More than 500 Realtors fanned out April 11 across the Charlotte metro area to help 17 homeowners in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties. It was part of the sixth annual Realtors Care Day, an all-day home repair project to help some ...

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CHARLOTTE – One of the biggest landlords in the land now lords it over the re-swelling ranks of the Charlotte region’s Realtors. His name is Joe Rempson, vice president of T.R Lawing Realty Inc., and as of Jan. 1 the ...

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On Dec. 13, the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association hosted its holiday awards lunch and annual meeting at the Crowne Plaza Charlotte Executive Park. More than 400 Realtors gathered to honor the industry’s leaders and association volunteers. The 2013 recipients of ...

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While the Charlotte real estate market remains affordable relative to many other U.S. markets, there is growing evidence that many middle class, professional families cannot afford to buy a home.

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Call it the HGTV effect. Home buyers have high expectations when it comes to a new home. You have to grab them in the first seven to 10 seconds or they move on.

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Preliminary August data from the Carolinas Multiple Listing Services Inc. continue to indicate a strengthening housing market, with the number of sales, home prices and new listings rising while the inventory and average number of days on the market declined.

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Prices for existing homes sold in the Charlotte region continued to rise in July, by 8.3 percent year-over-year and by 1.3 percent over June, according to property analytics provider CoreLogic.

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"As buyers begin to meet prices, there will be an upward pressure on prices," he said. "There are an increasing number of buyers coming on the market, more buyers and fewer homes. We’ve even had some multioffer situations. Not many, but some."

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According to a report produced for The Mecklenburg Times by Keller Williams broker Nadine Deason, 10 homes priced at $1 million and higher sold in the Carolina Multiple Listing Services area in April. That's double the number of homes that sold in the same month last year.

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Chiquita executives will get help finding appealing homes in the Charlotte area from local real estate companies Allen Tate and Cottingham Chalk Hayes. The fruit and produce company is moving from Cincinnati, and the relocation will reportedly bring about 400 jobs to the city.

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