Gina Mayes Harris, of Mayes Harris Realty, recently was honored as the No. 5 agent in North Carolina for gross commissions at a gathering of Re/Max real estate agents and executives from North and South Carolina in Charlotte. Read the full story

By CHIP DAWSON
DavidsonNews.net

Jim Lane once faced foreclosure on his Huntersville town home, after a dispute with his homeowners association over a flower-bed full of pansies. Now he is on a mission to change North Carolina law and limit the powers of homeowners associations (HOAs).

Mr. Lane manages a website at NCHOAlaws.org for a group called the North Carolina Coalition for Homeowner Rights. The coalition is a loose-knit group representing thousands of homeowners in HOA communities across the state. Their objective: To change what they see as the excess powers of HOA boards and management companies. The website is filled with graphic stories of HOA power run amok. Read the full story

Homeowners and supporters of homeowners associations (HOAs) from around the state went at it in Raleigh Monday at a public hearing called to gather input for possible changes in the state laws governing HOAs. Read the full story

The North Carolina House of Representatives Select Committee on Homeowners’ Associations plans a hearing Monday, Jan. 23, to hear the concerns of homeowners unhappy about the way their homeowners associations operate, make decisions and handle funds. The meeting is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. on the third floor of the legislative building in Raleigh. Read the full story

Ownership of The Point Lake and Golf Club, on Brawley School Road in Mooresville, is about to change, and a big question mark is who might end up with the club. The Mecklenburg Times reported Thursday that Crescent Communities is scheduled to turn over ownership of the club to members by year’s end. But the Trump Organization – and Donald Trump – also are negotiating to buy it. And that has some members unhappy. Read the full story

MOORESVILLE – Plattner Custom Builders of Davidson took the Best in Show award at the 8th annual Best of the Lake Design Competition hosted by the Lake Norman Home Builders Association. Awards were announced at the association’s annual awards banquet on Friday, Nov. 4, at Verdict Ridge Country Club in Denver.

Builder Karl Plattner won the Best in Show for a new home on Brook Street, off Woodland Street in Davidson, in the category of Custom New Home, $701K to $1M.

Plattner Custom Builders also won first in Custom New Home $501K to $700K, for a house at Greenway and Eastway streets in Davidson.

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