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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 [...]


Charlotte-area real estate agents warned about scam (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: July 22,2011

It was a presentation Union County Sheriff’s Office attorney Bill McGuirt never thought he would have to give. “Larceny of a house: Who would have ever thought of such a thing?” McGuirt said as he began a presentation this month to the Union County Realtors Association. McGuirt’s presentation aimed to teach real estate agents about [...]