The Polar Plunge, now in its seventh year, benefits the Hope at the Lake Foundation, which distributes funds raised at the event to charity. The Hope at the Lake Foundation arose from a challenge Michael Watson and a group of his friends took on New Year’s Day some seven years ago. Watson said he
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01/04/2015
Charlotte Restaurant Week Queen’s Feast: Charlotte Restaurant Week will hold its annual winter installment Jan. 16-25. Diners can choose from more than 100 popular restaurants in the Charlotte metro area, all serving a three-course or more, prix fixé dinner menu for $30. Queen’s Feast is the per
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01/03/2015
Long-term borrowing costs remain historically low, but mortgage rates rose slightly in the final week of 2014. Freddie Mac says a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for borrowers with excellent credit averaged 3.87 percent this week, up from 3.83 percent last week. Thirty-year rates remain near a 19-mon
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01/03/2015
Residential foreclosure activity in the Charlotte market resumed its long-running decline in October after stalling in the previous month, according to new data from CoreLogic Inc. The foreclosure rate in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro was 0.9 percent in October, down from 1.7 percent a yea
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01/02/2015
This month The Temple Team marks our Two Year Anniversary with Active Rain! But, even more exciting than that, is that this BLOG is our "600th" BLOG here on Active Rain!!! WOW!! When we first began what seemed like a daunting task of writing our first BLOG we never dreamed we would be writing "N
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01/01/2015
