Charlotte Real Estate
North Carolina
Charlotte real estate offers some of the best choices in the American real estate market, regardless of whether you are looking for an apartment, condominium, single-family home, or land to realize your dreams for the future. Through USALifestyleRealEstate.com, you are guaranteed to find a qualified broker or real estate agent who can help you find a property that is a great real estate investment and matches your lifestyle.
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Golf Destination
40+ golf courses- 40+ public golf courses and many private courses
- The Wells Fargo Championship is held at Quail Hollow Club and has received the PGA Tour’s “Best in Class” award for two consecutive years.
- Charlotte Country Club was recognized by Golf Digest in 2010 for the best newly remodeled course.
- In the Golf World 2010 Readers’ Choice Awards, The Golf Club at Ballantyne was ranked in the top 50 resort courses, and Quail Hollow Country Club was ranked in the top 50 private courses.
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Arts and Entertainment
Public art- Levine Center for the Arts is a cultural campus that includes the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, the Mint Museum Uptown, and more.
- The Charlotte Symphony, the North Carolina Dance Theatre, and others perform at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.
- Carowinds amusement park has more than 10 roller coasters, including the tallest, fastest, longest roller coaster in the southeastern United States.
- Verizon Wireless Amphitheater is an outdoor concert venue that can seat more than 18,000 people.
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Professional Sports
Charlotte Bobcats Arena- Teams: the Carolina Panthers (football) and the Charlotte Bobcats (basketball)
- Venues: Bank of America Stadium and Time Warner Cable Arena, both in the city center
- The Coca-Cola 600 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The NASCAR Hall of Fame is located in Charlotte, and 80 percent of NASCAR drivers and teams live and work in the Charlotte area.
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Private Communities
Equestrian communities- Golf course communities, equestrian communities, waterfront communities, and more
- Cheval has a privately owned equestrian center, several parks, a horseback riding trail, and more.
- The Palisades is a master-planned community at Lake Wylie with a golf course, an equestrian center, a private club, a soccer training complex, and more.
- Communities near Lake Norman include The Point, The Farms, Falls Cove, and SailView.
- Bicycling, boating/sailing, city life, equestrian, fishing/hunting, history, lake, retirement community, tennis, university city
Highlights
- 19 million visitors annually
- Largest city in North Carolina
- Second-largest banking center in the nation
- The city is named for Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III, and is sometimes called the “Queen City.” The surrounding county of Mecklenburg was named for the region of Germany where Queen Charlotte was born.
- Nearby cities and towns: Huntersville; Kannapolis; Concord; Gastonia; Greensboro (2 hours); Durham (2.5 hours); Raleigh (3 hours)
FAST FACTS
Population | 731,424 (1.7 million in metropolitan area) |
Size | 298 square miles (772 km2) |
Climate | Charlotte enjoys a long spring season and humid weather most of the year. |
Nearby Airports with Hub Connections | Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT): Direct connections include Atlanta (ATL), Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Detroit (DTW), Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Houston (IAH), Las Vegas (LAS), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), Newark (EWR), New York (JFK), Orlando (MCO), Philadelphia (PHL), San Francisco (SFO), San Juan (SJU), Seattle (SEA), Washington, DC (IAD) |