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Regional home sales, prices continue to climb (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: April 10,2013

CHARLOTTE — The regional housing market continues to show incipient signs of recovery as the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association reported this week that sales volume climbed almost 25 percent in March over the same month in 2012. Home prices also rose in the monthly Carolina Multiple Listing Services report, with the average closing coming in [...]


On the Level: Eric Locher, Charlotte Regional Realtor Association’s 2013 president (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: February 4,2013

"As buyers begin to meet prices, there will be an upward pressure on prices," he said. "There are an increasing number of buyers coming on the market, more buyers and fewer homes. We’ve even had some multioffer situations. Not many, but some."


CRRA cracks down on illegal online postings of listings (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: March 19,2012

For real estate agents in the Charlotte area looking to share listings online, the Carolina Multiple Listing Services has this advice: “Hold your Tweets.”


Carolina Multiple Listing Services goes mobile

By Scott Baughman
Published: February 20,2012

Charlotte real estate agents can now carry the Carolina Multiple Listing Services around in their pockets.


Charlotte home sales rise 8.7 percent in November

By Scott Baughman
Published: December 7,2011

The number of home sales recorded by the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association rose 8.7 percent in November when compared to November 2010, the group reported today. But on a month-to-month basis, the 1,686 closings in November were down 10.4 percent from the 1,882 in October. November’s average sale price of $192,472 was down 10.3 percent [...]


Just how bad is the foreclosure problem? That’s a good question, Charlotte experts say (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: May 27,2011

Jim Kluth remembers in the 1980s when real estate agents, hoping to get first dibs on foreclosed properties, would hang around the Mecklenburg County Courthouse and regularly dig through public records looking for new foreclosure filings. Today, such information is more readily available and accessible, thanks to the Internet. But Charlotte-area experts say the glut [...]


Housing market shows signs of life, agents say (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: May 13,2011

With the Great Recession still packing a punch, the sweet spot for Charlotte’s residential real estate market continues to be homes priced at $120,000 or less. But real estate agents say a growing number of people with deeper pockets are starting to buy homes in the half-million-dollar range. Both sectors offer a glimmer of hope [...]