Metrostudy Releases Q3 2018 Residential Remodeling Index (RRI)
Metrostudy, a Hanley Wood company, has announced the release of its third quarter 2018 Residential Remodeling Index (RRI), detailing activity in the remodeling and replacement industry. The national Residential Remodeling […]
Report says Charlotte housing should be “normal” in 2017
Metrostudy‘s fourth quarter 2016 survey of the Charlotte housing market shows that new home builders started construction on 2,952 homes, an 18.6% increase from fourth quarter 2015, according to a […]
Industry experts bullish on 2016 housing, office sector
The strong growth in apartment construction near center city and a subsequent rise in vacancy rates may lead to more apartment development on the outskirts of town in the upcoming […]
Demographics boost local multifamily market
Some 45 attendees gathered at the Charlotte City Club on Tuesday morning for an update on the latest trends in real estate at an annual breakfast held by the local chapter […]
Association hosting real estate breakfast
CHARLOTTE – The Charlotte Chapter of the Risk Management Association will hold its annual real estate breakfast from 8:30-10 a.m. Tuesday, May 5 at the Charlotte City Club. Featured speakers […]
Building permits and new home starts increase in July
A new national report issued by the U.S. Commerce Department found that in July new housing starts increased significantly to an eight-month high, after two months of disappointing results. But […]
Mixed market message: Q2 reports show good news, bad news for new-home construction
CHARLOTTE – Despite higher numbers across the board in the second quarter – in new home starts, closings and prices – don’t yet bet the house on a sustained residential […]
Town houses are back in town
CHARLOTTE –Call Wendy Field one of the post-recessionary urban pioneers, a bellwether for what expert observers say is a slowly re-emerging trend in Charlotte multifamily development: Small for-sale town house […]
Kitchens, master suites define luxury
Luxury homes, a property niche that was hit hard by the recession, is back in popularity with buyers. Following the recent recession, interest in large and expensive homes dropped dramatically […]
A steep ascent: Residential permits climbing back from recessionary low
Like nails out of its own coffin, the Charlotte region’s residential construction industry pulled nearly 9,500 building permits in 2013, rising from the ashes like a phoenix with a tool […]
The dollars and sense of density: Huntersville petitioners make the financial case for conservation subdivisions
HUNTERSVILLE – Single-family residential density vs. the price of land and its development. That’s the crux of one of the hottest residential real estate development debates in many of the […]
Meck homebuilding on big upswing in 2013, but lot supply shrinks
“New-home sales are way up, so much so that we’re selling off our inventories, which are still historically below accepted equilibrium levels,” said Alan Banks, president of the Home Builders Association of Charlotte.
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