News
Southern sellers worry as homes sit on market, values decline
As listings linger 8–13 days longer and home values fall by 3.9% year-over-year, sellers are feeling the weight of a shifting housing landscape.
Opinion
To secure NC’s future, we must protect property rights
Reforming and strengthening our removal laws are apparent steps we can take to prevent further abuses and address the root causes of squatting.
News
‘Urban doom loop’ could threaten Charlotte’s commercial real estate sector
A recent analysis detailing an on-going crisis for the commercial real estate market in U.S. cities has experts concerned that such predictions could reach their way to the Queen City.
Opinion
The argument against the virtual world
It is no coincidence that the nation’s wealthiest people are all focused on real-world assets while pushing the virtual ones onto the consumer.
Opinion
Crisis may drive turn to suburbs
It is far more efficient to alleviate traffic congestion — and carbon-dioxide emissions! — by telecommuting than by running half-empty trains and buses at the taxpayers’ expense.
News
Double-bunked GOP Sens. Barrett and Krawiec face Antinozzi in new District 31
Republican primary: Senate District 31 (formerly Forsyth and Yadkin counties; now covers all of Davie County, and a large portion of Forsyth County). Dan Barrett (Appointed to fill unexpired term August 2017). Education: Wake Forest University, bachelor’s and law degrees. Occupation: Small business and employment law attorney. Career highlights: Seven years as a Davie County...
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Cowell Wants More Pension Investments in Real Estate
If the General Assembly approves State Treasurer Janet Cowell’s request for more flexibility in how it invests the state’s pension plan, North Carolina’s investment in real estate could be among the largest in the nation. The department wants to increase the percentage of real estate investments the pension plan can hold from the current maximum...
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Another Parton-Connected Project In Trouble
RALEIGH — The saga of Pine Mountain — featuring hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes, delinquent homeowners assessments, and overdue loans — has attracted little public attention and no news stories to date. And developer Ray Hollowell, along with homeowners in the development and officials in Burke County, hope that Pine Mountain doesn’t suffer a fate similar to that of the Randy Parton Theatre.
News
Hollowell’s Plan Included Parton Reality Show, Museum, Winery
RALEIGH — Dare County developer Ray Hollowell told Carolina Journal that he and developer Rick Watson signed a promotion agreement in March 2008 with Dolly Parton’s sister, Cassie Parton King, and Cassie’s husband, Scott King, to push development at South Mountain in Burke County. The marketing plan was developed in 2009 not long after Gov. Bev Perdue took office.
Opinion
Two Views of the NC Economy
Financial services, real estate, and manufacturing together account for more than 40 percent of North Carolina’s total economic output but only 16 percent of total employment.
Opinion
N.C. Needs New Auto Insurance Policy
A system that benefits businesses while hurting consumers must change.
Opinion
N.C. Needs New Auto Insurance Policy
A system that benefits businesses while hurting consumers must change.
