Fourth quarter 2017 Charlotte, North Carolina region's home sales continued the positive trends we've seen all year and since 2015. Home buyers are finding the housing market very competitive with higher home prices and a lack of properties to buy. Buyers looking for a bargain are "hard pressed" to find one. Meantime, home sellers are seeing their homes sell quickly and for top dollar, when priced right for condition and location. The "story" of the fourth quarter 2017 might well be about the double-digit decrease in the supply of homes available for sale across the region, except that it's now an old story, because (20 comments)