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San Francisco Sets Example as ‘Unlivable City’
John Hinderaker of the Power Line blog highlights the descent of the once majestic city by the bay. People are fleeing California in general, and San Francisco in particular, in…
Charlotte metropolitan area
Research Brief
Education
The Charter School Money Drain Blame Game
A new working paper by Helen Ladd and John Singleton, The Fiscal Externalities of Charter Schools: Evidence from North Carolina, appears to confirm the long-held suspicions of district school advocates that…
Regulation
Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing
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Good news and bad news on Charlotte home prices
The good news: The Charlotte Observer reports that fewer Charlotte-area homeowners were “underwater” in the first quarter of this year — 13 percent, as compared 18.8 of households with an…
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Charlotte housing market still sick
The UPoR has an article out today on how the Charlotte-area housing market is getting a bit healthier. Healthier is a relative term though: Still, the housing market remains challenging…
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John Connaughton gets called out
Again. This time for his assertion that the Garden Porkway would create 18,000 jobs. A highlight: Population growth in Gaston County has lagged behind the rest of the Charlotte region…
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November Jobs Crater
Gee, if the national numbers for November show only 39K jobs added, how do you think the state and local numbers will shake out? I’m going to say that 2010…
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Summer Crash: Area Home Prices
Housing price data compiled by Altos Research shows that housing in the Charlotte area lost value over the summer, which is traditionally a top sales season. Charlotte had the 9th…
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Local Jobs: Start of a Turn?
Mecklenburg County added 7000 jobs from February to March, the first clear sign of a jobs recovery in two years. The resulting decline in unemployment from 11.8 percent to 11.1…
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Jobless Numbers Tread Water in November
Some recovery, huh? The latest county-by-county unemployment numbers show little change from October. Mecklenburg County’s jobless rate ticked down from 11.1 to 11 percent, still above the statewide average of…
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Unemployment Up in Meck
Rut-roh. The state info tells the tale. Most of North Carolina is treading water on in the jobless front over the summer, but Mecklenburg’s rate ticked up slightly from 11.5…
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Jeff Taylor is shocked ? shocked!
… as he learns the latest developments involving the final leg of Charlotte-Meck’s Interstate 485.