Julie Chung
Broker, e-PRO, Realtor®, SRES, TRC
"Your Entrusted Real Estate Advisor"
Julie Chung
Broker, e-PRO, Realtor®, SRES, TRC
"Your Entrusted Real Estate Advisor"
Pride of Triangle Area - Honors From all Corners of the U.S.
Our local community has received many accolades regarding our entrepreneurial, dynamic economy and
great quality of life including:
2007
#1 Raleigh for Top Home Sellers Market - Forbes Magazine, June 22, 2007
#1 Raleigh for Best Places for Business and Careers – Forbes Magazine, April 5, 2007
#14 Apex for Best Places to Live - Money Magazine, 2007
Raleigh for Top 3 Most-Educated Cities in America - Census Bureau
Top Ten Tech Town (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Wired Magazine, January 2007
#1 School District in the Nation for Certified Teachers (Wake County) - National Board of Certified
T
eachers, January 2007
Gold Rating (Wake County Schools) - Expansion Management's Education Quotient, January 2007
2006
#1 Best City for Women Entrepreneurs (Raleigh-Cary, NC) - AllBusiness.com, November 2006
#8 Safest City (Cary, NC) - Morgan Quitno Press, October 2006
#13 Overall Quality of Life (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Business Development Outlook,
September/October
2006
#9 Health Ranking #15 Climate Ranking #1 Area Overall (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Tampa Bay
Partnership
Regional Economic Scorecard, September 2006
#6 Area for Relocating Singles (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) - Primacy Relocation, October 2006
#1 Area for Tech Business (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Silicon Valley Leadership Group, September 2006
#3 Best City for Entrepreneurs (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) - Entrepreneur.com, August 2006
#10 Fastest Growing MSA (Raleigh-Cary, NC) - US Census Bureau, July 2000 - July 2005 (Released August
2006)
#3 Top Metro Overall (Raleigh-Cary, NC) - Expansion Management Mayor's Challenge, August 2006
#12 Best Sports City (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) - The Sporting News, August 2006
#4 Greatest Home Price Appreciation Market (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Veros, July 2006
#6 Best City for Singles (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Forbes.com, July 2006
5-Star Business Metro for Business Expansion (Raleigh, NC) - Expansion Management, July/August 2006
#13 Fastest Growing Cities (Raleigh, NC) - US Census Bureau, June 2006
#6 Brainiest Mid-sized Metro (Raleigh, NC) - Bizjournal, June 2006
5-Star Quality of Life Metro (Raleigh, NC) - Expansion Management "Quality of Life Quotient”,
May/June 2006
#2 Best Place for Business & Careers (Raleigh, NC) - Forbes, May 2006
#13 Boom Town (Raleigh, NC) - Inc. Magazine, May 2006
Top 10 Projected Home Appreciation Market (Raleigh, NC) - MSN.com, April 2006
Top 20 Business Schools (Duke University #11, UNC-CH #20) - US News and World Report, 2006
#2 Best Value Public Colleges (North Carolina State University) - Princeton Review,
March 2006
#1 Highest Growth County in NC (Wake County, NC) - US Census Bureau, March 2006
#1 City for Federally Funded Economic Development Incentives (Raleigh, NC) - Public Policy Forum,
March 2006
#10 Best Walking City (Raleigh, NC) - Prevention, March 2006
#16 Hottest City for Business Relocation & Expansion (Raleigh-Cary, NC) - Expansion Management,
February 2006
#3 Most Educated City (Raleigh, NC) - American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2004 (Released
January 2006)
#3 Best US City for Bargains (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Hotwire Travel Value Index, January 2006
2005
#10 Safest City (Cary, NC) - Morgan Quitno Press, November 2005
#7 Richest City (Raleigh, NC) - Forbes, November 2005
Top 20 Best Places to Live, Work and Play (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) - Homebuilder.com,
November 2005
#5 Best Inner City for Small Businesses (Raleigh, NC) - Small Business Administration, November 2005
Top Ten Fast Cities/Hubs for Creative Class Talent (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Fast Company, October 2005
#3 Best Large Metro Areas for New Businesses and Entrepreneurs (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - National Policy
Research Council, October 2005
#1 Area for Tech Business (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Silicon Valley Leadership Group, September 2005
Top "Seven Cool Cities" for Young Professionals (Raleigh, NC) - Kiplinger's Personal Finance, October 2005
#3 Hottest City for Entrepreneurs (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Expansion Management, August 2005
#12 Top Real Estate Market (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Expansion Management, August 2005
Top Ten Best Budget Weekend City (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - MSN City Guides, August 2005
Five-Star Business Opportunity Metro (Raleigh-Cary, NC) - Expansion Management, July 2005
#2 Schools that Rock (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) - Rolling Stone, July 2005
#4 Best City for Singles (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Forbes, July 2005
Top 20 Business Opportunity Metro (Raleigh-Cary, NC) - Expansion Management, July 2005
#5 Knowledgeable Workforce (Raleigh-Cary, NC) - Expansion Management, July 2005
#1 Fastest Growing Life Science Workforce
#5 Overall Life
Science Cluster - Milken Institute, June 2005
#17 Healthiest City (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) - Sperlings Best Places, June 2005
#2 Best Place for Business and Careers, (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Forbes, May 2005
#2 Most Educated City (Raleigh, NC) - US Census Bureau-American Community Survey, 2003 Survey,
(Released April 2005)
#2 Best Public Education System (Raleigh-Cary, NC) - Expansion Management, April 2005
#1 Fastest Growing Life Science Workforce
#5 Overall Life Science Cluster - Milken Institute, June 2005
#8 High-Tech City (Raleigh, NC) - Popular Science, February 2005 Science
#17 Healthiest City ( Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) - Sperlings Best Places, June 2005 Places
#17 Best City for Runners (Raleigh, NC) - Runner’s World, June 2005
#8 Most Wired City (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) - Intel Annual Survey, 2005 Survey
Five Star Knowledge-Worker Metro
#7 Best Educated Workforce
#10 Top Metro for University R&D Spending
#7 Top Metro-Scientists and Engineers Per Capita ( Raleigh-Cary , NC) - Expansion Management,
May
2005 Management
Top Five Most Innovation-Entrepreneurial Regions (Raleigh, NC) - US Small Business Administration, April
2005
Top 50 5-Star City for Quality of Life ( Raleigh-Cary, NC) - Expansion Management’s Quality of Life
Quotient, March 2005
2004
#2 Best Place for Business (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Forbes, May 2004
#4 Best City for Entrepreneurs and Small Business - Gold Guide, May 2004
#6 Best Public School System ( Raleigh - Durham -Chapel Hill MSA) - Expansion Management's MSA
Education Quotient Rankings, April 2004
#1 City with the Happiest Workers (Raleigh, NC) - Hudson Employment Index, March 2004
#3 High Value Labor Market Quotient 2004 - Expansion Management, March 2004
#4 City That Rocks (Raleigh, NC) - Esquire, April 2004
#6 Least Expensive Midsize Metro Area for Businesses (Raleigh, NC) - KPMG LLP, February 2004
2004 National Superintendent of the Year (Bill McNeal, Wake County Public Schools) - American
Association of School Administrators, 2004
#3 Best Education In The Biggest Cities (Wake County Schools) - Forbes, February 2004
#1 Hottest Job Market (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) - Business 2.0, March 2004
Hottest Town in the East (Cary, NC) - Money magazine, January 2004
#6 Most Fun City - Cranium, January 2004
#4 Top State for New Business Sites and Facilities - Plants, Sites & Parks, January 2004
#13 Hottest Cities (Raleigh-Durham, NC) - Expansion Management, January 2004
2003
#1 Best Place to Live - MSN House & Home, July 2003
#1 Best Place to Live & Work - Employment Review, June 2003
#9 Best City for Corporate Headquarters - Business Facilities, April 2003
#3 Best Place to Reinvent Your Life - AARP magazine, May/June 2003
#4 Top Metro for 2003 - Plants, Sites & Parks, March 2003
#1 Best City for Education - Places Rated Almanac, Millennium Edition
#1 Fastest Growing Local Online Population - Nielson/Netratings Report, February 2003
