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• New option for insurance enters Strand

  Coastal homeowners have a new insurance option as of this week - as long as their homes are well built and in the million-dollar range.

• Neighbors polish plans around Hard Rock Park

  Driving down U.S. 501, Hard Rock Park's signature roller coaster can be seen peeping over a vacant shopping mall, remnants of the former Waccamaw Factory Shoppes' glory days. But more change is coming for the area known as Fantasy Harbour.

• Grand Strand housing market slips

  Grand Strand real estate sales continued seeing some of the steepest decreases in the state in March, according to an S.C. Association of Realtors report.

• Panel clears bill to freeze property tax

  A key House committee on Wednesday approved a bill that could cost Horry County governments $31 million by allowing newly purchased property to keep its existing value for taxes rather than be listed at its new value.

• Horry County eyes fee on new homes

  Horry County lawyers are investigating whether it would be legal for the county to collect a building fee for the company proposing Carolina Station - a 13,800-unit development - that would help the company pay for roads, schools, parks and police in the area.

• Prices rise for March; housing still slipping

  Inflation rose again last month, reflecting big jumps in the cost of energy and airline tickets. And the forecast is for even bigger energy-related increases to come, including the possibility of $4 per gallon gasoline by Memorial Day.