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

Union County’s pipeline of potential commercial and industrial projects has grown throughout the past 12 months in record numbers. Fiscal year-end results show FY2018-19 was the second best year for the County’s economic development efforts. The County has incentivized or ...

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JLL announces it has arranged the sale and financing of The Lowrie, a 245-unit, mid-rise multi-housing community in Charlotte.  JLL marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Proffitt Dixon Partners. Redwood Capital Group purchased the offering free and clear ...

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Even though U.S. multifamily rents declined in September 2019, the market “remains the picture of stability” amid turbulence in the larger financial world, according to a new report from Yardi® Matrix. The average national rent fell $1 to $1,471 in ...

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ATTOM Data Solutions curator of the nation’s premier property database, has named real estate veteran Ohan Antebian to lead its Consumer Businesses. Ohan is responsible for charting the future of ATTOM’s consumer business by leveraging its existing portfolio of assets ...

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Zumper, the largest privately held rental platform in the U.S. used by more than 13 million renters a month, has released the findings of its 2019 “State of the American Renter” report, which examines the current status of the U.S. ...

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U.S. rent values continued their growth streak, accelerating for the ninth-straight month, according to the June Zillow® Real Estate Market Reporti. The median U.S. rent rose 3% on an annual basis to $1,483, with Las Vegas (up 10%), Phoenix (up 8.4%) and Orlando (up 7.4%) seeing the largest ...

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Homeowners are moving closer to understanding their home’s true value, according the Quicken Loans National Home Price Perception Index (HPPI). The report showed that the average home appraisal in September was just 0.49% lower than what homeowners expected. This is ...

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Do you lust for more time during the weekend? Depressed that you only have two days to chill out or get what you want done? The five-day-work-week is on its way out, among other old and tired workplace trends including ...

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Latinxs are buying homes are a higher rate than the overall U.S. population, beginning to close a gap between the Hispanic and white homeownership rate that has tripled since the start of last century. Affordability and racial inequity combined to compound a ...

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Prices for the most affordable third of homes sold in June were up 8.7 percent annually, the second-biggest increase in more than a year, according to a new report from Redfin (www.redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. For homes in the most ...

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