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Why it’s so tough to form a regional HBA (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: November 8,2011

In the Charlotte metro area, there are nine homebuilders associations. Many of them are suffering from lower membership numbers, a side effect of the housing market’s troubles. For some HBAs, memberships are down by more than 50 percent, which means less income to operate, which in turn means staffing and hours of operation have been [...]


Industry’s eyes are on Cabarrus fee case (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: October 14,2011

The future of a controversial fee the construction industry is charged to build housing in Cabarrus County will be in the hands of the state Supreme Court next week. On Monday, the court will hear arguments in the case involving the county’s adequate public facilities ordinance. Despised by many in the building industry but intended [...]