By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: March 12,2013
To impose a mechanic’s lien against a property owner, contractors soon will have a new series of hoops to jump through before they start building projects costing $30,000 or more.
By Tony Brown, Staff Writer
Published: February 19,2013
You’re either fer it, or you’re agin it, as they say in the mountains of western North Carolina, and that’s true of possible legislation that REBIC will either back or oppose this year on the other end of the state in Raleigh, where the state legislature is in session.
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: November 15,2011
In June, a new state law went into effect to stop unlicensed contractors from skirting the system. The goal is to crack down on contractors who solicit a property owner to apply for a permit for work they will do for the owner. “The purpose of the legislation is to close the loophole,” said Mike [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: November 8,2011
There is precedent in North Carolina for homebuilders associations to combine into a larger group or secede from another. In February 2007, the Brunswick County Homebuilders Association was formed following a merger between the Homebuilders Association of Brunswick County, which covered the northern and central part of the county, and the South Brunswick Islands Homebuilders [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: November 8,2011
In the Charlotte metro area, there are nine homebuilders associations. Many of them are suffering from lower membership numbers, a side effect of the housing market’s troubles. For some HBAs, memberships are down by more than 50 percent, which means less income to operate, which in turn means staffing and hours of operation have been [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: October 14,2011
The future of a controversial fee the construction industry is charged to build housing in Cabarrus County will be in the hands of the state Supreme Court next week. On Monday, the court will hear arguments in the case involving the county’s adequate public facilities ordinance. Despised by many in the building industry but intended [...]
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