Raleigh-Cary Best For Women Entrepreneurs

If you are a woman and looking to start a business, there is no better place than Raleigh-Cary, NC-says Allbusiness.com.

The Raleigh-Cary Metropolitan Statistical Area ranks No. 1 in the nation among women looking to start a business, according to the results of a recent survey.Link to Full Article

Existing Home Sales Increase by 10%,3rd Qtr,2006

North Carolina was one of the few bright spots for existing-home sales with some metro areas in other states showing increases for the third quarter over 2005 according to NAR. The real estate market in Goldsboro, NC was no exception with 3rd quarter sales figures hitting their highest of the year, so far, for MyGoldsboroAgent.com/MyTriangleAgent.com. Economists say the market correction may be at it's end and the market can go nowhere but up. This is great news for current and potential sellers in the market right now. Buyers also have definitely returned to the market due to low, stable interest rates. Here is an excerpt from the NAR article:

The biggest total sales increase was in North Carolina, where existing-home sales rose 9.7 percent from the third quarter of 2005. In Texas the third-quarter resale pace rose 8.6 percent from a year earlier, while Montana experienced the third strongest gain, up 6.4 percent. Link to Full Article

Wayne County-5th Best For Farm Profitability

Farm Futures magazine recently rated 6 North Carolina counties in the top 10 for overall farm profitability in the NATION. Incredibly, 5 are within arm's length of Goldsboro! Wayne county ranks 5th overall with other surrounding counties being Sampson, Duplin, Wilson, and Greene Counties. Here is the criteria from the NCCE:

Farm Futures magazine examined more than 3,000 counties in the United States, using data from the past Census of Agriculture. They were not looking for which counties produced the most agricultural products or which counties had the largest number of farmers. They looked specifically at profitability. The factors they were looking for included return on assets, net profits per farm, sales growth, asset growth, profit growth, asset turnover, and profit margins.
Full Link to Article Here.

33,000 New Jobs in the Triangle for 2006

Even thought the unemployment rate has risen a bit, experts say the Triangle has a stronger economy than most of the country. View article Here.