LAKE WYLIE, S.C. – This was the site of the last two large-scale subdivisions Crescent Resources began back in the mid-2000s, just before the lights of the housing boom began flickering out. Now this is the site of Crescent Communities’ ...

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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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Despite the wettest late spring-early summer in recent memory, the Charlotte-area boomlet in residential construction that started in January continued apace, according to building permit records kept by Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement.

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If you permit it, they will build. And despite a slow start, Mecklenburg County permitting this year is finally in positive territory compared with the same period in 2012, which opens up the possibility of more construction activity this year than last in the Charlotte market.

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SOUTHWEST CHARLOTTE — D.R. Horton, of Fort Worth, Texas, is set to build four new homes in Berewick, the massive, 1,070-acre mixed-use development off Steele Creek Road and Interstate 485 near Lake Wylie. Horton, one of the largest homebuilders nationally ...

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