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Housing Market Pushes Buyers to Rentals, Intensifying Demand

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Meanwhile Boston saw only a 5% gain, while rent applications rose 8% in Charlotte, North Carolina, and 9% in Portland, Oregon. Strong job and income growth, as well as fierce competition for for-sale housing, is fueling demand for single-family rentals,” Molly Boesel, principal economist at CoreLogic, said in a release.

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2020 Builder of the Year: True Homes—a Culture Like No Other

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Those metrics are validated by Energage , an independent company measuring employee engagement, and The Charlotte Observer , which named True Homes “ The Best Place to Work ” out of 6,000 local companies in 2017, and every year since. . just southeast of Charlotte, to launch True Homes during the beginning of the Great Recession.

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True to Itself: True Homes' Purpose-Driven Company Culture Is Like No Other

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Those metrics are validated by Energage , an independent company measuring employee engagement, and The Charlotte Observer , which named True Homes “ The Best Place to Work ” out of 6,000 local companies in 2017, and every year since. . just southeast of Charlotte, to launch True Homes during the beginning of the Great Recession.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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Tennessee is proud to be a right-to-work state with no personal income tax on wages. announced last month that it has selected Charlotte, NC as the future home of its new $153 million global technology center, creating more than 1,900 net new jobs in the city. Lowe’s Companies Inc. Ellison, Lowe’s president and CEO. In May, Gov.

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Coronavirus and overtourism: How the pandemic relieved Amsterdam of its tourist problem

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Charlotte Schenk, 35, lives in one of the brick canal buildings surrounding the monumental Old Church with her young family and has felt the changes firsthand. For Amsterdam, that meant looking for new sources of income. The canal cityscape became the domain of tours, ticket offices and souvenir shops.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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Under the terms of the award, Ipreo is eligible to receive up to nine annual grants equal to 65 percent of the state personal income tax withholdings from the eligible new jobs created since the date of the initial award. s intention to create 2,600 jobs in Charlotte and Cary by the end of 2015.

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Location Focus: Florida – Rebounded And Ready

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Photo: City of Cape Coral Economic Development Office.). Photo: City of Cape Coral Economic Development Office.). Cape Coral’s an open slate for key sectors that are planning to expand or relocate, particularly corporate headquarters, light manufacturing and wholesale distribution, and professional/ back office support operations.

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