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The North Carolina General Assembly passed a bill Wednesday that would give builders and contractors more control over permitting and inspections processes and would streamline some existing processes. The Building Code Regulatory Reform bill, or House Bill 255, will go ...

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Not only does Mike McElroy not back down from a professional challenge. He seeks it out. The new president at Mattamy Homes Charlotte Division went straight to work at Centex Homes, a national homebuilder in Tampa, Florida, after graduating from ...

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MATTHEWS — The town has named C.J. O’Neill as its new public works director. “Our team is very excited about C.J. and the history we have with him,” said Hazen Blodgett, town manager, in a statement. “His knowledge of the ...

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently launched an enhanced public consumer-complaint database that will add all anonymous complaints since the database was created in 2012. “The Bureau’s work improves as we hear directly from consumers,” said CFPB Director Richard Cordray, ...

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ROCK HILL — The city recently was awarded a $630,000 grant to that will allow it to demolish vacant buildings in blighted neighborhoods around downtown and turn the property into green space. “The demolition and greening of blighted property is ...

Home construction is strong both nationally and locally, but increased demand for homes in the Charlotte region’s high-growth areas and higher development costs are jacking up new-home prices. The number of building permits issued during the first three months of ...

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Johnson Manor, a residential community that includes townhomes and single-family homes, held its grand opening Thursday. The homes are being built by Benchmark Communities, a national community designer and homebuilder that operates in California, Washington, Tennessee and the Carolinas. “Johnson ...

The foreclosure rate in the Charlotte area fell in April for the third consecutive month, according to real estate data and analytics provider CoreLogic. The rate of all mortgaged homes that were in the foreclosure process was 0.81 percent in ...

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Construction has started on the first building at Windsor Run, a 60-acre continuing care retirement community in Matthews. The building, a sales center, is expected to open in late 2015, according to a release. The project is being developed by ...

Construction employment in North Carolina increased 8.8 percent in May compared with a year ago, the fourth-largest percentage leap in the country, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. Construction firms in in the state put 15,600 more people ...

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