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PLF defends Emerald Isle beach homeowners against a “taking” by town officials
Town of Emerald Isle, N.C.; March 19, 2015: This week, the nation’s leading property rights defense organization stepped in to represent an Emerald Isle couple who are fighting the town’s unconstitutional imposition of a 20-foot-wide government dri...
Durham Celebrates National Fair Housing Month
April is National Fair Housing month and residents and property owners interested in learning how to help create equal housing opportunities in every Durham neighborhood should mark their calendars now to attend several upcoming events
Burt’s Law Filed to Protect Group Home Residents
Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest, Senator Buck Newton, Senator Joyce Krawiec, and Senator Andy Wells announced the filing of Burt’s Law, a bill designed to protect residents of group homes and other facilities from sexual predators
Bluerock Residential Growth REIT (BRG) Announces Acquisition of Class AA Park & Kingston Apartments...
Park & Kingston is among Charlotte’s premier, luxury multifamily communities, and is situated in a coveted location at the true center of the vibrant South End, with immediate access to both the Bland Station and East/West Boulevard Light Rail Pl...
Durham Accident Reduction Program Results in Vehicular Crash Decreases
297 Accidents, $2.3 Million in Property Damages, and 208 Injuries Prevented Since 2003. After 11 years of hard work, the City of Durham has reduced vehicular accidents in targeted areas by more than 50 percent thanks to an ongoing accident reduction pr...
Foxx Introduces Legislation to Reduce Costs Associated With Federal Construction Projects
Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., has introduced legislation to stretch the limited funds available to the Highway Trust Fund by exempting it from the Davis-Bacon Act’s outdated, wasteful labor requirements for federal-aid highway and public transportation...
North Carolina Real Estate Investor Indicted for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud
A federal grand jury in Raleigh, North Carolina, returned a one-count indictment against a real estate investor, charging him with conspiracy to commit mail fraud as part of a scheme related to public real estate foreclosure auctions, the Department of...
North Carolina Real Estate Investor Indicted for Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud
The department alleged that the scheme defrauded homeowners, financial institutions and others with a legal interest in selected foreclosure properties, for the unlawful purpose of obtaining money and property through fraudulent pretenses, representati...
Full economic recovery still eludes North Carolina seven years after the Great Recession
Wages are down, job creation lags, and many communities are still stuck in the recession, new report finds
Packrite, LLC Expansion to Add 100 New Jobs in Guilford County
The project was made possible in part by a performance-based grant from the One North Carolina Fund of up to $100,000.
2,200 NC homeowners get chance at money back from SunTrust
Claims notices in the mail to victims of wrongful foreclosures.
Burr and Manchin Introduce Bill to Reduce Veteran Homelessness
Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) introduced the Homeless Veterans Prevention Act of 2015. This legislation would build on existing homeless veterans programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by investing in established prog...
McCrory’s budget proposal ignores need for investments in families, communities
Proposal fails to rollback harmful cuts and lacks plan for broadly shared prosperity, new report finds.
Pactiv, LLC Expansion to Bring 59 Jobs to Lenoir County
Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Pactiv, LLC will be expanding its operations in Lenoir County.
Granville County to Get 40 New Jobs With Expansion of Shalag US
Governor Pat McCrory, N.C. Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla III and the Economic Development Partnership of N.C. announced today that Shalag US, Inc. will be expanding its production facility in Granville County. The expansion will create 40 new jo...
North Carolina Rural Economic Development Division Awards Competitive Grants to Rural Communities
North Carolina Secretary of Commerce John E. Skvarla III and Assistant Secretary for Rural Economic Development Pat Mitchell have announced the recipients of the FY2015 Economic Development Competitive Grants for Underserved and Limited Resource Commun...
Hagan Announces $5.4 million in Affordable Housing Grants to build 626 units in North...
U.S. Senator Kay Hagan today announced that North Carolina is receiving a total of $5.4 million in affordable housing grants from the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) of Atlanta to create, improve or preserve 626 affordable housing units
VLCNC-CARES THANKS SUPPORTERS WHO HELPED WIN APPROVAL OF GRANT TO BUILD VETERANS LIFE...
John Turner, Executive Director of the Veterans today expressed the gratitude of the organization for the many North Carolina leaders whohelped sustain the effort to make the grant a reality
Governor McCrory Announces Federal Grant for Veterans Life Center
The Butner facility will provide vital services to state's homeless veterans May 26, 2014 • Military and Veterans Affairs Raleigh, N.C. – Governor Pat McCrory announced one of the largest federal community development block grants in the state's hi...
CAL FIRE Continues to Staff Up in Northern California
Homeowners asked to prepare for wildfires and take steps to prevent them Sacramento – With Wildfire Awareness Week well into swing, CAL FIRE plans to increase its staffing in Northern California in continued preparation for fire season. Starting Mond...
Governor McCrory Announces Appointments to Ports & Turnpike Authorities
Raleigh, NC - April 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today:North Carolina Ports Authority Board of Directors
Grant Provides Foreclosure Prevention Help for Homeowners Statewide
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 1, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency has been awarded a $2 million grant that will enable an additional 8,000 households statewide to receive foreclosure prevention counseling.
Upcoming Job Search Event Offers Foreclosure Prevention Assistance
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 19, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Unemployed workers seeking help with their job search or mortgage payments can find assistance at a Job Search Boot Camp at the Garner Performing Arts Center on February 25.
Duke Energy wants to pay less for rooftop solar in North Carolina
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 13, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The largest U.S. electric company wants to pay North Carolina shops and homeowners less for solar power they generate by changing a pricing rule that was designed to spur production of the powe...
Congressman Holding Requests Federal Audit of Raleigh Housing Authority
WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- After reports by the Raleigh News & Observer regarding executive salaries and compensation practices at the Raleigh Housing Authority (RHA), Congressman George Holding released the followi...
Statewide Effort Prevents 15,000 Foreclosures; Funding Available for 6,000 More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A statewide foreclosure prevention effort has helped 15,000 North Carolinians who lost jobs start the New Year in their own homes. The N.C. Foreclosure Prevention Fund makes mortgage payments fo...
Governor McCrory Praises Character Building at Annual MLK Prayer Breakfast
Charlotte, NC - January 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Pat McCrory praised the character building programs of the YMCA at the Greater YMCA of Charlotte’s 20th Annual Martin Luther King Holiday Prayer Breakfast held Monday at the Charlotte Co...
N.C. Rural Infrastructure Authority Board Approves First Round of Grants
Raleigh, NC - January 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker and Assistant Secretary for Rural Development Dr. Pat Mitchell announced today that the N.C. Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) approved 18 grants totaling $11...
Governor McCrory Announces Appointments
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Frankie Meads (Pasquotank County) - Meads is the general manager for Albemarle Builders Supply. He is the vice-chairman of Independent Builders Supply Association, and he is on the Pasquotank Cou...
Governor McCrory Announces Appointments to the North Carolina Education and Workforce Innovation Commission
Raleigh, NC - December 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments to the North Carolina Education and Workforce Innovation Commission today