The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized a new rule that sets out to make credit in rural and underserved areas more accessible....
Seniors Weather Economy With Higher Equity
An index that measures home values, home equity, and mortgage debt for home owners 62 and older surged to an all-time high in the second quarter...
More Buyers Pay in Cash in These Cities
Major metros are accounting for the largest share of cash sales nationwide.
Facebook Rolls Out 3-D Video Capability
The social-networking giant now lets real estate professionals post 360-degree listing videos in their news feeds.
Home Values Pull Up in More States
The West sees the biggest improvement in housing markets nationwide, but one area of the country has been slow to rebound.
Bad Winter Coming? 10 Ways to Get Ready
With a possibly historic El Niño brewing, this winter could pack a wallop. Prepare your clients now for how to safeguard their home against...
Is It Smart to Buy A Fixer-Upper as Your First Home?
Buying your first home can be very exciting. Among all the decisions you’ll have to make when you seek that home is whether you want to buy one that’s ready to move into and live in as is, or one that needs a little work. Many people buy fixer-uppers because of the lower cost, but […]
Childress Klein exec feeling ‘cautious’ about the real estate market
In preparation for Wednesday’s announcement of a $2.5 million gift to UNC Charlotte, commercial real estate firm Childress Klein put together a timeline of the company’s activity in the Charlotte region.
Childress Klein, which has developed, leased and managed more than 42 million square feet of real estate, had never put together a company timeline before, and the list of projects includes the One Wells Fargo Center and Duke Energy Center buildings uptown, retail centers such as The Arboretum…Grand opening for SkyHouse apartment tower set for next month
The developers of SkyHouse Uptown are hosting a grand opening event for the apartment tower next month.
Early last year, Atlanta-based Novare Group, Grubb Properties and Batson-Cook Development Co. started construction on SkyHouse, a 24-story, 336-unit project at the corner of North Church and West 10th streets. The developers held a topping-out ceremony for the project in October, signaling the halfway point of construction.
A second SkyHouse is in the works: Late last year, the developers purchased…Childress Klein donates $2.5 million to UNC Charlotte’s Center for Real Estate
Commercial real estate firm Childress Klein has donated $2.5 million to UNC Charlotte’s Center for Real Estate, which will be renamed the Childress Klein Center for Real Estate in honor of the gift.
The gift is the largest in the history of the center, which was established in 2005 to advance knowledge in real estate, public policy and urban economics. The center administers the school’s master of science in real estate program as well as the MBA concentration and certificate programs in real…