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Pacific Life selects Charlotte for East Coast hub, creating 301 new jobs
After a competitive search, Pacific Life has selected Charlotte for its new East Coast hub, creating 301 new jobs over the next five years. The office will be in South End, a […]
About Buyers Agents – Are They Overpaid?
Another interesting article recently is challenging the “traditional” 3% Buyers Agent commissions as being way overpriced. The assumption is that a Buyers Agent does little other than show you a property and pick up a big […]
Attorney General Jeff Jackson Reaches $7 Million Settlement with Largest North Carolina Landlord over AI Rent Setting
Attorney General Jeff Jackson and eight other bipartisan attorneys general reached a $7 million settlement with Greystar Management LLC, North Carolina’s largest landlord with more than 25,000 units across the […]
Construction Firms Add 19,000 Jobs In September, Craft Workers’ Wages Rise To $37.64 As Firms Try To Retain Workers Amid Market Uncertainty
Construction employment increased by 19,000 positions in September as firms raised wages to bring on board workers more rapidly than other sectors, according to an analysis of new government data the Associated General Contractors […]
Another rally for Alphabet leads the US stock market higher
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is rising again on Monday, ahead of a week with shortened trading because of the Thanksgiving holiday. The S&P 500 climbed 1.6% and added to its […]
More swings hit Wall Street, but this time stocks finish higher
NEW YORK (AP) — More swings hit Wall Street on Friday, except the U.S. stock market finished higher this time. After bobbing up and down through the morning, the S&P 500 took […]
Wall Street keeps swinging as US stocks give up most of a big early surge
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market continues to swing on Thursday and gave back most of a huge gain from the morning following weeks of doubts and erratic moves. […]
Wall Street swings through another unsettled day ahead of a crucial couple of tests
The U.S. stock market is swinging through another unsettled day of trading on Wednesday, as a huge couple of tests loom on Wall Street. The S&P 500 added 0.2% after […]
U.S. mortgage originations dip as refinances rise
Q3 2025 U.S. mortgage originations slipped slightly as refinance and HELOC activity rose, while purchase loans declined amid affordability pressures.
GOLDMAN: When Your Co-Worker is a Robot
Am I being paranoid? In the same week that Amazon announces it is firing 14,000 workers, The New York Times runs an article with the headline, “Amazon Plans to Replace More […]
MARGENAU: An Antidote to Maximizing Mania
I’ve written about my now deceased friend, Don Winters, before. But I can tell from my emails that it’s time to share his story again. Every single day, I get […]
Realtor.com®: Seven Figures Is Not What It Used to Be – Luxury Now Starts at $1.3 Million
A million-dollar home used to be the epitome of luxury, but Realtor.com®‘s new What is Luxury Report shows that the luxury threshold has risen from $796,922 in 2016 to about $1.3 million today. […]
Latest News
- Foreclosure activity rises nationwide with Florida and South Carolina among hardest hit states
- The McMansion era is over: How American homes have changed in 20 years
- Construction Jobs Increase In 30 States And D.C. Between February 2025 And February 2026
- Construction jobs rise in 38 states including North Carolina and Texas
- ATTOM reports home flipping profits lowest since great recession
- Carolina commercial leads $18 million revitalization of biggs park mall in Lumberton
- Lucern Capital Partners Completes $12.3 Million Sale of Fully Leased Crosslake Park
- Average single-family home property tax bill rose 3 percent in 2025
- Cavella opens pre-leasing for 307-home community in charlotte north end
- Construction Spending Dips 0.3 Percent In January As Weakness In Private Residential And Nonresidential Investment Offsets Public Outlay Gains
- CBRE Facilitates Sale of Greylyn Business Park Industrial Portfolio in Charlotte
- ATTOM report finds homes remain largely unaffordable in US counties Q1 2026
Features
- JLL strengthens Charlotte capabilities with top Agency Leasing team hire from Foundry Commercial
- Thomas & Hutton Grows Charlotte Team With Two New Team Members
- Nick Schirato Joins Thomas & Hutton As An Environmental Designer In Charlotte
- Foundry Taps Alex Olofson to Lead Capital Markets Growth in Charlotte
- Tony Lathrop Strengthens Parker Poe’s Infrastructure, Transportation & Public Policy Services
- MVA Expands Economic Development & Incentives Group, Appoints Beth Buckner as Head
- Thomas & Hutton Announces Kaylee Neal’s Professional Engineer Licensure In North Carolina
- Thomas & Hutton Announces Sixth-Generation Leadership Transition as Firm Enters 80th Year
- Movement Mortgage welcomes Justin Caplan as East Coast Growth Director
- Ki McCaskill Joins Thomas & Hutton As Survey Technician In Charlotte
- Brittany Bowens Joins Weichert, Realtors® – LKN Partners
- CBRE Bolsters Retail Services Platform in Charlotte with Senior Hire
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