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RISMEDIA, March 1, 2011-Fannie Mae's latest national housing survey finds that Americans are more confident about the stability of home prices than they were at the beginning of 2010, even though they lack confidence in the strength of the economy: Seventy-eight percent of respondents believe hou...

North Carolina placed sixth in Site Selection magazine's Overall Top 10 State's 2010 Governor's Cup, which the magazine awards to states with the most new and expanded corporate facilities. The Tar Heel State, which had 225 new and expanded corporate facilities last year, moved up from seventh pl...

Home prices in the Charlotte market fell 4.4 percent in 2010, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller Home Price Index. Local prices in December dipped 0.7 percent from November levels, the index shows. The index tracks 20 U.S. markets, and 18 showed price declines during 2010. Charlotte'...

Doing so can protect confidential data from misuse By Bernice RossInman NewsTM February 21, 2011 For the last several years, everyone has been pounding the drum, "You have to be on Facebook." While "friending" your clients on Facebook seems like a good idea, given some recent changes in Facebook...

The number of homes sold last month in the Charlotte market rose 3.7 percent from January 2010. The Charlotte Regional Realtor Association says 1,414 homes sold in the market, up from 1,363 a year earlier. Closings fell 25 percent from December, when 1,885 homes sold. The average sales price fell...

Charlotte Business Journal Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 11:36am ESTCombi USA Inc. has moved its U.S. headquarters and distribution center to south Charlotte from Fort Mill. The company has 22 employees and plans to add 23 during the next year. Edward Whitaker, director of product management, ...

Avoid these mistakes if you want to create wealth and earn your proper compensation. By: Chia-Li Chien | Published 02/18/2010 The 29.6 million small businesses in the U.S. (those with fewer than 500 employees) employ half the U.S. work force, according to SCORE 2009 statistics. Seven out of 10 ne...

By Chip Poli RISMEDIA, January 31, 2011-As a real estate agent, it's important to be aware of the pitfalls of home financing in order to help your sales come together and stay together. Typically, during the sales process, you may be your client's first point of contact for any and all situation...

By Tricia AndreassenRISMEDIA, January 28, 2011-A few years ago it was enough just to be on Facebook. That alone might have made you stand out. Nowadays, however, everyone-from your fiercest competition to your dear old Aunt Susie-is on the social networking giant, so it's imperative that you max...

A recent report by Institutional Risk Analytics (IRA) says Bank of America, and Wells Fargo are two of the most sued financial service firms in the United States. IRA says that mortgage exposure is what is causing these two banks and others in similar situations to be embroiled in so many federal...