Solve this problem. What is better for students and for the county budget? "Year-round" schools or "traditional" schools? The answer is not a simple equation. To meet educational needs, Wake County turned to the year-round school concept in 2006. Since that time, all new elementary and midd
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03/30/2010
Cary shares a common link with other U.S, when it saw its core downtown business shrink as new subdivisions, shopping centers, and office parks became the norm. But in 2001, forward thinking town officials adopted a downtown master plan to re-define its historic core area with a mix of high den
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03/28/2010
Donors across North Carolina have reached out to survivors of Haiti's horrific earthquake with, parts of themselves - artificial hands, feet and joints they no longer need but whch can make a life-changing difference to injured Haitians. Travis Dessoffy, who runs the Greenville office of Hanger
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03/25/2010
Wake County is not only the site of the best real estate in North Carolina, -it is also the healthiest. Whether you are looking for a palace or a starter home, where you buy is important for the well being of your family. According to a new report prepared by University of Wisconsin and the Rob
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03/23/2010
In our recent blog on decreasing Triangle-area home sizes, we noted how area builders are trying to keep pace with consumers' changing needs and pocketbooks to provide great homes at affordable prices. Reducing the square footage does not reduce many basic costs involved in the process. Given th
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03/21/2010
After 30-40 years on rise, home sizes are the decrease now. In the 1960's and 1970's, homebuilders constructed entire communities of 3 or 4 bedroom, 2 bath 1,200 square foot homes with a two car attached garages. Those homes housed happy families for decades and had great resale value. Better
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03/18/2010
Shakespeare said it first, but Realtors® have made it all their own: "all the world's a stage." Staging, the art of preparing a home for sale by decluttering, depersonalizing, cleaning, repainting, rearranging, landscaping, and cosmetically improving a home to make it more saleable, has become
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03/14/2010
In an effort to stabilize existing neighborhoods, the State of North Carolina has stepped up to the plate to offer first-time home buyers an opportunity to purchase a foreclosure property with unprecedented terms. Administered through North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (NCHTA), the Neighborho
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03/07/2010
As a first time buyer, your income may have kept you out of today's very affordable housing market. There is great news for you! We can help you purchase the home of your dreams using a Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) from the State of North Carolina. The MCC will allow you to claim a federal
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03/06/2010
If you're moving to Raleigh, Cary, or Wake Forest , North Carolina, in the Triangle region of North Carolina, you'll be in love by the time you get your suitcases unpacked. If you are buying your first home or upgrading to your area dream home, you already are. As in any real estate transactio
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03/03/2010
