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Wake County’s new comprehensive plan (PLANWake 2026) and simultaneous rewrite of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) aim to steer the Triangle’s growth toward more compact, mixed-use development. PLANWake – adopted in 2021 – sets out a 2050 vision for Wake...

Raleigh’s long‑anticipated Apple campus remains on hold: in mid‑2024 Apple announced it would delay construction by up to four years1, and North Carolina regulators agreed to push back the first job‑creation milestones until 20271. Under the original plan Apple would...

Office Market Strain. Triangle-area office vacancy is at multi-year highs, creating pressure on owners of underutilized buildings1. TriProperties reports a 16.8% overall office vacancy in Q3 20241, and submarkets near Cary and North Raleigh are similarly soft. For...

North Carolina’s Present Use Valuation (PUV) program offers lower taxes on farmland – but selling PUV land triggers a 3-year tax “rollback” penalty. Families often find themselves land-rich but cash-poor, owing hefty deferred taxes when inherited land is sold. This...

The Research Triangle’s commercial real estate landscape has shifted sharply in recent years. Office markets, especially high-end Class-A space, face historically high vacancy – roughly one‐fifth of all office square footage in the Triangle is empty1 (direct vacancy...

Why these repairs “work” in appraisal terms The most defensible “repairs that increase appraisal value” are the ones that (a) prevent the property from being rated in poor condition categories, (b) reduce health/safety/soundness concerns, and (c) make it easier for an...