SOURCE: Carolina Multiple Lisiting Services Inc. and Charlotte Regional Realtor Association

April home sales grew 34.5 percent throughout the Charlotte region, compared to April 2012. Preliminary monthly data from the Carolina Multiple Listing Services Inc. showed 2,915 sales last month, up from 2,168 for the same period last year. Meanwhile, average sale prices continued to rise, prompting Charlotte Regional Realtor Association officials to suggest that sellers are beginning to gain leverage. Read the full story

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

Home sales in October were up 36.8 percent from a year earlier in the Charlotte region, and prices also continued to rise, prompting the head of the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association to see an end to the “buyers market” of the past couple of years. Read the full story

Homes for sale in the Antiquity neighborhood of Cornelius. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.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