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12 best custom home builders in Charlotte

Looking to build a home in Charlotte? Or doing a big home renovation? Here’s a list of our city’s 12 best home builders. This list was created by using data ...

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7 Tips for Picking a Great Real Estate Agent

Real estate agents promote themselves with yard signs, online ads, direct-mail postcards and even sponsored public benches. So, cutting through the advertising hype and finding the right agent can be ...

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Construction Quality Control and Avoiding a Bad Home Builder

In any project or endeavor, whether it is for business or for personal reasons, quality of work, product or materials is a very important aspect that will give you the ...

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Steele Creek is the next hot neighborhood in Charlotte

Uptown, South End, NoDa, Plaza Midwood — all these Charlotte neighborhoods have been transformed by new development over the past half-decade, from luxury apartments to high-end restaurants. The next hot ...

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Carolina Panthers get green light for move to SC

COLUMBIA, SC The Carolina Panthers will get $115 million in state tax discounts from South Carolina when the Charlotte-based NFL team moves its headquarters and practice facilities across the N.C. ...

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Teen funds college with real estate investment made at 14

Buying and selling property is a responsibility usually taken on by adults, but a Uniontown teen is selling a house he purchased at age 14 with savings that included earnings ...

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Charlotte's real estate market rising prices, fewer choices

If you're buying a house in Charlotte, the market can be summed up in three words: "competitive," "expensive" and "scarce." The latest sales numbers from the Carolina Multiple Listing Services ...

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Homebuilders want faster inspections

When it comes to building new homes, much of North Carolina is still digging out of the recession. Despite what looks like explosive growth from a Triangle perspective, the rest ...

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Paying over asking price in sellers market

For many buyers, paying over list price for a home goes against the grain. It goes against everything they have ever known about real estate, which is to say they ...

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Charlotte and Raleigh among nation's 'hottest' housing markets for 2018

North Carolina's two largest cities — Charlotte and Raleigh — are home to the "hottest" housing markets for 2018, according to a new prediction from residential real estate site Zillow. ...

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Charlotte market sees jump in home sales

The Charlotte housing market ended 2017 with just a 2-month supply of homes for sale — an inventory issue that continued to plague the region through all of last year. ...

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Breaking down home sales across the Charlotte region

A strong seller's market has remained the story across the Charlotte region. Despite a local housing stock that continues to slide, Charlotte-area residential real estate experts say they see no ...

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Charlotte, high on 'fastest-growing cities' list

Recent U.S. Census figures bear out a fact that many Charlotteans already know — the Queen City and its surrounding communities continue to see quick population growth. And a new ...

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Charlotte rivals Seattle, San Jose for fastest-growing home values

It's not just the West Coast markets where home values are soaring. Charlotte ranks among the top five U.S. metro areas for fastest-appreciating home markets, according to a new report ...

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Home prices soar in Charlotte according to the latest S&P report

Home-price gains in the Charlotte area again tracked above the national average in February, according to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices' report. Prices rose 6.1% year over year, outpacing ...

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'Strong quarter in the books' for Charlotte's new home market

Homebuilding picked up steam in the Charlotte region to start off the new year. In the first three months of the year, construction of new homes rose 16.4% from last ...

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Moving up: Charlotte a TOP 'Destination City'

Dozens of metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. are dealing with an issue that has evaded Charlotte: suburban sprawl. North Carolina's most populous metro area is one of a handful in ...

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Charlotte lands in the top of the "100 Best Places to Live" in the U.S.

Charlotte has inched up a spot in U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of the "100 Best Places to Live" in the U.S., landing at No. 14. While the ...

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Lash to add second building, parking deck as it grows toward 1,700 jobs in Fort Mill

The company relocated to its new, 250,000-square-foot headquarters in March 2016, moving from Charlotte. All told, Lash has said it plans to have 1,700 on the Kingsley Fort Mill campus, ...

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Lincoln Harris, Cato plan major mixed-use project on former Knights Stadium site

Lincoln Harris and Cato Corp. plan a mixed-use community dominated by office development on the former site of Knights Stadium in the Fort Mill area. The 350-acre development, called Southbridge, ...

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Corning to add 410 jobs at two Charlotte-area plants, spend $176M

Corning Inc. will bring a total of 410 new jobs to the Charlotte area as it opens a new optical cable plant in Catawba County and expands its huge optical ...

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Charlotte development projects that matter in 2017

Looking into 2017, there are some absolutely incredible construction projects in Charlotte that will begin, continue or complete by the end of the year. In no particular order, let’s take ...

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Charlotte population growth

North Carolina, sixth fastest growing state in the US

North Carolina was the sixth fastest-growing state in the U.S. in terms of numeric growth from 2015 to 2016, the U.S. Census Bureau reported recently. The Tar Heel State added ...

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Charlotte City Council votes to fully repeal HB2 ordinance

Taking "additional steps to ensure the repeal of HB2 would not be jeopardized in any way," Charlotte City Council voted to fully overturn its dormant non-discrimination ordinance that granted extra ...

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101 Fun things to do in Charlotte

Attractions & Family Fun 1. Known as “the thrill capital of the Southeast,” Carowinds amusement park is packed with fun for all ages. For the biggest adrenaline rush, ride the ...

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