best places to live: Experts Suggest: Charlotte among the 1st Real Estate Markets that will bounce back….. - 06/14/08 08:05 PM
A recent report by a major Wall Street firm (UBS Securities) analyzed 13 major regions around the country and considered, demographics, housing inventory, housing affordability as well as other economic factors. Although layoffs in Charlotte's banking sector have been a concern to some, job growth overall have cancelled out the losses and made Charlotte among one the healthiest job markets in the country. Controlled price increases during the last housing boom allowed the Charlotte market to maintain modest pricing which kept current prices from plunging like many markets around the country. This along with the strong economy and a
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best places to live: Charlotte, NC Ranks #1 for Best Places to Live and Relocate - 06/01/08 08:28 PM
In a recent article on Yahoo.com and MarketWatch.com ranks Charlotte, North Carolina area the #1 place to live and relocate to in the United States. The rankings of the top 100 cities were released by Relocation-America.com and were based a number of different researched criteria. Rankings are based the strength of a cities real estate market, the area's growth, the economy, its educational and employment opportunities, crime rates as well as environmental aspects such as climate comfort, water quality, air quality and the strength of its recycling efforts.According to President and CEO of HomeRoute and Relocation-America.com, Charlotte is getting flooded with
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best places to live: Best Place to Live 2007 / Lake Norman, NC - 11/17/07 02:05 PM
Lake Norman, North Carolina is located about 20 minutes north of Charlotte and has turned into one of the leading places in the country for people to relocate to. It is not uncommon to see sports celebrities such as Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, Celtics great Robert Parish, Michael Jordan, NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer and numerous NASCAR drivers like Rusty Wallace, Casey Kane and Matt Kensith out at local hot spots in the Lake Norman area. Many prominent sports figures as well as corporate executives call Lake Norman home. The area is home to most of the NASCAR teams, Bank of America, Rubbermaid, Irwin Tools, Lowes Home Improvement
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best places to live: Lake Norman - The Buyers Market is Back! - 09/09/07 07:25 PM
If you have been watching TV, reading the paper or talking to your next store neighbor you must think the housing market is doomed and the world is coming to an end. Thanks to media momentum the housing market has taken a pretty good blow nation wide. Although certain parts of the market are on a decline the media has been feeding snow to the snowball and it is now rolling down hill if you know what I mean. The truth is, its not as bad as everyone thinks it is. If you are comparing to the last couple of years the
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best places to live: Charlotte / Lake Norman Area Homes: 1 of 5 US Cities to rise in value in ‘07 - 08/28/07 08:10 PM
The Charlotte Area is 1 of 5 areas in the United States that home values rose in 2007. Amongst all the media driven panic about the housing market going bad, five areas in the United States gained home values in a year that most areas lost value. The Charlotte area, Lake Norman included gained 6.8% in home value from June of '06 to June of '07. I generally serve the Lake Norman area which is about 15 minutes north of the city of Charlotte. Although the market has slowed here as well, it remains very strong as a whole. Many buyers
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best places to live: Best Places to Live - Lake Norman, NC - 08/07/07 07:30 PM
Lake Norman, North Carolina is located about 20 minutes north of Charlotte and has turned into one of the leading places in the country for people to relocate to. It is not uncommon to see sports celebrities such as Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, Celtics great Robert Parish, Michael Jordan, NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer and numerous NASCAR drivers like Rusty Wallace, Casey Kane and Matt Kensith out at local hot spots in the Lake Norman area. Many prominent sports figures as well as corporate executives call Lake Norman home. The area is home to most of the NASCAR teams, Bank of America, Rubbermaid, Irwin Tools, Lowes Home Improvement
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