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“Backyarding” – the trend to move indoor activities outdoors that was made popular during the pandemic – is here to stay and will continue to expand in 2022, according to the TurfMutt Foundation, an environmental education and stewardship program that ...

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Construction employment increased by 31,000 jobs between October and November as nonresidential construction firms added workers for the third month in a row, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data released today. Association ...

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  Frampton Construction Company has completed the construction of three industrial facilities at Eastgate 540 industrial park in Knightdale. Developed by Trinity Capital Advisors, Eastgate 540 is located beside Interstate 540 in Raleigh’s East Wake submarket. The park totals 1.2 ...

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ATTOM has released its third-quarter 2021 U.S. Residential Property Mortgage Origination Report, which shows that 3.59 million mortgages secured by residential property (1 to 4 units) were originated in the third quarter of 2021 in the United States. That figure was ...

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Beauxwright, LLC, is proud to announce the launch of their Greenway  Townhomes project, located on 11.4 acres along Rozzelles Ferry Road in Charlotte’s emerging  Historic West End. Beauxwright’s purchase of the land for Greenway Townhomes was closed  on Dec. 21, 2020. Beauxwright will start sitework in January. ...

New data from Bank of America shows that family support often plays a pivotal role in helping first-generation homebuyers reach the major milestone of purchasing their first home. Families of first-generation homeowners often instilled in them the dream to buy a ...

There’s no place like home – but how do you find “home” after relocating? In new customer data and survey findings, Mayflower reveals how Americans are defining their identities in new places amid the great reshuffling across the nation.  Today, ...

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The prices contractors pay for construction materials far outstripped the prices contractors charge in the 12 months ending in September, despite a recent decline in a few materials prices, while delivery problems intensified, according to an analysis by the Associated ...

The Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) decreased 1.2 points to 74.5 in September, as survey respondents continued to report divergent opinions of homebuying and home-selling conditions. Overall, three of the index’s six components decreased month over month. Most notably, an even ...

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ATTOM has released its Q3 2021 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 45,517 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — up 34 percent from the previous quarter and 68 percent from a ...

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