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Corpus Christi Council to Vote on Maximum Property Tax Rate for FY2027, Sets Public Hearing Dates Corpus Christi’s City Council will take a formal record vote to set a maximum proposed property tax rate for fiscal year 2027—and schedule the public hearings where residents can push back before anything is finalized. The council’s August 11Read …

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L.A. Homeowners Can Now Legalize Pre-2020 Unpermitted ADUs Under New City Rules If you built or converted space into an ADU or junior ADU before 2020 and never pulled a permit, the city of Los Angeles now has a penalty-free path to get it legal. The LADBS bulletin on streamlined permitting under AB 2533 tookRead …

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One of Spain’s Most Expensive Enclaves Is Full of Fixer-Uppers—and Opportunity Among Spain’s four Balearic islands, Ibiza’s got the bling, superstar DJs, and Kardashians. Mallorca’s got Jeff Bezos’s yacht, Michelle Obama and the Spanish royal family. Formentera—the smallest of the Balearics—has none of that. And in an age where privacy has become an even moreRead …

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Garland FY 2026-27 Budget Proposes Raising Single-Family Rental Permit Fees From $65 to $250 Renters, landlords, and small investors in Garland could all feel the effects of a proposed permit fee increase that would nearly quadruple the annual cost of renting out a single-family home — and that’s just one piece of a broader setRead …

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Wichita Planning Commission to Weigh Mixed-Use Rezoning at Seneca and Maple A rezoning that would allow small-scale commercial uses alongside housing near South Seneca Street and West Maple Street is among eight land-use cases the Wichita-Sedgwick County Metropolitan Area Planning Commission is scheduled to consider this month. The official hearing notice sets the meeting forRead …

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West Chelsea Developer Seeks Variance to Convert Manufacturing Building’s Upper Floors to Homes A developer is seeking permission to convert the upper floors of a nine-story manufacturing building at 511 West 25th Street in West Chelsea into residential units—something the site’s current M1-5 zoning doesn’t allow. According to the Board of Standards and Appeals publicRead …

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Garland’s Proposed City Tax Rate Drops, but the Average Homestead Bill Rises $48 Garland homeowners are looking at a bigger city tax bill this fall—even though the city’s tax rate is technically going down. According to the city’s official tax rate notice, the proposed rate of $0.6799 per $100 of assessed value is lower thanRead …

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Corpus Christi Locks In $7.4 Million in Federal Housing and Neighborhood Funds Corpus Christi homeowners who need housing repairs, sidewalk work, or help with homebuyer support programs now have a clearer path to city assistance. City Council approved the Fiscal Year 2027 Annual Action Plan on July 28, splitting $7,443,430 across three federal HUD programsRead …

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Two Slices of Paradise: Twin Properties in Ultraexclusive Maui Gated Community Hit the Market for $34M+ Two ultraexclusive properties nestled behind the gates of Maluaka Estates, one of South Maui’s most prestigious communities, have hit the market for a combined asking price exceeding $70 million. Represented by Robert H. Merriman of Discovery Makena Realty, LLCRead …

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Los Angeles Luxury Condo Market Heats Up as Wealthy Buyers Move In Last year, the Los Angeles metropolitan area was decimated by wildfires. But today, local real estate experts say the luxury condo market is experiencing a strong revival. The most expensive segments of the city’s luxury condo market, with price points ranging from $5Read …

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