Construction employment increased by 16,000 jobs in June to the highest level since October 2008, signaling a new burst of hiring after three months of pause, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of ...
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As M/I Homes begins pre-sales in Walnut Creek, homeowners can experience resort-style life in one of the fastest growing areas around Charlotte. M/I will offer 159 homesites in this master-planned community in Indian Land, S.C., a part of northern Lancaster ...
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Renaissance West Community Initiative (RWCI), the lead agency for community redevelopment programs and services at The Renaissance, has been awarded a $250,000 grant-in-aid as part of the North Carolina state budget approved late last month. Allocated for the 2017-18 ...
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Charlotte Mecklenburg Housing Partnership, Inc. has been awarded a $500,000 grant through the nationally-competitive Project Reinvest for Neighborhoods program. A total of $27.5 million in neighborhood stabilization grants were awarded to 55 nonprofit organizations nationwide to help stabilize and revitalize ...
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The ongoing supply shortages that are propping up home prices in many metro areas caused pending home sales in May to slump for the third consecutive month, according to the National Association of Realtors. None of the major regions saw ...
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More mortgage lenders say they have eased credit standards recently and expect further easing in the coming months, according to Fannie Mae’s second quarter 2017 Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey. On net, the share of lenders reporting they have eased mortgage ...
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Overcash Demmitt Architects (ODA) are leading an emerging trend taking shape in hotel design: Modular Construction. AC Hotel by Marriott in downtown Chapel Hill, scheduled to open this September, will be the site of the first modular hotel on the ...
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Construction employment increased in 243 out of 358 metro areas between May 2016 and May 2017, declined in 59 and stagnated in 54, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of ...
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Lat Purser & Associates has signed leases with four new tenants at Harris Square, a 67,200-square-foot shopping center in Harrisburg that will be anchored by Publix Super Markets. Smoothie King has leased a 1,200-square-foot end cap with a drive-thru for ...
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Existing housing inventory has declined year over year each month for two straight years, but new consumer findings from the National Association of Realtors offer hope that the growing number of homeowners who think now is a good time to ...
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