Lowe’s gets wet 
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: March 23,2012
Home improvement giant Lowe’s will help redo the bathroom, which is apt considering the soaking the Mooresville-based company is taking in New York.
Lowe’s gets wet
Bar camp? Sign us up
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: March 23,2012
A bar camp sounds like something our thirsty newsroom would be interested in attending, which got us wondering: Where did the name bar camp come from?
Hoping to make Peyton pay off
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: March 23,2012
Can referencing Peyton Manning help a realty firm sell homes? The folks at the Mahool Nance Team thought it might.
Buy a home, get a car
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: March 23,2012
In Chicago, KLM Builders plans to give away 2012 Toyota Priuses to the first five buyers of homes in two communities, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Real estate agents are people, too
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: March 8,2012
Advertising is a trial-and-error kind of business. Just ask the geniuses who came up with New Coke. The McDevitt Agency has found itself revising an ad campaign on display at Overstreet Mall. A few months ago, the realty company displayed a billboard that showed agents standing around and talking on the phone. As actual human [...]
Distressed
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: March 8,2012
Spartanburg, S.C., Sen. Lee Bright runs a company called On Time Trucking. But when it comes to paying his mortgage, apparently he’s not on time. According to news reports, Bright is being sued by Capital Bank, which says his business has not paid its mortgage since June and owes more than $318,000. So, Capital Bank [...]
Well, that’s one use for foreclosure papers
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: March 8,2012
Eve Shreve will be sentenced next month after doing something that other homeowners in foreclosure probably have thought of doing: torching the place. Shreve, who lives in northwestern Pennsylvania, has pleaded guilty to arson and reckless endangerment charges for setting fire to her home with a foreclosure notice last year. She had received the foreclosure [...]
How dare someone exercise their First Amendment rights!
By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: March 8,2012
This week, Donald Trump and son, Eric, were supposed to go to Mooresville to discuss possibly buying The Point Lake and Golf Club. Like The Donald’s hair, the deal has been interesting to watch, as club members fight over whether to sell to Trump. With all the disagreeing, a website, yestotrump.com, has been created by [...]
Timberstoned
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: March 2,2012
This is the kind of real estate market that could drive one to drink. And for those who needed to take the edge off, Timberstone Homes had you covered at the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association’s expo Tuesday. Visitors to Timberstone’s booth at The Blake Hotel were served mimosas and wine, even though stronger stuff probably [...]
And the winner
of the flip-flopping award is …
By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: March 2,2012
This week, officials with Mecklenburg County’s code enforcement division changed their minds daily on what to do about awarding residential building permits. Starting this past Thursday, the state requires governmental groups issuing residential construction permits to comply with the 2012 North Carolina residential code. But Mecklenburg County’s code enforcers said they have not received copies [...]
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