M/I Homes is offering tours at this home on Market Street in Antiquity Cornelius.

The 2013 Parade Charlotte home tour wraps up this weekend, with open houses Friday through Sunday at homes across the Charlotte region, including Mooresville, Huntersville, the Summers Walk and Bailey Springs neighborhoods in Davidson, and the Antiquity Cornelius and Robbins Park neighborhoods in Cornelius.

Parade Charlotte stops at new homes for sale, decorated model homes, and neighborhoods with lots for building your dream home. Read the full story

The spring home sales season is “well underway” across the Charlotte region, according to March sales figures from the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association and Carolina Multiple Listing Services Inc. The association said Tuesday that home sales were 24.9 percent higher in March than a year earlier, while sales prices also climbed. Read the full story

Chart shows year-over-year growth in home sales in the Charlotte region. (CorneliusNews.net chart – SOURCE: Charlotte Regional Realtor Association)

Home sales across the Charlotte region were up more than 40 percent in January, according to data from the Carolina Multiple Listing Services Inc. (MLS). Prices continued to rise while the number of homes fell during the month.

The January report came from the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association, based on MLS data. A total of 2,163 closings were report in January, up 40.4 percent compared to January 2012, when there were 1,541. Read the full story

Mona Depew, Robert Tremblay, Kathy Morris

Kathy Morris, Robert Tremblay and Mona Depew have formed a new area real estate company, Morris Tremblay Depew. The company will serve the residential real estate market in Charlotte and the Lake Norman. Read the full story

Homes for sale in the Antiquity neighborhood of Cornelius. (David Boraks/CorneliusNews.net)

Total home sales and average sales prices were higher in September in the Charlotte area, compared with a year earlier, Charlotte Regional Realtor Association reported Tuesday. The association also said homes spent less time on the market compared to a year ago.

Closings totaled 2,244 around the region in September, up 14 percent from September 2011, when closings totaled 1,968, according to Carolina Multiple Listing Services Inc. data. Read the full story

Charlotte-area home sales in August were 27.4 percent more than in the same month a year ago, which real estate experts say is a sign of “momentum” in the local market. Meanwhile, the average sale price also continue an upward trend. Read the full story