The National Association of Realtors is hosting a webinar at 2 p.m. March 19 to help prepare real estate agents for upcoming changes to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and the Truth in Lending Act. Those who are interested ...

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CHARLOTTE –Charlotte voters will have the opportunity to either approve or deny three referenda during this year’s general election Nov. 4 that would authorize the city to issue general revenue bonds worth $145.9 million. The bonds would be used to ...

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In light of new U.S. Postal Service requirements for mailboxes in new or expanded subdivisions, the Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition recently hosted a round-table discussion for builders, developers and municipal planning officials, featuring a USPS representative. The Postal ...

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Mecklenburg County has dropped its plan to expand a mandatory recycling program that would have included construction sites for single-family residential, commercial and multifamily projects. Last year, an advisory committee recommended changes to the existing source separation ordinance, or SSO, that ...

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RALEIGH – The full state Senate and House on Friday passed a conference committee version of a regulatory reform package that has wide support in the building industry. After Senate Bill 734 bill is enrolled, it will go to the ...

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Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement, the government agency that reviews construction plans and inspects projects, has itself come under the review and inspection of Dena Diorio, county manager. The Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition, the Charlotte-based lobbying organization, implied it ...

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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Advisory Committee approved at its Dec. 19 meeting a package of revisions to its manual that provides guidance for the construction of stormwater management facilities in the city, county and each of the towns. The committee ...

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Charlotte land developer Tom Pearson, a founding member of the Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition, was inducted Dec. 3 into the North Carolina Housing Hall of Fame for his advocacy on behalf of the home building industry. Pearson, the ...

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CHARLOTTE – Just about every political leader – a certain Canadian mayor notwithstanding – works to be remembered for fixing issues for their constituents and leaving their jurisdiction a better place. Whether that’s solving the poverty problem, vanquishing corruption or ...

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MARVIN – Towns in Union County are scrambling to figure out how to fund the maintenance of future subdivision streets after the state recently alerted them that it will no longer be doing the work – something that municipalities in ...

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