REBIC e-News for the week ending May 25, 2012:
MECKLENBURG:
Charlotte Parade of Homes is underway
[Member Mention: Charlotte Home Builders Association of Charlotte]
Charlotte Observer · May 17, 2012
Online pictures of this year’s Parade of Homes models are stunning – but you’ll probably enjoy the homes more in person.
Regulatory overkill
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By David Berryhill · Charlotte Business Journal · May 18, 2012
A proposal to require the registration of all rental properties in town, which Charlotte City Council will consider may 29, just doesn’t make sense.
Sites unseen: Industrial space becoming tougher to find
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[Member Mention: Charlotte Region Commercial Board of Realtors]
By Scott Baughman · MeckTimes.com · May 24, 2012
To Scott Hensley, they read like a list of casualties.
UNION:
State to appeal Monroe Bypass decision
By Steve Harrison · Charlotte Observer · May 23, 2012
The N.C. Turnpike Authority said Tuesday it would ask a federal appellate court to review its May decision that found it hadn’t properly conducted a required environmental impact study for the Monroe Connector/Bypass.
NATIONAL:
Economists more upbeat about job growth, housing
Charlotte Observer · May 21, 2012
A new survey shows economists are growing slightly more optimistic about recovery in the job and housing markets but expect other pillars of the economy to remain weak.
Housing market shows early signs of healing
By Bill Briggs · MSNBC.com · May 22, 2012
A spring growth spurt continues to bloom in the housing market.
