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Recent Articles from Thomas Lawing, guest columnist
Student debt: real estate’s silent threat
For the past 25 years, college tuition has increased at more than four times the rate of inflation. Unable to keep up with rising costs, students have increasingly turned to loans which, in turn, have created a debt bubble with striking similarities to the dot-com bubble, the housing bubble and the mortgage foreclosure crisis.
Technology: A Realtor’s friend or foe?
How do you use today’s technology, and is it a job-killer as pundits have claimed for the past 30 years or just a job-changer?
Get rich quickly? Or too good to be true?
Everyone wants to get rich quickly. I certainly do. And, if you can keep a secret, I know a shortcut to a life of leisure. Are you interested? Do you […]
Meet the new normal in real estate: renting
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, homeownership in America dropped 3 percent in just the past seven years and rent is the new reality for both former homeowners and new households alike.
Oh, the places the Internet will go
Benoit College reminds us that most members of the class of 2012 were born in 1990 into a world where computers and rapid communications were already commonplace. How have the changes in their world affected our world?
It’s time to start doing things differently
If we always do what we’ve always done, we’ll always get what we’ve always gotten. Versions of this adage have been around for generations, and I am as much a […]
Working hard, but where’s the reward?
We were all taught to work hard if we wanted to get ahead. Studying hard would bring good grades, and good grades would get us into good colleges. Graduating from […]
Latest News
- Rail Trail Bridge to Connect Uptown to South End over I-277 work begins
- Construction employment rises in 32 states and D.C. with North Carolina adding 13,600 jobs
- ATTOM reports home purchase loans at 12-year low amid rising mortgage rates
- NCDOT unveils six design concepts to reconnect I-77 South corridor in Charlotte
- ATTOM report finds home prices grew in nearly half of opportunity zones
- Foundry Commercial Brings Uptown Charlotte Site to Market
- Construction Employment Rises By 9,000 In April As Nonresidential Hiring Offsets Residential Declines And Average Hourly Pay Rises To $38.73
- Foreclosure activity rises 18 percent annually with Delaware and South Carolina hardest hit
- Homeowners face plumbing and radon as top repair stressors across states
- Averitt Announces New Commitment to Charlotte
- PlayNation to Bring Purpose-Driven Indoor Playground to Eastway Crossing
- Construction Jobs Increase In 33 States And D.C. Between March 2025 And March 2026
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