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Signs of a pickup in the luxury-home market (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: May 21,2012

According to a report produced for The Mecklenburg Times by Keller Williams broker Nadine Deason, 10 homes priced at $1 million and higher sold in the Carolina Multiple Listing Services area in April. That's double the number of homes that sold in the same month last year.


Have niche, will target (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: November 26,2011

Just like in any business, Raphael Goldstein needed to build his clientele when he became a real estate agent 12 years ago. So, the Venezuela native decided to reach out to a niche group, one that he was familiar with: Latinos. At night, he’d thumb through the phone book, looking for Latino-sounding last names. “I [...]


In the 
Shadows: Homebuilders say pending foreclosures harming housing recovery (access required)

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

Alan Banks looks back at 2006 fondly. A principal at Evans Coghill Homes in Charlotte, Banks said the company’s business has been nearly cut in half since a peak in 2006, when it built about 25 homes. This year, ECH plans to build only 13 homes with an average price of $400,000, which is about [...]