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Limited effect: FHA lowers loan caps, but Charlotte impact expected to be slight (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: October 29,2011

This month, the Federal Housing Administration’s single-family home loan limits dropped in more than 600 counties across the U.S., including some in the Charlotte area. On its face, it sounds like more grim news for the housing industry: Lower loan limits and price more people out of homeownership. But housing industry officials say it should [...]


Armed Agents: Concerned for their safety, real estate professionals take self-defense classes, apply to carry guns (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: September 16,2011

Lisa Ludlow Archer was a new real estate agent working phone duty about six years ago when she got a phone call that just didn’t feel right. “When you get that feeling, you should usually listen to it,” said Archer, who is now a broker with Keller Williams Realty in Charlotte. The prospective buyer wanted [...]