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Smart Home Upgrades for about $300

Baby, it’s cold outside! As temperatures dip, many homeowners are looking at ways to save on energy costs. Luckily, it doesn’t take a fortune to invest in smart technology for your home. In fact, many technology upgrades can be made for under $300. And while the upfront cost may be low, the potential savings are […]
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6 Tips for Choosing a Real Estate Agent

Overestimating the selling price for a property is one of the oldest tricks in the real estate agent’s book. The idea is that the seller will be so impressed by the inflated figure, they will chose this agent over other competitors. But the over-priced property is likely to sit on the market for months, while […]
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Sealed Air to build headquarters complex at LakePointe Corporate Center

Sealed Air Corp. (NYSE:SEE) has chosen a permanent site for its Charlotte headquarters. The packaging company plans to construct a three-building office complex in the LakePointe Corporate Center office park off Tyvola Road that Childress Klein Properties will develop, according to a company spokesman. Sealed Air expects to break ground this summer and complete the project by the end of 2016. Late last year, Sealed Air signed a short-term lease for nearly 70,000 square feet at the Forest Park…
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‘Weather’ to Work from Home—Something Employers should Think about

(TNS)—There’s one thing my years of meteorological study have taught me, it’s that weather exists. While weather is typically an outdoor phenomenon, it can have a major impact on our indoor workplaces, primarily during the winter months, when snow or frigid temperatures bring about the dreaded school cancellations. Parents are cast into child-care dilemmas that […]
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Turner Construction subleases SouthPark space to Velocity, prepares to move

Turner Construction Co. has subleased the 20,000-square-foot top floor of the Roxborough building in SouthPark to Velocity Technology Solutions and plans to relocate to a new, smaller space closer to uptown Charlotte later this year. Mark Dent, vice president and general manager at Turner, says the company is looking to lease between 5,000 and 7,500 square feet of space. Turner leased the Roxborough space in 2012. Dent says that while the Charlotte office has grown, the company needs greater space…
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Faison buys Queens Road site for $3 million, plans 62 luxury apartments

Real estate firm Faison Enterprises Inc. has purchased a 1.5-acre parcel on Queens Road in Charlotte's Myers Park neighborhood for $3 million and plans to develop 62 luxury apartments at the site, according to the seller's representative. Rush Dunaway of Sperry Van Ness/Percival Partners represented the seller, a limited liability company called Five-Eleven Partners. According to Sperry Van Ness, Faison is planning to build a luxury apartment building with five stories of residential units atop…
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Smart Home Technology: What You’re Missing

Not every home on the block has a thermostat that can be remotely controlled by a smart phone…Yet! Although still a growing trend, adding these relatively inexpensive technologies to enhance your home’s “smarts” has the potential to increase your monthly savings, help ensure safety and can boost your home’s re-sale value. A recent survey from […]
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Wills and Estates of the Rich and Famous

It would be normal to think that people with millions of dollars at their disposal would retain the best lawyers to help plan their estate. Sadly, poor financial advice is not above the rich and famous. Many celebrities gather diversified fortunes during their career. Around every corner, it seems, are friends, acquaintances or family members […]
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Solving the Move-Up Home Financing Dilemma

(TNS)—When you own a home and want to sell it to buy a place that’s nicer, you are likely to confront two obstacles: —You need a down payment to buy Home No. 2, but you can’t get hold of that much money until you sell Home No. 1. —You want to qualify for a mortgage […]