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Catawba housing market down 
over 2009 (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: September 2,2011

According to data from the Catawba Valley Association of Realtors, the housing market in Catawba County continues to decline. In the first seven months of 2011, sales volume was down about 11 percent compared with the same period in 2009. The association said it used 2009 as a base comparison year because tax credit programs that didn’t get [...]


Apple center plants seeds of housing hope in Maiden (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: September 2,2011

The idea of high-tech companies being drawn to the western North Carolina foothills might sound strange to some people. To tech giant Apple, which is building a data center in the Catawba County town of Maiden, it sounds like a good idea. The project, announced last year, has some in the real estate industry hopeful [...]