Economics

Sept. 17, 2012

Greenville home sales increased for the fourth consecutive month in August 2012

Greenville home sales increased for the fourth consecutive month in August 2012

Greenville housing inventory continues its inventory trend downward, home sales increased for the fourth consecutive month in August 2012. This is big news for the Upstate area and sales are up over this time last year for Upstate ...

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Aug. 22, 2012

HOME OWNERSHIP IS PICKING UP IN 2012!

GREENVILLE HOME OWNERSHIP IS PICKING UP IN 2012!

            As the slumping housing market slowly recovers, economists are still seeing signs of recovery.  More Americans bought homes in July than they did in June.  Sales of existing homes rose 2.3 to 4.47 million in July compared ...

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Aug. 13, 2012

For three straight months homes sales are up in Greenville, SC

For three straight months homes sales are up in Greenville, SC

There were 722 homes sold in July 2012 compared to 614 sold in July of 2011.

Greenvillle, SC housing inventory fell 15.4 percent.
Things are looking up for Greenville real estate.
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Aug. 2, 2012

BMW profits were down 3% but BMW sales are up 4% in July

BMW profits were down 3% but BMW sales are up 4% in July.  The company said strong sales of the sports utility X3 were up 38 percent in the quarter this helped lift profits. The X3, X5, and X6 are assembled at BMW Manufacturing Co. in Greer ...

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Aug. 2, 2012

Greenville based Proterra Inc electric buses

Greenville based Proterra Inc.  was honored at The White House this week and its CEO David Bennett as a Champion of Change in the transportation industry for the company's work to develop all-electric, zero-emission buses at its Greenville-based manufacturing plant.

 

 

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July 24, 2012

Wells Fargo is investing $325,000 into the technical colleges throughout the state of South Carolina

Wells Fargo is investing $325,000 into the technical colleges throughout the state of South Carolina to support programs promoting local development of the workforce for South Carolina and job creation.
 

Wells Fargo gave grants to the following technical colleges:  Greenville received $50,000; Trident ...

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July 22, 2012

Greenville Real Estate

New City Real Estate agents had a busy weekend showing homes and holding open houses. Activity seems to be increasing so hopefully this is a good sign for the Greenville, SC real estate market which seems to be in line with the news released by the South Carolina Realtors Association last week ...

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July 17, 2012

Housing Sales on South Carolina real estate are up 7.3 percent from a year ago

Housing Sales on South Carolina real estate are up 7.3 percent from a year ago. This is great news and even though it has taken a while sales seem to be picking up and the sales prices have increased 2.4 percent from a year ago. Housing inventory has ...

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June 20, 2012

The Greater Greenville metro real estate market is looking up

The Greater Greenville metro real estate market is looking up as the sales for May were 14.7 percent higher from the year before and a 12.4 percent increase to date.  There are also 10,000 fewer homes for sale than this time last year.  The Greater Greenville metro ...

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June 12, 2012

Simpsonville can expect to see the creation of 160 new jobs with hiring beginning this month

Simpsonville can expect to see the creation of 160 new jobs with hiring beginning this month.  Genetec Global Technologies announced last week that they will be investing 1.2 million dollars into the expansion.  Although a Fountain-Inn based company and a subsidiary of Genetec Technology Berhad of Kuala ...

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