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David Huppert shows how creativity in the arts community has served as a major force in drawing greater commerce to Asheville’s downtown and beyond. Interviews with Kit Cramer of the Asheville Chmaber of Commerce and John Cram of Blue Spiral 1 really bring to life how the arts scene is responsible for Asheville’s success.
Produced and edited for UNC-TV by David Huppert
Videographer: Mike O’Connell
Altos predicts a ‘catfish recovery’ for housing market
by JON PRIOR
Historically, the normal housing market is volatile, and finding the inflection points for when prices bottom or surface at the ZIP code level is essential for netting a profit when it comes time to unload a property, according to a presentation from Altos Research.
The S&P/Case-Shiller housing index showed a new low for home prices in the first quarter of 2011. But Scott Sambucci, the vice president of market analytics at Altos, said he and his team disagree with the chairman of the S&P/Case-Shiller index committee when he said prices would continue “their downward spiral with no relief in sight.”
“We were quite surprised to see that,” Sambucci told a group of housing investors during a presentation Thursday. “We are actually showing an uptick. There’s still plenty of upside.”
Going into the summer, this new bottom for the housing market, Sambucci said, should prove to be the start of a new housing cycle.
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Neighborhood Hunting Is Just As Critical As Home Hunting
Neighborhood Hunting Made Easy
By Shira LevineWhen looking for a home, Laura Hansen knew she was going to be making some compromises. Her previous home, in Annapolis, Maryland, was a townhouse in a development full of busy young professionals like herself. This time, she wanted more of a dream house, and for Hansen that meant a sprawling property with a dock overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. The bay house she found and ultimately bought was a fixer-upper with a great price. But the neighborhood is filled with people her parents’ age not exactly great for the single Hansen’s social life.
As Hansen discovered, the perfect home isn’t always in the ideal ‘hood, and the best neighborhoods don’t always have the dream crib. When you go real estate shopping, you’re not just buying the house, you’re buying into everything around it, too.
Writer Mary Umberger with InmanNews has come up with a set of criteria to take the surprises out of neighborhood hunting. Inspired by her list, we spoke with Prudential Douglas Elliman’s Frances Katzen, who heads up The Katzen Group, and Stanley Wong of Beast Social, a real estate event planning group.
Here’s their advice for how to make sure you and your new neighborhood are the perfect fit.
For assistance with researching neighborhoods in Western North Carolina, check out Beverly-Hanks.com.
In Asheville, N.C., the River Arts District Blooms
New York Times,
By INGRID K. WILLIAMS
On a recent autumn afternoon, a rusty cargo train lumbered past a rundown, three-story brick warehouse in Asheville, N.C., as a pack of dogs chased one another around a dusty dirt lot. Inside the dilapidated building, though, once-grimy rooms are now paint-flecked, clay-crusted artist studios. And on the lower level, a former storage space for slaughtered hogs is now home to the Wedge Brewing Company (125 B Roberts Street; 828-505-2792;wedgebrewing.com), a microbrewery that opened in 2008 with a variety of beers on tap and a sun-splashed patio.
What began with artists taking over abandoned warehouses has grown into what is now known as the River Arts District, thanks to its proximity to the French Broad River that cuts through this bohemian mountain town.
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What Housing Crash? The American Dream is Alive and Well with Gen Y
Early findings from an upcoming survey being published by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) suggest that the echo boomer generation, or Gen Y, holds a high view of the American Dream – despite the housing market collapse — with the majority of respondents expecting to own homes within five years.
At nearly 78 million, Gen Y, aged 15- to 32-years old, is now the largest generation in the U.S. It comprises 25 percent of the population, just surpassing baby boomers, which represent slightly under 25 percent. The nationwide survey, conducted during the summer of 2010, drew responses from 1,241 Gen Yers. The research focuses on 18- to 32-year-olds, who have finished with high school, are in the labor force, or are attending vocational schools, colleges, or universities. Sixty-four percent of the respondents are aged 25 to 32; 36 percent are 18-24.
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