Four Ways to Spot HOA Risks Before You Buy a Home The stakes of buying into a homeowners association are rising, with aging buildings and soaring insurance costs threatening to strain community finances. A growing number of people are buying homes in community associations, which can include condos, co-ops or single-family homes where residents shareRead …
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Masterplanned Florida Development Features 170-Acre Community Farm and Nature Preserve Southeast Florida may be all about the beaches, but for one new development, it’s all about nature preservation and sustainable farming. Newfield, a new masterplanned community in Palm City, FL, 40 miles north of West Palm Beach, will consist of nine villages spanning 3,411 acresRead …
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Texas Is Opening the Door to Cheaper Homes. Some Cities Are Barely Cracking It. When Millard’s Apple Park was platted in Nacogdoches, TX, in 2002, the 69-lot subdivision was designed to accommodate both traditional houses and manufactured homes. But only two years later, the city stopped allowing new manufactured homes by right in its residentialRead …
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‘Iconic’ Mid-Century Home With Zoning Bonus Selling in Booming Suburb One of the most recognisable homes in a growing regional city has hit the market, and it has an added feature that could help it appeal to a wide range of buyers. Standing out in a streetscape where Federation bungalows and humble post-war cottages areRead …
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Minneapolis Rental License Fees Can Swing by Hundreds—Know Your Tier Before Renewal Minneapolis landlords owe very different amounts depending on how their building has performed—and a few key deadlines can make a bad situation significantly more expensive. The city structures rental license costs across three tiers based on inspection history, violations, and property management trackRead …
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‘We Bought a Foreclosure in Florida Discounted by Over $220,000—Then Came the Renovations’ If perusing real estate listings was akin to scrolling in a dating app, Benjamin Bodenschatz, 41, would have swiped left immediately on this 1981-built fixer-upper in Titusville, FL. His wife, Cosette, a broker at Blue Palms Realty where Benjamin also works asRead …
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Sedgwick County’s Proposed 2027 Tax Rate Tops Revenue-Neutral Threshold Sedgwick County wants to collect more from property owners than state law considers revenue-neutral — a gap that could push bills higher than a revenue-neutral budget would, depending on a home’s valuation and other taxing jurisdictions. According to the county’s budget hearing notice, the proposed 2027Read …
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Fed Chairman Warsh’s First Jackson Hole Speech: What a Hawkish Fed Means for Mortgage Rates This Fall At a Glance – In his first Jackson Hole speech as Federal Reserve chairman, Kevin Warsh doubled down on the 2% PCE inflation target, on inflation having been too high for too long, and on the policy rateRead …
EXCLUSIVE: Lindsey Vonn Cuts Another $100K Off Price of Beverly Hills Mansion—as She Continues Olympic Crash Recovery in Utah Skiing sensation Lindsey Vonn has trimmed another $100,000 off the asking price of her Beverly Hills mansion—just months after relisting the home. Vonn, 41, who is currently undergoing rehabilitation and treatment after suffering a horrific crashRead …
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Minneapolis Proposes New Unit Zoning Changes, Including Larger Triplexes and Easier Duplex Splits Minneapolis homeowners could soon have more flexibility to build bigger, split properties, and add energy-efficient features under a wide-ranging overhaul of zoning rules covering homes with one, two, or three units. The city’s proposed amendment summary touches nearly every corner of residentialRead …
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