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

The Appraisal Institute, the nation’s largest professional association of real estate appraisers, today encouraged home sellers to consider making energy-efficient improvements to their properties and urged potential buyers to seek homes with those features. “The latest research shows that green ...

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Prestige Corporate Development, LLC continues to see robust development in The Village at Sherrill’s Ford. The average household income of residents exceeds $110,000 per year which makes this area appealing to both local and national businesses. Due to high demand ...

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Construction spending increased 0.1 percent from July to August and 5.3 percent for eight months of 2018 combined, with continued year-to-date gains for major public and private categories, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General ...

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Millennials, the largest group of home sellers, are the most likely to make concessions, change the date of their closing and have an offer fall through, according to the 3rd annual Zillow® Group Report on Consumer Housing Trends–this even at a time ...

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  A recent “Topping Out” party proved to be a real cause for celebration for future residents of the new Southminster Terraces. After the final beam was placed on top of the 3-story glass connector between the first two Southminster ...

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Prices for goods and services used in construction costs climbed 6.2 percent over the past year, intensifying a cost squeeze on contractors grappling with widespread labor shortages, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new ...

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Marsh Properties has started construction on The Edge@Sedgefield, a new 263-unit luxury apartment community at the mixed-use Sedgefield redevelopment in Charlotte. Located along Haverford Place and adjacent to the new Harris Teeter-anchored Sedgefield Shopping Center, The Edge will feature a ...

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ATTOM Data Solutions, has released its Q2 2018 U.S. Home Flipping Report, which shows that homes flipped in the second quarter of 2018 yielded an average gross return on investment of 44.3 percent, down from 47.8 percent in the previous ...

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  The Charlotte chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women held it’s annual awards ceremony Tuesday and recognized members for their hard work and dedication throughout the year. A crowd of about 90 gathered at The Charlotte Country Club to hear ...

Genworth Mortgage Insurance, an operating segment of Genworth Financial, Inc. has released the First-Time Homebuyer Market Report from its Chief Economist, Tian Liu, for the third quarter of 2018. The report aggregates all publicly available government data and proprietary mortgage industry ...

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