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

In today’s market where homes are selling fast, often above asking and even sight unseen, it may not seem like there is actually a “best” time to list your house for sale. However, earlier in the year is generally better, ...

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The coronavirus pandemic has upended the housing market, opening up new opportunities for many, pushing some to move back home and causing others to reevaluate how they want their home to look. With vaccines being widely distributed, new Zillow® surveys reveal what’s likely to change ...

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  Integral Performance Training (IPT), a performance training gym has signed a lease at Madison Corners. IPT intends to establish a new paradigm in personal training. IPT will create this precedent in training by providing an experience that is a ...

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The Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) increased in March by 5.2 points to 81.7. Four of the HPSI’s six components increased month over month, including the components related to homebuying and home-selling conditions, household income, and home prices. The ...

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More than three million renters said they were at risk of losing their homes with the federal eviction moratorium that set to expire on Wednesday, but a new Zillow analysis shows the number of households ultimately evicted could be as low as ...

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Owner of Preferred Parking Services LLC, Roger Stacks, saw his revenue plunge by 40-70% when workers stopped commuting and parking in March due to COVID. Knowing there was nothing he could do about it, he decided to refocus his team ...

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ATTOM Data Solutions, has released its year-end 2020 U.S. Home Flipping Report, which shows that 241,630 single family homes and condos in the United States were flipped in 2020, down 13.1 percent from 2019 to the lowest point since 2016.  ...

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Autodesk, Inc. has released the “Construction Outlook 2021: Risks & Opportunities” report, a new study that dives into macro industry trends across five areas including growth, health and construction safety, labor, supply chain and design. As the compounding effects of the ...

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People who bought homes in primarily Black neighborhoods in 2019 gained a median $59,000 in home equity last year, compared with $50,000 for people who bought homes in primarily white neighborhoods, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. Equity grew ...

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ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database, has released its fourth-quarter 2020 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, which shows that 17.8 million residential properties in the United States were considered equity-rich, meaning that the combined estimated amount of ...

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