CHARLOTTE – Apartments are dominating commercial construction in Charlotte, and are expected to continue to do so in the near future. And while industry professionals have wrapped their heads around why people want to live in apartments, the high-concentration of ...

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The number of the Charlotte area’s mortgaged homes with negative equity fell to 6.8 percent in the third quarter of 2014 from 8.4 percent in third quarter 2013, according to CoreLogic. The third-quarter 2014 figure rose slightly, however, from the ...

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Charlotte and Raleigh are poised to grow faster than any other large urban areas in the country over the next fifteen years. In fact, Charlotte’s population is projected to grow by 71 percent from 2010 to 2030, according to a ...

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Demographic trends are changing the face of Charlotte as we know it. Driven by an influx of people from out of state, the city is becoming more urbanized, creating both challenges and opportunities. Nationally, more young, educated and affluent people ...

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DAVIDSON – Democracy is a funny business – both ha-ha and just plain weird. Writ large – as in the federal shutdown – the comedy and tragedy of our system of government fills the cable news network airtime. But on ...

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