Research Report
Planning Penalties in North Carolina: Why Other N.C. Cities Should Not Follow Asheville and Wilmington
posted May 24, 2006 by Joanna Grey, Dr. Michael Sanera
Since the late 1980s, housing prices in North Carolina have increased rapidly in some cities while in others prices have grown more slowly. Asheville and Wilmington, for example, are known for large increases in their housing prices over the last 15 years, while in Fayetteville and Hickory housing prices have grown much more slowly. Why is this?