Population The region’s population growth is the biggest factor driving the other main issues that will impact Lake Norman in 2014 and beyond. According to The Centralina Council of Governments, a 14-county region of the Carolinas is expected to see an influx of more than 1.8 million people over
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01/09/2014
The Carolina Panthers unveiled Tuesday the team’s first phase of planned renovations for Bank of America Stadium, which will include four new escalator bays and video boards that are more than twice as large as the current screens. The team said the $65 million renovations will make the 18-year-o
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01/08/2014
More Affordable Housing on the way ... To help address a long-standing need for more affordable housing in town, Mooresville approved plans this week for two projects aimed at seniors and lower-income working families. The biggest development approved unanimously by the Mooresville Board of Commi
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01/07/2014
This is not the type of thing I usually re-blog but when I came across this urgent BLOG this morning and just wanted to help in any way that I could. I know I would want the same done for me and my family and friends if I were in this situation. PLEASE take a moment and re-blog this as well. Th
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01/07/2014
Charlotte area home closings increased 12.8 percent in December from the same time a year ago, according to the Charlotte Regional Realtors Associations' monthly market activity report just released. The report says Realtors sold 2,636 homes last month in the 10-county Charlotte region tracked by
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01/07/2014
Last Wednesday, the Federal Reserve announced it would begin gradually paring back on its purchase of non-traditional assets aimed at stimulating growth. Beginning in January the Fed will reduce it’s monthly purchase of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities by $10 Billion, from $85 to $75 bi
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01/07/2014
According to a recent study conducted by Jed Smith - Managing Director, Quantitative Research with the National Association of Realtors®, he projects modest price increases over the next 12 months in the median home price. With the demand easing and more inventory coming onto the market, he e
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01/07/2014
According to a recent poll of 140,000 people, boomerang buyers – who were ousted from the housing market due to foreclosures or short sales, spent years renting to rebuild their credit, and have saved enough to buy again – are now expected to help turn the real estate market around. These buyers
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01/07/2014
Younger people are looking to real estate to park their money ... not the stock market. And many thanks to the help of their baby-boomer parents, are purchasing in the high-end segment. The Wall Street Journal pointed to a study of the wealthiest 10% of Americans conducted by American Express Pub
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01/06/2014
Prediction for 2014: Watch for the wave of affluent Chinese to become an even bigger force in the U.S. luxury market. Already the second largest foreign buyer group in the U.S. (after Canadians), wealthy Chinese are drawn to the U.S. (and Canada) for several reasons: Growing numbers of affluent
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01/06/2014
