Newsroom
High Country estate sells for $14 million
Oct. 23. A Linville estate owned by the late real estate developer Chuck Weber has sold for $14 million after two years on the market. The property was marketed exclusively by Marilyn Wright of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty’s Asheville office. Natalie Earnhardt and Josh Aldridge, of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty’s Linville Ridge office brought the […]
New president at Premier Sotheby’s
Oct. 23. Jackie Thiel, formerly president of Long & Foster Real Estate, is the new president of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty which has 40 offices in Florida and North Carolina including one in Cornelius. She will report directly to PSIR CEO Budge Huskey, who will continue to lead the company’s overall operations and strategy. Thiel’s […]
Hot Properties: Million-dollar deals
Oct. 23. Recent home sales in excess of $1 million. $2,600,000 Donald Hendricks & Tona Lodovico to Matthew & Alexa Evans, 19319 Betty Stough Rd., Cornelius $1,950,000 Brian & Marcyne Touchton to Andrew Bohm, 22136 Country Club Cir., Cornelius $1,800,000 Steven & Mary Wiltse to Jack & Gail Clark, 18943 Peninsula Point Dr., Cornelius $1,785,000 […]
NC jobless rate unchanged from August to September
Oct. 22. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.8 percent statewide in September, unchanged from August. The national rate decreased 0.1 percent to 4.1 percent. North Carolina’s unemployment rate increased 0.2 of a percentage point from a year ago. The number of people employed increased 659 over the month to 5,068,142 and increased 3,902 over […]
Hire education: WalletHub’s Top 10 colleges and universities in NC
Oct. 15. Duke University is the No. 1 university in North Carolina according to a new study from WalletHub. Rounding out the Top 3 were UNC Chapel Hill and Davidson College. WalletHub compared 800 higher-education institutions in the U.S. based on 30 key measures grouped into seven categories, such as Student Selectivity, Cost & Financing […]
Mecklenburg ranks seventh in NC in terms of wealthiest counties, home values
Rank County, State Median Income Investment Income Median Home Value Wealth Index 1 Wake County, NC $96,734 $68,847 $496,360 32.91 2 Union County, NC $95,533 $74,959 $444,592 32.06 3 Orange County, NC $85,785 $110,015 $501,601 31.86 4 Chatham County, NC $84,222 $81,248 $560,160 31.34 5 Dare County, NC $79,742 $67,270 $599,557 30.38 6 Currituck County, […]
Cornelius New Corporations
Oct. 8. These businesses have registered with the North Carolina Secretary of State. 8/16/24 Links You Can Use LLC, Kenneth Campbell, 9825-B N. Cove Rd. #1015, Cornelius 8/17/24 Specialty Speech Therapy & Consulting LLC, Lindsay C. Mahoney, 20412 Greenway Heights Dr., Cornelius 8/19/24 Eure trades LLC, Kirt A. Eure, 11262 Heritage Green Dr., Cornelius 8/19/24 […]
Davidson New Corporations
Oct. 8. These businesses have registered with the North Carolina Secretary of State. Davidson 7/16/24 FER Management LLC, Marion Sekerak, 320 Cathey St., Davidson 7/17/24 North Rhyne Rentals LLC, Donald Scott Patrick, 19712 River Falls Dr., Davidson 7/18/24 Solomon LLC, Robin J. Pugh, 210 Delburg St., Davidson 7/19/24 Sioux Enterprises LLC, Lucas D. Solomon, 211 […]
Newsmakers Breakfast Friday features NC District 98 candidates
Oct. 7. A Newsmakers Breakfast featuring the Republican and Democratic candidates for NC House District 98, Melinda Bales and Beth Helfrich, is Friday Oct. 11 at The Peninsula Club in Cornelius. The open-forum Q&A with local people who make the news is strictly non-partisan. Anyone in the audience can ask a question of both candidates. […]
Dave Cable awarded Order of the Long Leaf Pine
Oct. 2. Dave Cable has received the state’s most prestigious award for his service to the local community and North Carolina. It was given on behalf of Gov. Roy Cooper by NC Sen. Natasha Marcus at a surprise luncheon in Davidson. Quotable “This award means the world to me. Let me say how much I […]
