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Real Deals: Housing recovery leads to land squeeze for Wake County schools

A long row of homes on Bradhurst Place, inside the Carolina Preserve at Amberly, a massive subdivision that straddles the Wake and Chatham County line, photographed on Thursday February 7, 2013.

While it may surprise some that Wake County schools is again facing the kind of land crisis that surfaced six years ago at the height of the housing bubble, it shouldn't. The Triangle's rapidly improving housing market in recent months has led to...

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COMPUTERS

Paul Glister: Digital gadgetry, falling storage costs converge to reshape how past is viewed

Yahoo is now offering a free terabyte of storage on its Flickr site. That a terabyte of free storage is now in range for companies aggressively promoting their wares tells us a lot about the computing world today.
EDUCATION

Special camp introduces homeless Raleigh children to robots

A three-day robotics camp was put on by Mop Top Shop, a for-profit organization trying to encourage interest in science and technology among black children and those from indigent families.
MONEY MATTERS

Before hiring a financial planner, consider how you think they should be compensated

Selecting a compensation arrangement that suits you and then looking for a financial planner offering that arrangement may be a good way to begin a search.
REAL DEALS

Real Deals: Lack of financing exacerbates tenants flight to nicer space

While recessions typically cause many tenants to leave older buildings for nicer digs, the flight to quality has been particularly pronounced this time around.
WAKE COUNTY

IBM helps train Raleigh Police Department leaders

A workshop, sponsored by an IBM service grant, is designed to show how any organization - even a police department - can benefit from creative leadership.
MONEY MATTERS

Advice on joint tenancy with rights of survivorship

Splitting an account held in joint tenancy with rights of survivorship into two individual accounts doesn’t really gain anything unless you think you know which spouse will predecease the other.
REAL DEALS

Real Deals: Home prices surge despite sluggish wage growth

It can be tantalizing to view the latest home prices data as having the finality of a company’s stock price, with sellers assuming they will now be able to get X percent more for their home. But the reality is more complicated.
COMPUTERS

Google wants to turn searching into a conversation

Google has a voice search feature in its latest version of Chrome. It’s far from perfect but shows promise.
MONEY MATTERS

For 2013 taxes you can make a charitable deduction from your IRA

Q. Last year was my first year to take a required minimum distribution from my IRA, which I did on the advice of my broker in June. This year he wants me to take my required minimum distribution in June again, but I’d like to wait to see if Congress is going to allow the required minimum ...
REAL DEALS

Real Deals: Greenfire completes 3 prominent deals with warehouse sale

Greenfire Development’s agreement to sell the Liberty Warehouse to East West Partners is third deal the company’s struck to redevelop key properties in its portfolio.