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Economists expect home prices to fall 0.7 percent in this year, according to a report Zillow released this week.

For real estate agents in the Charlotte area looking to share listings online, the Carolina Multiple Listing Services has this advice: “Hold your Tweets.”

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The Charlotte Regional Realtor Association’s fourth annual Real Estate Bar Camp started like all the others, which is to say it didn’t start anything like most other real estate training sessions.

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If every step of the process goes as planned, the Lynx Blue Line extension to the UNC-Charlotte could operate as early as 2017. Five years might seem a long ways off, but some property owners and property managers already see dollar signs.

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South End – Charlotte’s first designated transit-oriented district – is at a crossroads. Will it maintain its burgeoning urban environment, or will encroaching suburban development turn it into another bedroom community for uptown?

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Jennifer Frontera’s pep talk for members of the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association is a subtle hint at a year ahead that will likely be filled with struggle. She is preparing to ride “a tide of change” as president of an organization that has seen its membership decrease in the housing downturn and during a time when technology is changing the industry.

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Armed with markers and strategies, residents stood over maps like generals preparing for war. And perhaps they planned a battle of sorts: one to reinvent their area into a shining example of smart growth and not watch it become “suburban hell.”

The first time she and her husband toured it, Sharon George wasn't impressed with the house off Providence Road. It only took a few minutes for the unkempt home to turn her off. George said, “This is a shame, because this house really has potential.'” For George, who is no different than many homebuyers who encounter turnoffs when looking for a new home, there is more to house-hunting than just location.