Buying a home is an exercise in making important choices between items that most people don’t really want to choose between. Do you go for the home with the two-car garage or the one with two bathrooms? Should you ditch the fireplace for an upgraded floor in the kitchen? One choice that is becoming increasingly … Read more
A depiction of the 7-story apartment complex currently under construction at 121 Kindley St. original investments A new seven-story apartment complex is poised to further transform Raleigh’s southern gate. Construction of Mira Raleigh, 121 Kindley St., is underway and will eventually add 288 units and 2,600 square feet of shared ground floor office space on … Read more
The red-hot real estate market of just over a year ago has fallen victim to its own success. … [+] Soaring home prices and rising mortgage rates have made homes unaffordable for many, while homebuilders face rising inventories and falling sales. This is not good for the construction industry. getty In June 2021, I wrote … Read more
The red-hot real estate market of just over a year ago has fallen victim to its own success. … [+] Soaring home prices and rising mortgage rates have made homes unaffordable for many, while homebuilders face rising inventories and falling sales. This is not good for the construction industry. getty In June 2021, I wrote … Read more
Century Homebuilders plans to replace the Crystal Academy, St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church and Garden of Our Lord (pictured above) with a 10-story apartment building. Conservationists’ prayers to save a religious-themed garden in Coral Gables went unanswered, paving the way for the garden, adjacent church and a school to be leveled and replaced with a … Read more
Kelso officials are considering creating a central location for the town library and senior center and alleviating the local housing shortage by constructing a building to house all three in West Kelso. Council members on Tuesday reviewed plans to build 40 affordable housing units above the library and seniors’ center in a three-story building where … Read more
CINCINNATI — Until last year, Susan Rogers didn’t know if she’d ever own a home. The 62-year-old had rented out her entire adult life. But after a rent increase in 2021, the teacher began to think more seriously about buying her own apartment. “I decided to start looking when my landlord tried to raise my … Read more
Just off the shore of Miami Beach, on the ultra-exclusive Fisher Island, a crane sits at a construction site. It’s the last lot available for development and an unlikely bet on luxury real estate at a time when the housing market appears to be in freefall. Jorge Perez, also known as “the condo king of … Read more
Just off the shore of Miami Beach, on the ultra-exclusive Fisher Island, a crane sits at a construction site. It’s the last lot available for development and an unlikely bet on luxury real estate at a time when the housing market appears to be in freefall. Jorge Perez, also known as “the condo king of … Read more
Montreal Canada – Canada has banned most non-citizens and foreign-owned businesses from buying homes across the country, but experts doubt whether the ban alone will be able to meet Ottawa’s goal of lowering Canadian home prices. The new housing law, which went into effect on January 1, bans “the acquisition of home ownership by non-Canadians” … Read more