By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: September 20,2011
Waxhaw builder Russell Zavatsky hasn’t built a home in Union County in at least two years. It’s not because the economy has killed off demand. After all, he’s building a new home in Tega Cay, and he’s building and remodeling in Iredell County and the Lake Norman area. But in Union County, where Zavatsky lives, [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 5,2011
In Charlotte, as in the rest of the country, the construction industry is feeling the pinch. The cost of building materials keeps rising. According to a March 16 Associated General Contractors of America report, material prices for all types of construction have risen 6.1 percent in the past 12 months in the U.S. Some Charlotte-area [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: March 21,2011
Union County knows what growing pains are. In the past 10 years, the population of Mecklenburg County’s neighbor to the southeast has exploded 62 percent, rising from 123,677 residents in 2000 to 201,292 in 2010. It’s the largest percentage increase of any county in the Charlotte area. There’s been so much housing growth in Union [...]
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