Mecklenburg Times: News for Mecklenburg, Union and Iredell counties Real Estate, Development, Construction, and Community News in the Charlotte area and throughout Mecklenburg, Union and Iredell counties

Two years since COVID was declared a pandemic, employees say work and family are the areas of life that have shown the most change for the better. Despite the devastation and tragedy many have suffered over the course of the ...

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Construction employment edged up by 2,000 jobs between March and April as contractors scrambled to find workers in an increasingly tight labor market, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government data. Association leaders ...

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ATTOM has released its April 2022 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 30,674 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — down 8 percent from a month ago but up 160 percent ...

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Accountability Information Management, Inc. (AIM), recently published a new report, “The Dream Home – What Consumers Really Want.”  The AIM research looked squarely at what consumers HAVE in a home and what they WANT in a home (the research involved ...

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Providence Group Capital, a Charlotte based commercial real estate investment and development company, announced today that it has closed on the acquisition of four properties located at a prime intersection in South End; the corner of South Tryon Street and ...

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For the first time since the Great Recession, buyers may have an easier time buying a home in the city than in nearby suburbs this home shopping season. That’s because homes in the suburbs recently have been appreciating faster than ...

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Even before the war in Ukraine brought more uncertainty to an already turbulent stock market, 2022 held great promise for online property investing platform CrowdStreet. Its 2022 Investor Benchmark Survey found 98% of respondents plan to make at least one private equity real estate ...

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Results from Zillow’s Consumer Housing Trends Report show renters of color typically submit more applications — and pay more in application fees — before they secure a place to live than white renters do. Renters of color also typically pay a higher security deposit ...

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ServisFirst Bank, a subsidiary of ServisFirst Bancshares has announced the expansion into Charlotte with the opening of ServisFirst Bank Piedmont. Rick Manley joins ServisFirst Bank as Regional President and CEO of this new market.   “ServisFirst Bank is proud to expand our ...

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Construction employment climbed by 60,000 jobs between January and February as hourly pay rose at the steepest pace in nearly 40 years, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data released today. Association leaders ...

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