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Surveying and plotting: What does the future hold for Charlotte real estate?

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: December 30,2011

A new year offers a blank slate, an opportunity for a fresh vision and a time to reflect on the accomplishments and struggles of the previous year.


Name Game (access required)

By Scott Baughman, staff writer
Published: December 30,2011

The Charlotte Region Commercial Board of Realtors knew they had a great product with the online listings of the Charlotte Property Exchange. But what they didn’t have was a great name. So they changed it this month. Gone is the Charlotte Property Exchange – or CPE – to be replaced by Site Index.


Build up (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: December 30,2011

This could be the year. There is a cautious optimism being felt across the Charlotte homebuilding industry.


Internet scams trick vacationers with fake rentals (access required)

By The Associated Press
Published: December 30,2011

A family from Suriname was the first of a string of guests to arrive at Steve Chase's million-dollar South Florida home expecting a vacation — only, Chase didn't invite any of them.


Survey: Home prices down in most major US cities (access required)

By The Associated Press
Published: December 30,2011

U.S. home prices fell in most major cities for the second straight month, further evidence that the housing recovery will be bumpy and weigh on the broader economy in 2012.


Homeland sales? (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: December 30,2011

Union County Association of Realtors President Lori Bee can add “TV Star” to her list of titles after the Dec. 18 episode of Showtime’s “Homeland” series.


At least home prices are going to rise somewhere (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: December 30,2011

While America seeks to recover from economic devastation, the nation of Iraq is hard at work trying to recover from physical devastation after almost a decade of conflict in the Iraq War. One place that financial experts over there are looking for recovery is the housing market.


Occupy Charlotte occupies dwellings (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: December 30,2011

Charlotte City Councilman Andy Dulin loves to be on the cutting edge in the Queen City. To demonstrate his connection with the people and the trends in the area he took a tour of the Occupy Charlotte protest site set up in Uptown just before the New Year.


It’s their party (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: December 30,2011

On Tuesday, Dec. 20, the Meck Times decided to attend the monthly meeting of the Mecklenburg County Building Development Commission. It wasn’t a first, for us.


Planning department sponsored by Walt Disney (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: December 30,2011

If you frequent the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department, you probably have noticed a neon sign in a conference room just off the lobby of the Eighth Floor offices. But do you know the history of the Innovation Station?