is the time to buy. Be home for the holidays.
Fun and refreshments. Two weekends to see it all!

Visit Standard Pacific Homes neighborhoods throughout the nation to see much more than our model homes for two weekends only.
Come choose from a great selection of Ready
to Own homes with amazing features already included.

 Be part of the Open House celebration:

 • Limited time special offers on select homes
 • Chance to move in before the holidays
 • Enjoy refreshments at each Open House

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If you’re in the market for a new home, now is the best time to buy. Mortgage rates are at historic lows, and home prices have bottomed out in most markets. This is a good week to buy a house!

Volatility in the stock market has investors looking for safer places to stash their cash this week. Despite the downgrades, many investors fled to the relative security of long term U.S. Treasury Bonds, pushing down rates.

Rates for mortgages and other consumer loans tend to mirror the movements in the U.S. bond market. The rates on 30-year mortgages are highly correlated with the rate of the U.S. 10-year Bond. Despite Standard & Poor’s downgrade of U.S. debt Friday night, investors still fled to long term U.S. Treasuries Monday through Thursday. The 10-year Treasury bond rate is at all time lows.

Tuesday’s decision by the Federal Reserve to keep the target federal funds rate low until 2013 was a result of considerably slower economic growth. This is the first time the Fed has pegged its low rate to a date and the announcement of the timeframe was aimed at calming nervous investors. A low rate is supposed to stimulate economic growth by making it cheaper to borrow money for consumption or investment. When investors have confidence in the market and have the ability to borrow, money flows out of long-term treasuries into stocks, bonds and commodities. Ultimately, this will causes mortgage rates to rise.

While people continue to worry about the market conditions, U.S. Treasury securities will remain attractive to anxious investors. There is no telling when mortgage rates will go up or how far they will rise. Homebuyers with stable incomes and job security should take advantage of the low 30-year fixed rates now. Buying a home now can allow you to make a significant positive impact on your long term net worth.

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Builder Magazine recently ranked Raleigh NC as the number one healthy market to purchase a home in. The Raleigh area has seen an 85% increase in building permits over the last year.

The 85 percent increase was by and large on the multifamily side; however, the single-family permits also increased as builders began to recognize better economic conditions.

People are drawn to Raleigh because of its temperate climate and good employment prospects. The unemployment rate has fallen to 8.4% as jobs are being added to this diverse job market.

Raleigh is absolutely an affordable place to live, work and play.

StanPac has redesigned our website to better serve you! In addition to a whole new look, we’ve added helpful features that include:

• Mortgage & home financing calculators
• Your Notebook home search tool
• A website version optimized for your mobile device
• And more!

So if you haven’t already, go check out the new standardpacifichomes.com. And stay tuned – we’re announcing new Raleigh communities soon!

At Standard Pacific, we’re spreading holiday cheer with our Holiday Door Prize Days now through December 21. To participate, visit our Raleigh-area communities and look for Quick Move-In homes with wreaths on the door. When you see one, go inside to register for your chance to win one of ten $1,000 cash prizes! The more homes you visit, the more chances you have to win.

Holiday Door Prize Days are open to everyone and end December 21. For full details and official rules, click here or visit stanpac.com.

Are you home shopping in Cary, NC? Standard Pacific has exciting news – we’re now building new homes in The Park at West Lake! An established Cary neighborhood, The Park at West Lake is in walking distance of West Lake Elementary and West Lake Middle School. It’s a master-planned community with walking trails, playgrounds and two pools.

Our homes in the community will include ranch homes and two-story homes with downstairs masters and optional thrid-floor walk-ups. We’re expecting to begin sales for The Park at West Lake in January 2011 – only a month or so away!

More details about new StanPac homes in The Park at West Lake:

• Five floor plans to choose from
• Sizes ranging from 1,734 to 2,963 square feet
• All homes are Energy Star qualified
• Lawns maintained by the HOA
• Masonry exteriors

If you’re shopping for a new home in Cary, join The Park at West Lake interest list by e-mailing Leslie Loveless at raleighhomes@stanpac.com.

If you’d like a chance to win a $1,000 gift card or one of six $500 gift cards to Heavner Furniture, act quickly! The deadline to enter our Friends with Furniture contest is Monday, November 1.

That’s it — after today, just three more days to enter the contest! So all you procrastinators, get those photos posted before it’s too late…maybe we’ll even see a few submissions with Halloween costumes?

For full contest details, visit the Friends with Furniture website.

To see what you could buy with a prize gift card, check out the Heavner Furniture website.

To find the Standard Pacific Homes communities in the Raleigh area, visit the SPH site.