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The Fed is cutting interest rates. Is it time to buy a home in the Bay Area?


The Fed is cutting interest rates. Is it time to buy a home in the Bay Area?

The news many potential homebuyers have been waiting for is finally here: the Federal Reserve is cutting interest rates. Does that mean Bay Area home hunters should turn to Zillow in hopes of finding a cheap mortgage loan? Not yet, say local real estate experts. For the most part, lenders have already factored the interest […]

Seniors in B20 Apartments in Chico face 20% rent increase due to solar costs


Seniors in B20 Apartments in Chico face 20% rent increase due to solar costs

CHICO, California — Virginia Heredia is one of the residents of B20 Senior Apartments in Chico who was surprised earlier this month to find a note on her door warning of an impending rate increase. “I thought it was some other kind of notice, I didn’t know what it was, but when I read it […]

Seniors in B20 Apartments in Chico face 20% rent increase due to solar costs


Seniors in B20 Apartments in Chico face 20% rent increase due to solar costs

CHICO, California — Virginia Heredia is one of the residents of B20 Senior Apartments in Chico who was surprised earlier this month to find a note on her door warning of an impending rate increase. “I thought it was some other kind of notice, I didn’t know what it was, but when I read it […]

Lewis Swezy proposes affordable housing project in Princeton


Lewis Swezy proposes affordable housing project in Princeton

Developer Lewis Swezy proposes a 132-unit affordable apartment project in Miami-Dade County’s Princeton neighborhood. The plan comes at a time when South Florida developers continue to focus on public housing, which can better withstand the current economic climate of high interest rates and uncertain debt and equity financing. Swezy, through his Miami Lakes-based Centennial Management, […]

NEWS AND VIEWS: Nelson Chamber is part of the solution to the rental housing deficit


NEWS AND VIEWS: Nelson Chamber is part of the solution to the rental housing deficit

The land for the new rental apartments was donated by the Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce. The Nelson Region Chamber of Commerce is developing 55 employee housing units on an unused site adjacent to its building in the Railtown district. The six-story project will be located at the west end of 91 Baker St. […]

Coastland Residential plans rental project in West Miami-Dade


Coastland Residential plans rental project in West Miami-Dade

Coastland Residential is planning a 371-unit multifamily and workforce housing project near Tropical Park in Miami-Dade County as developers continue to focus on below-market housing. Pinecrest-based Coastland wants to build an eight-story building with 80,000 square feet of retail space in an unincorporated area of ​​the county at 4201, 4321, 4351 and 4383 Southwest 75th […]

Whitefish makes progress in shutting down illegal vacation rentals


Whitefish makes progress in shutting down illegal vacation rentals

The Whitefish City Council received an update on the new short-term rental enforcement process and discussed possible changes to the Legacy Homes Program at a work session last week. Codi Evenson, Whitefish’s short-term rental specialist, was hired last spring to get a handle on the number of illegally operated vacation properties. A short-term rental is […]

Whitefish makes progress in shutting down illegal vacation rentals


Whitefish makes progress in shutting down illegal vacation rentals

The Whitefish City Council received an update on the new short-term rental enforcement process and discussed possible changes to the Legacy Homes Program at a work session last week. Codi Evenson, Whitefish’s short-term rental specialist, was hired last spring to get a handle on the number of illegally operated vacation properties. A short-term rental is […]

Forget rent caps. Walker & Dunlop CEO says Kamala Harris must do this to solve the housing problem


Forget rent caps. Walker & Dunlop CEO says Kamala Harris must do this to solve the housing problem

Forget rent caps. Walker & Dunlop CEO says Kamala Harris must do this to solve the housing problem Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commissions or revenue from some articles through the links below. Vice President Kamala Harris’ housing plan has drawn much opinion, and many real estate experts wonder if a Harris presidency […]

Tenants claim landlords in the Bay Area colluded to raise rents. Now the Justice Department is involved


Tenants claim landlords in the Bay Area colluded to raise rents. Now the Justice Department is involved

Last year, tenants filed lawsuits against a group of real estate developers and property management firms, including several in the San Francisco Bay Area, alleging that the firms colluded to drive up rents by sharing information using pricing software developed by Texas-based RealPage. Now the Justice Department is getting involved. On Friday, the Biden administration, […]