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Cary and Chapel Hill Are Two Top Small Cities in America According to Money Magazine

The most recent issue of Money Magazine ranks both Cary and Chapel Hill as two of the top 50 small cities in America due to a combination of factors that make both cities attractive to both current residents and new ones. For more information visit this online story provided by The Triangle Business Journal’s parent [...]

Builders who do Business in the Triangle like D.R. Horton, Pulte and KB Home Rank High on Builder top 100

Some of the largest residential builders doing business in the Triangle have made Builder magazine’s list of the nation’s 100 largest builders of homes. For more information click on the link below. And more companies are coming to the market even as others have gone away. The Triangle is always one of the last markets [...]

Crabtree Mall Announces new Tenants- Another Sign that the Triangle Is a Strong Market Compared To Most

Check out this article from the Triangle Business Journal that details several new merchants, including the first to come to North Carolina, that will soon be opening at the mall. It’s another sign that while business could be a lot better, it could also be a lot works.
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2010/06/28/daily16.html?ana=e_du_pap.
If you need real estate assistance then turn [...]

Housing Prices Rise Year Over Year in Raleigh

Home prices in the Raleigh-Cary area increased by 1.37 percent in April compared to April 2009, even as home prices statewide fell by 0.7 percent, according to CoreLogic’s Home Price Index.
Nationally, home prices, including distressed properties, increased by 2.6 percent in April, the company (OTC BB: CLGX) reports.
It was the second straight month that home [...]

Census Bureau Reports that the Raleigh area is the 28th Fastest Growing Real Estate Market

We’ve all been saying for years that Raleigh wins award after award from major national groups and publications. Now the U.S. Census Bureau is speaking up and says we are growing pretty fast in terms of real estate sales versus the rest of the country. We’re not number one but number 28 isn’t bad by [...]

Triangle Area Home Sales Surge In May, In Large Part Due To the Expiring Home Buyer Tax Credits

Home Sales in the Triangle area surged by more than 28% in May versus 2009, on the heels of a 32% increase in April versus April of 2009. For the full story go to
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2010/06/14/daily34.html?ana=e_du_pap.

New Embassy Suites Hotel Opens Today at Brier Creek I’m the sole Realtor advertiser in their In Room Directory

I would not normally post something about just any old business opening up a new location but two factors caused me to post this information. First, since I concentrate my business in Raleigh and in particular north Raleigh I want to post articles that apply to events happening in this part of the Triangle whenever [...]

US News & World Report Ranks Triangle Area Children’s Hospitals National Leaders

The Triangle remains a national leader in terms of the quality of its children’s hospitals, U.S. News & World Report said Thursday.
The magazine ranked the top 30 children’s hospitals in 10 areas: Cancer, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, heart and heart surgery, kidney, neonatology, neurology and neurological surgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology.
The North Carolina Children’s Hospital [...]

http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2010/05/24/daily67.html?surround=lfn

While the rate may still be almost three times what it was less than 3 years ago it’s still movement in the right direction and hopefully an indicator that things are really improving job-wise in the Triangle area. For the complete story click on the link below from the Triangle Business Journal.
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2010/05/24/daily67.html?surround=lfn.

Luxury builder Toll Brothers sees improvement in housing market – Triangle Business Journal

Toll Brothers, the developers of Brier Creek and now the owners of Hassentree development off Hwy 98 in Wake Forest announced today that they see year over year improvement in sales, conversion ratios and in other areas that lead them to believe that it’s not just the tax credits but more likely an improving consumer [...]