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Triad housing market defies national slowdown as Guilford sees while Yadkin County ZIP is hottest area (Triad Business Journal)

State Housing Policy is Having a Moment (The New Urban Order)

The joy of staying up way too late (The Writing Shed)

Homebuyers are backing out of deals at record rates. Here’s why and what it means for the housing market. (Triad Business Journal)

Greensboro, Winston-Salem see drop in renter mobility as housing market stabilizes (Triad Business Journal)

The Right Tool (Our State Magazine)

The Delicious Legacy of Chapel Hill’s Favorite BLT (Garden & Gun)

Quotes

“A life is nothing but a sum of its yesterdays.” David Joy, When These Mountains Burn

“What’s left, in this frictionless home-delivered society, that is still worth waiting in line for?” Tommy Tomlinson, The Last call at the Bar-B-Q King, The Writing Shed

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Apartment boom continues in Winston-Salem as planning board approves new multifamily projects (Triad Business Journal)

Build-to-rent trend grows as Texas firm enters Triad market with Cherry Creek purchase (Triad Business Journal)

The Island That Wouldn’t Stay Put (Now I Know)

North Carolina’s shortest airline flight was 16 miles long (North Carolina Rabbit Hole)

Would you try this? Super-strong Sam Adams beer is illegal in 15 states – including NC (USA Today)

How a Small North Carolina College Became a Magnet for Wealthy Students – High Point University (Wall Street Journal)

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Historical context of Columbus Day (Letters from an American, October 12, 2025)

The shutdown effects North Carolinians are worried about most (Down from DC)

Mebane turns down Greensboro builder’s 80-townhome proposal (Triad Business Journal)

As The Pearl opens, where’s the affordable housing? (Charlotte Ledger)

I’m 67 and just realized I’ve been lied to about retirement (The Old Grey Thinker)

Can states, and a little bit of faith, convert church land into affordable housing? (Stateline)

Senate passes bipartisan housing reform bill amid shutdown (MPAmag)

Why Can’t North Carolina’s Governor Veto a Redistricting Bill (NC Rabbit Hole)

Multifamily Projects Finish Faster as Build Times Edge Down (GlobeSt)

The “intoxication thesis”: The evolutionary benefits of getting drunk (BigThink)

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Ranked: Top 40 Jobs at Risk From AI (Visual Capitalist)

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The unusual objections stopping apartment projects (MultiFamily Dive)

How the federal shutdown impacts the multifamily industry (Multifamily Dive)

What states have the most new construction in housing? (WFTV)

10 North Carolina Cities Where You Can Actually Live on Nothing but Social Security (AOL.com)

Is the Democratic Party dominated by progressives or by centrists? (Silver Bulletin)

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Ranked: Top 40 Jobs at Risk From AI (Visual Capitalist)

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Bruised, Not Broken (The Assembly)

Fragile N.C. Residents Lose Medicaid Support for Food and Housing (New York Times)

Fire safety concerns can block apartment construction. Study says it shouldn’t (Charlotte Observer)

National housing expert: U.S. must build its way out of housing crisis (NC Newsline)

Missing Middle Housing (MissingMiddleHousing.com)

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Remembering When London’s Pubs Were Full at 7 a.m. (Atlas Obscura)

Hawthorne Residential Partners eyes expansion of Greensboro apartment complex (Triad Business Journal)

Toyota Tsusho affiliate Green Metals Battery Innovations buys Winston-Salem facility for $14M (Triad Business Journal)

Kennedy Wilson to Acquire Toll Brothers’ Apartment Living Platform for $347 Million, Adding Over $5 Billion of Assets Under Management (Business Wire)

New Greensboro housing director aims to boost affordability, add creative solutions (Triad Business Journal)

Public records provide details of CMS’ plan to build staff housing at Garinger High; about 100 units, grant needed from city (Charlotte Ledger CRE Whispers)

Feds sending NC another $1 billion in emergency aid for Helene road repairs (News & Observer)

Bill Belichick is only embarrassing himself. UNC is embarrassing all of us (News & Observer)

Helene damaged 73,000 NC homes. Some people are ‘losing hope’ waiting for help (News & Observer)

The woman who spoke to a broken Asheville (North Carolina Rabbit Hole)

Congress Approaches Funding Deadline (National Apartment Association)

Market Snapshot: Land Signals for Raleigh Residential Development (Acres)

Who Pays for U.S. Tariffs, and Where Does the Money Go? (New York Times)

Building More Homes Isn’t Enough to Solve the Housing Crisis (Urban.org)

How Capital Gains Taxes Are Freezing America’s Housing Market (Forbes)

McIntyre Manufacturing Group consolidates operations in new Lexington headquarters (Triad Business Journal)

Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene (ProPublica)

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The Quiet Force Imperiling Our Booming Stock Market (New York Times)

A Year After Hurricane Helene, a Clockmaker Is Still Creating Masterpieces (New York Times)

Just 16, she built a food pantry on a rural Wake road. The hungry flocked to it. (News & Observer)

Chatham County reflects on VinFast, Wolfspeed promises three years later (News & Observer)

After Helene, state helps repair and replace private roads in Western NC (News & Observer)

Why Raleigh’s apartment pipeline just took a 44% hit (News & Observer)

Charlotte metro ranks No. 2 in nation for new apartment construction, report says (WCNC)

Zimmerman’s $80M proposal would add housing, parking to downtown Greensboro’s popular South End (Triad Business Journal)

Tiny House Community Development bringing housing, workforce development program to Greensboro (Triad Business Journal)

Winston-Salem approves up to $80 million in tax-exempt bonds for WFU office building at The Grounds (Triad Business Journal)

Queens U. and Elon U. to merge (Charlotte Ledger)

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The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security (ProPublica)

Leaf season is back. Western NC’s tourism economy isn’t – yet (Charlotte Observer, Opinion)

Making words work for a living (The Writing Shed)

Pine State Development plans to bring grocery store, retail, more housing to Welden Village in Kernersville (Triad Business Journal)

Megasites’ effect: 511-unit mixed-use project in works in town between Toyota, Wolfspeed sites (Triad Business Journal)

The new truth about townhomes (John Burns Research & Consulting)

BGSF completes $99 million sale of Professional Division to INSPYR Solutions (StreetInsider.com)

Laws Protecting Renters Hurt Renters (City Journal)

A redevelopment of public housing takes shape in Durham’s downtown (NC Newsline)

The 1980s Housing Tax Credit Boosting Affordable Homes (Newsweek)

September 9, 2025 (Letters from an American)

Housing costs squeeze owners and renters alike, outpacing inflation (Washington Post)

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Advocacy in Action with the National Apartment Association’s Policy Pros – Nicole Upano and Jim Wilson (The Associated)

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Forget YIMBY. The housing shortage could disappear on its own. (The Washington Post Opinion)

LeoTerra Development focuses on build-to-rent communities after sale of pipe business (Triad Business Journal)

HUD Demands Housing Authorities Reveal Tenant Citizenship Info, Risks Funding (GlobeSt.)

How two-tier Disney is helping to fuel the rise of middle-class anger and resentment (Media Nation)

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Advocacy in Action with the National Apartment Association’s Policy Pros – Nicole Upano and Jim Wilson (The Associated)

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Here are the top jobs for workers 55 and up as more Americans delay retirement (Triad Business Journal)

In Colorado, most residential zoning codes block affordable housing (Multifamily Dive)

Employers, apprentices share tips for success as programs expand statewide (Triad Business Journal)

Dill Dinkers pickleball franchisees look to open first of 10 planned locations in Winston-Salem (Triad Business Journal)

Phoebe’s go-to NC news sources (Down from DC)

Why online writers need to pick the right platform (Ted Gioia)

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Renting vs. Buying: Which is Better Right Now? (The Today Show)

The rental rebound: supply, demand, and demographic shifts driving recovery (New Home Insights Podcast)