The Charlotte metro area continues to chip away at its foreclosed housing stock month by month. CoreLogic reports that 1.5 percent of all mortgaged homes were in some state of foreclosure in November, as compared with 1.7 percent of properties ...

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Charlotte area home prices increased 6.6 percent in November 2013 year-over-year and 0.4 percent from October to November, according to CoreLogic’s Home Price Index Report. The data looked at existing single-family attached and detached homes as well distressed sales including ...

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WASHINGTON  — U.S. home prices barely rose in November from the previous month and year-over-year gains slowed, reflecting declines in sales in the fall. Real estate data provider CoreLogic said Tuesday that prices increased just 0.1 percent in November from ...

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WASHINGTON  — U.S. construction spending rose in November at the strongest pace in more than four years, driven by solid gains in home construction and commercial projects. The Commerce Department said construction spending increased 1 percent in November to a ...

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Pending home sales nationwide increased by 0.2 percent in November from October, according to a report by the National Association of Realtors. The association’s Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator measuring signed contracts on existing home sales where a ...

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The annualized rate of new single-family homes sold in November – 464,000 – dipped slightly from October, according to data from the U.S. Commerce Department. New home sales for the month were down 2.1 percent from October’s revised seasonally adjusted ...

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For the first time in 29 months, total existing home sales fell from their year-ago levels in November, according to information provided by the National Association of Realtors. The seasonally adjusted November sales figure of 4.90 million units is 1.2 ...

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CHARLOTTE – Between November 2012 and last month, North Carolina lost 2,500 construction jobs, placing it at 46th in the country in job growth, according to data provided by the Associated General Contractors of America. Despite losing 1.5 percent of ...

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The number of single-family homes facing foreclosure in the Charlotte and the nation continues to steadily decline, according to data provided by RealtyTrac and CoreLogic. For November, RealtyTrac reported a 20 percent decrease from October in homes in the foreclosure ...

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WASHINGTON  — U.S. manufacturing grew in November at the fastest pace in 2½ years as factories ramped up production, stepped up hiring and received orders at a healthy clip. The Institute for Supply Management said Monday that its index of ...

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