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So far, D.R. Horton is Meck County’s busiest homebuilder in 2013 (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: January 18,2013

CHARLOTTE — D.R. Horton is the busiest homebuilder in Mecklenburg County so far this year, with 22 building permits worth nearly $2.9 million awarded by the county for detached, single-family homes. Fourteen of those permits, or nearly two-thirds, are for homes in the new, mixed-use Vineyards on Lake Wylie subdivision off Old Dowd Road just [...]


Homebuilding in Rapids at Belmeade gets a little more rapid (access required)

By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: December 18,2012

Charlotte-based Eastwood Homes plans to build four homes in Rapids at Belmeade, an affordable-housing subdivision in unincorporated western Mecklenburg County. On Thursday, Mecklenburg County awarded Eastwood — which also builds in Raleigh and the Triad in North Carolina and Greenville and Charleston in South Carolina — four county building permits for single-family detached homes on Berry [...]


Charlotte-area construction activity and jobs are increasing, but rising costs could slow growth (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: April 2,2012

Some Charlotte-area construction companies say that the uptick in business is coinciding with increased costs to build. Materials prices and costs from subcontractors, who are busier, have been rising, they say.