North Carolina was recently ranked as fifth in the country for its clean-energy and clean-transportation job creation during this year’s third quarter. According to the national nonpartisan environmental policy group Environmental Entrepreneurs, or E2, 876 new jobs were made while across the country, about 18,000 clean-energy and clean-transportation jobs were ...

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According to a recent report released by Freddie Mac, the average U.S. long-term mortgage rates rose back over 4 percent. This is the second week of the rates increasing after it has dropped for five weeks even with the problems in the global economy. Last Thursday, from 3.98 percent last ...

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As a homeowner, you certainly want to get the most value for your money even when you do some home improvement projects. Sadly, homeowners discover than most of the projects they plan to do cost up to more than half of their estimated cost. But you can actually prevent this ...

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A Florida man recently bought a foreclosed house through an auction but got surprised to see a dead body inside. William Wilson, a resident from Cape Coral, Florida, purchased through an auction a foreclosed light pink house at SE 19th Lane last Tuesday, November 4, for $96,000. When he was ...

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The National Association of Realtors recently conducted an annual survey and the housing trend shows that today, first-time homebuyers only account one third of all purchases, which is the lowest percentage since 1987. The survey involved asking random people who have bought a home from July 2013 to June 2014. ...

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The Tax Foundation recently released their 2015 State Business Tax Climate Index and North Carolina makes a huge leap this year. According to the report, North Carolina leaped from being ranked at no. 44 last year to no. 16 this year. The state tax policies made and implemented last year ...

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