SouthEast Charlotte Area News
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Located Charlotte, North Carolina USA
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Informative articles concerning real estate and community issues in the Charlotte area market
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- Home Prices Begin to Rise... Finally! on Jul 29, 2009
A gauge of house prices posted its first monthly gain in three years, providing some comfort to sellers weary from slumping values.The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index rose 0.5% in May from the prior month, the first gain since July 2006 and big...
- New Home Sales Rise Most in Eight Years on Jul 27, 2009
Purchases of new homes rose 11% in June 2009, the biggest gain in eight years, underscoring evidence that the deepest housing slump since the Great Depression is starting to stabilize.Sales rose to a 384,000 annual pace, higher than every forecast an...
- June Sales of New Houses Likely Rose to Four-Month High on Jul 26, 2009
Sales of new homes likely rose in June to the highest level in four months, adding to evidence the housing slump that began in 2005 is stabilizing, economists said ahead of a government report today.Sales increased 2.9% to a 352,000 level, according...
- Senators Push For $15,000 Homebuyer Tax Credit on Jun 9, 2009
Lawmakers are pushing to revive legislation in the Senate that would almost double an $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers and expand the program to all borrowers. A group introduced a bill today that would increase the tax credit to $15,000 a...
- FHA Adds Down-Payment Options to $8000 Credit on May 30, 2009
First-time Charlotte home buyers can now use the federal tax credit of up to $8000 to help cover a down payment and other upfront closing costs if they are taking out a loan backed by the Federal Housing Administration or FHA. The tax credit was made...
- North Carolina Foreclosures Fall 15% in April on May 13, 2009
The number of home foreclosures in North Carolina fell 14.9 percent in April from the same period last year. This figure bucks the national trend where foreclosure filings rose 32 percent in April from a year ago. North Carolina ranked 34th in the n...
- FHA Considers Allowing Tax Credit for Down Payment Use on May 12, 2009
Home buyers qualifying for FHA-insured mortgages may soon be allowed to use the new first-time home buyer $8,000 tax credit as a down payment. The process of applying the tax credit toward down payment, called monetization in the mortgage industry, a...
