It’s a stampede! Even if you missed last weekend’s Cow Parade Kickoff event at Golden Belt in Durham, there are still plenty of opportunities to see the Triangle’s “herd”. CowParade is one of the largest public art exhibits in the world, and CowParade NC features over 75 cows painted and costumed by Triangle-area artists. The […]
Two Triangle cities are among the top 100 “Best Places to Live in America” based on a survey of cities with populations between 50,000 and 300,000 by Money magazine. http://www.wral.com/business/briefs/story/11446950/
Home sales across the Triangle rose 26 percent in July compared with a year ago, continuing a streak of double-digit increases in 2012. Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/08/16/2273124/triangle-housing-market-improves.html#storylink=cpy
Residential building construction for the first half of 2012 in Wake County is up 23 percent compared to the same period a year ago in both the number of new homes built and the total value of those new homes. That’s according to new building permit data released by Wake County’s revenue department on Thursday. […]
Creation of new business establishments rose 3 percent in the Raleigh metro area between 2008 and the end of 2011. That was almost double the national rate of 1.7 percent, says PNC Financial’s Mekael Teshome, who believes the entrepreneurship factor will help the area outpace the U.S. in the coming economic recovery. http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/blog/2012/07/economist-raleigh-set-to-outpace-us.html
Foreclosure on a home has consequences for the family, the community, the housing market and the economy. However, the option for a short sale does provide a way for troubled homeowners to prevent foreclosure and many of the dire penalties involved. What is a short sale? A short sale is an agreement in which your […]
Raleigh and Cary are among the top 10 fastest growing cities in the nation, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Click Here to Learn More
With all the talk about foreclosure circulating around, it can be easy to get a little confused. You may wonder what a foreclosure actually means, and, furthermore, if you are facing foreclosure, what are your options? In this two-part series, we will briefly and simply answer these questions to help you better understand the ins […]
Job seekers are making their way to the Triangle as its net migration rate was the second highest in the U.S. over the past five years. A net 116,500 people have moved to the Triangle since 2007. Click Here to Learn More
The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly unemployment benefit applications dropped by 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 374,000, the fewest since the week of May 19. Click Here to Learn More
