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Renaissance Man: On the Level with Frank Spencer, president of Habitat for Humanity Charlotte (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 14,2013

On the Level apologizes to Frank Spencer. All the articulate gent wanted to do was talk about Habitat for Humanity Charlotte. But we kept interrupting him and encouraging him to digress. That's because Spencer, president of the Charlotte affiliate of the national affordable-housing nonprofit, is a dang interesting guy.


Commission Accomplished (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: May 10,2013

This four-bedroom, three-bath English Tudor style home was advertised as “sitting on a hill with privacy” by listing agent Victoria Mitchener. And Mitchener said that privacy was very important to the eventual buyers.


On The Level: No Penny Arcadia with Jeff Ecleberry (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: May 6,2013

Driving through this posh neighborhood – and posh is the only word for it – is like driving through the making of a Lexus commercial. Past the guardhouse, which is as big as 1950s tract house and a lot nicer, the gently curving streets undulate over “speed tables” (not speed bumps) made of pavers (not pavement).


The highest- and lowest-priced single-family home sales from April 22 to April 28 (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: May 2,2013

Selling this home on Lake Norman was more about horses than humans for listing agent Debbie Monroe, a broker with Lake Norman Realty. “It was one of the rare properties on Lake Norman where you can keep your horses,” Monroe said. “It had approximately 10 acres of land total and it was on the waterfront at Lake Norman and that was a selling point for the eventual buyers.”


Preventing Messlenburg: On the Level with Jim Bartl (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: April 30,2013

Jim Bartl has a chart for that. As Mecklenburg County's director of Code Enforcement, this rumpled, professorial 63-year-old is arguably the most powerful man in Charlotte-area building design and construction.


The highest- and lowest-priced single-family home sales from April 15 to April 21

By Scott Baughman
Published: April 26,2013

When Scott Russo took his buyers to see this five-bedroom, eight-bathroom home in Charlotte, he said there were a lot of things to fall in love with.


On the Level: Jonathan Bahr, architect and Saab owner (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: April 22,2013

He was the one being interviewed, but architect Jonathan Bahr brought his own notebook and pen to the sleek conference table of the industrial-chic office of his firm, Urbana.


The highest- and lowest-priced single-family home sales from April 8 to 14 (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: April 18,2013

Greg Martin has an important tip for other real estate agents in the Charlotte area: Foreclosures happen on luxury homes, too.


On the Level: Cherry Pickin’ with Jon Cherry of PulteGroup (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: April 16,2013

Jon Cherry took the long way ’round to Charlotte, via Pittsburgh (his hometown), Baltimore, Cleveland and Charleston, S.C. It was worth it, he says, just to get out of Cleveland.


The highest- and lowest-priced single-family home sales April 1 to April 7

By Scott Baughman
Published: April 12,2013

Gay Dillashaw weathered the real estate storm well, she says, by sticking to luxury classics like this six-bedroom, seven-bathroom Georgian style home. Although it was built in 2006, the house is designed to look much older and easily blends in with the neighborhood.