Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Search Results
13 results
for Housing--Charlotte
Currently viewing results 1 - 13
|
PAGE
OF 1
|
Record #:
43690
Author(s):
Abstract:
"For potential homebuyers, some good news: the market has started to calm down. some bad news, its settling in an expensive place." The current landscape for buying a home in Charlotte is both confusing and sometimes contradictory. there is no one silver bullet that can solve the problem. According to the author of tis sketch, the last two years have given in to an inflation of the housing market, the outcome of too many buyers withvery cheap money seeking too few homes.
Source:
Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 28 Issue 4, April 2023,
p62-65, il, map
Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
34439
Author(s):
Abstract:
There are fewer homes for sale in Charlotte, and the prices have risen above average. Recent increases in the market have been driven by the city reemerging as a destination for new residents, many of which are post-college millennials arriving for entry-level professional jobs. The tightened market may be leading to a new wave of growth in the suburbs.
Source:
Full Text:
Record #:
34440
Author(s):
Abstract:
Moore’s Sanctuary is an African-American community in the west side of Charlotte, and its foundation has existed for 148 years. As the City of Charlotte faces a shortage in affordable and workforce housing, developers are looking to acquire property in the west side. Rickey Hall, founder of the West Side Community Land Trust, hopes to purchase land and ensure longtime west-side residents have a place to live as land values increase.
Source:
Full Text:
Record #:
34442
Author(s):
Abstract:
McCrorey Heights is a neighborhood of about two-hundred ranch-style homes in northwest Charlotte where many of the major local civil rights accomplishments were born. Development and road construction threatens McCrorey Heights and the area’s history, while displacing many of the residents in the neighborhood.
Source:
Full Text:
Record #:
36313
Author(s):
Abstract:
Unemployment related factors discussed were housing insecurity and transportation struggles. Such factors, coupled with low wage jobs, can create a cycle of poverty hard to escape and easy to perpetuate. Such factors also ranked Charlotte on the bottom of a Harvard University-sponsored economic mobility study. On the upside to this downward spiral were individuals such as Traletta Banks, an instructor showing others how to break the cycle with options such as creating career pathways. Also part of the effort was Economic Mobility Initiative, a nonprofit helping individuals on the road to self-sufficiency overcome roadblocks such as benefits cliff.
Source:
Subject(s):
Record #:
28568
Author(s):
Abstract:
Charlotte’s housing market has rebounded in the past ten years, but homes are short in supply and prices are rising. Current trends beg to question if Charlotte’s housing market is heading for another crash.
Source:
Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 22 Issue 4, April 2017,
p66-67, il, por
Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
29138
Author(s):
Abstract:
A major issues with Charlotte, North Carolina's urban transformation is the availability of affordable housing, particularly for those who help make the city's expansion possible. Amongst the skyscrapers and restaurants, city planners estimate that Charlotte needs more than 34,000 additional affordable housing units to meet current demand. The city is making various attempts to to address the problem, with varied success.
Source:
Charlotte Magazine
(NoCar F 264.C4), Vol. 22 Issue 9, September 2017,
p78-81, por
Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Record #:
39588
Author(s):
Abstract:
This urban revival project, initiated by Myers Park Presbyterian Church, sought to offer families in Charlotte’s Grier Heights better housing. Constructed by the church’s nonprofit CrossRoads, it consists of 35 mixed income housing sold to individuals making 80% of area median income. Other endeavors undertaken by CrossRoads to improve the surrounding area include after-school programs and continuing education opportunities.
Source:
Subject(s):
Record #:
31443
Author(s):
Abstract:
Policy experts explain how they would address four of the main factors that contribute to Charlotte’s lack of economic mobility, and one major philanthropist talks about how to give back.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
31458
Author(s):
Abstract:
Should you rent or buy? Where? And what about all this talk of a downturn? Two experts, Daren Blomquist, vice president at the real estate analytics firm RealtyTrac , and Allen Tate Co. President and CEO Pat Riley weigh in on the issue.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
31467
Author(s):
Abstract:
Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build now reaches across the globe, but the first home is still in Charlotte, and the first owner still lives there.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
23527
Author(s):
Abstract:
After the recession, Charlotte homebuilders lead the way in buying cheap land and selling new house. Tamara Lynch discusses marketing techniques in the south.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
359
Author(s):
Abstract:
Federal- and state-funded housing projects and renovations are underway in Charlotte.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text: