Detroit eyes zoning overhaul to boost housing

Zoning overhaul for housing Pistons plan for Uniroyal site Old Glory for Hudson’s Detroit’s new ombudsman Welcome back. I’m still Malachi Barrett. Zoning changes meant to encourage construction of more housing could take a major step forward this...

Home Price Growth Stalls as U.S. Housing Market Shows First Signs of Cooling in 2025

Email Sign Up For Our Free Weekly Newsletter After a strong start to the year, the U.S. housing market hit a patch of weakness in July, with home-price growth slowing to its lowest level in 2025 and signaling that a broader cooling trend may be...

Going Vertical Puts Housing In A Unique Position To Reinvent

Great Day Improvements’ vertically integrated manufacturing and installation strategy enables the company to offer peace of mind to homeowners with window, door, bath, gutter and sunroom products. Great Day Improvements The homebuilding industry...

Luxury housing, new marina planned for old Barrancas Ave., Bayou Chico

3161 Olde Barrancas, a 16-unit luxury residential development will break ground Oct. 10. Each unit will offer 2,240 square feet and cost between $1.1 to $1.3 million per unit. Across from the new housing development, property owner Adam Medley...

What Does All the Justice Department Sleaze Mean for Your Rental Housing Costs? 

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Council house fraudster pretended to be homeless while renting out property

Dudley Magistrates Court(Image: Google Maps) A woman pretended to be homeless to try and obtain a council property despite being a landlord herself. She applied for a council house in Sandwell by providing false information on the application, a...

Fixing Ohio’s property tax mess starts by looking at all taxes: Kent Smith

Nobody in Ohio just pays property tax. People also pay sales tax and income tax. Everyone’s tax burden is a three-legged stool. Today’s property tax crisis didn’t just emerge overnight. It’s been 20 years in the making. It creates unfair burdens...

City Council Approves $13.4 Million Property Tax Cut and $2 Billion Budget

‘Big Beautiful Amendments’ defeated It was an evening of contention and compromise at the Sept. 23 City Council meeting, but, after more than 13 hours in session, Council approved a $13.4 million property tax cut and the largest budget in the...

California housing groups join effort to weaken consumer advocates

California’s property-insurance crisis is often framed as a tug-of-war between consumer groups that want to keep premiums low and insurance companies that want hikes to reflect the state’s rising risk to climate change. But a third group recently...

When roof problems affect London property values

A property’s roof is more than just protection from the elements. It plays a key role in how buyers, investors, and surveyors judge the overall condition of a building. The roof can directly influence property values in competitive markets such as...

Kingston Motel, home to families in need of emergency housing, must clean up its act

KINGSTON – Ulster County provides temporary emergency housing for families at the Kingston Motel in the Town of Ulster and town and county officials are concerned about the deplorable condition in which those families must live. As a result,...

Critical housing developments effectively frozen in Kerry town due to water issues

Developers in the town are being given deal-breaking conditions by Kerry County Council – to source their own water or risk having their planning applications refused. Nearly 160 housing units currently in the planning stage will likely be turned...

Mumbai's real estate market witnesses robust 1.11 lakh registrations between Jan-Sep

Mumbai's real estate market witnesses robust 1.11 lakh registrations between Jan-Sep: Report (Photo: AI Image/IANS) Mumbai, Sep 30 (IANS) The Mumbai real estate market continued its upward trajectory this year, recording 1,11,388 property...

Why AI agent projects are stalling in production

While a number of Confluent customers have begun moving artificial intelligence (AI) proofs-of-concept (PoCs) into production in the past six months, they often encounter stumbling blocks when the projects are put to real-world use, according to...

House prices on the rise again – but one property type is bucking the trend

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House prices on the rise – but one property type is bucking the trend

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Commission splits on plan for townhomes at Whitefish 'castle' property

The Whitefish Planning Commission last week split its vote on a proposal to build townhouses at the site of a home on Baker Avenue known as the castle. The commission, formerly the Whitefish Community Development Board, voted 3-3 on a motion to...

East Lansing voters, candidates split over property tax increase

By LEO V. KAPLAN As the Nov. 4 City Council election in East Lansing approaches, the city’s budget deficit has taken center stage — though without a clear solution. A 20% plurality of likely voters think the city budget is the “most important...

Caught in a dilemma: Expensive housing creates problem for couple

Jodi amd Donald Heflin By James Windell Jodi and Donald Heflin are caught in a dilemma. They make too much money to live in low-income apartments, yet they don’t have enough income to buy a house in South Haven. And that’s where they want to live...

Lagos Residents Accuse Oba Ojora Of Unlawful Property Seizures, Displacing Over 30 Landlords, 800 Tenants

Residents of Ajegunle in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State have accused Oba Abdul Fatai Aremu Aromire Oyegbemi II, the Ojora of Ijora, of sponsoring violent invasions that displaced more than 30 landlords and over 800 tenants....