Housing News

U.S. Bank will officially open Overland Park se...

U.S. Bank will cut a ceremonial ribbon next Wednesday to open its 1,300-job service center in Overland Park. [from Kansas City Newswire]
H&R Block trims losses by cutting costs

... a condo in fl that is not paying for itself, have a good credit rating, not behind on anything, not facing foreclosure, wife on disability, husband still working, Want to pay off credit cards, but don't know how. Shou... [from Kansas City Newswire]
August best month on record at KC Board of Trade

... a condo in fl that is not paying for itself, have a good credit rating, not behind on anything, not facing foreclosure, wife on disability, husband still working, Want to pay off credit cards, but don't know how. Shou... [from Kansas City Newswire]
KC Southern forecasts second-half revenue growt...

... a condo in fl that is not paying for itself, have a good credit rating, not behind on anything, not facing foreclosure, wife on disability, husband still working, Want to pay off credit cards, but don't know how. Shou... [from Kansas City Newswire]
UMB investment unit buying firm that will doubl...

... a condo in fl that is not paying for itself, have a good credit rating, not behind on anything, not facing foreclosure, wife on disability, husband still working, Want to pay off credit cards, but don't know how. Shou... [from Kansas City Newswire]
Workers' share of health insurance costs soared...

... a condo in fl that is not paying for itself, have a good credit rating, not behind on anything, not facing foreclosure, wife on disability, husband still working, Want to pay off credit cards, but don't know how. Shou... [from Kansas City Newswire]
Burger King bought for $4 billion

... a condo in fl that is not paying for itself, have a good credit rating, not behind on anything, not facing foreclosure, wife on disability, husband still working, Want to pay off credit cards, but don't know how. Shou... [from Kansas City Newswire]
U.S. productivity rate fell in second quarter

... a condo in fl that is not paying for itself, have a good credit rating, not behind on anything, not facing foreclosure, wife on disability, husband still working, Want to pay off credit cards, but don't know how. Shou... [from Kansas City Newswire]
Layne beats estimates

... a condo in fl that is not paying for itself, have a good credit rating, not behind on anything, not facing foreclosure, wife on disability, husband still working, Want to pay off credit cards, but don't know how. Shou... [from Kansas City Newswire]
The Closing Bell | Shares of KC-area companies ...

Regional stocks finished in positive territory on Wednesday, led by gains in Cerner, DST, and UMB Financial. [from Kansas City Newswire]
Katrina Revisited

... and inaccessible to the very people who'd lived there longest. Adding to some residents' dilemma is an affordable housing shortage affecting many in the hard-hit Lower Ninth Ward and St. Bernard's Parish. According to... [from Kansas City Newswire]
Federal authorities cite KCa s failure regardin...

... in line with the regulations. Winn cited several city projects in Beacon Hill that had promoted affordable housing: the restoration of the long-abandoned Robinson Hospital into senior housing, the partnership with th... [from Kansas City Newswire]
Fed: More people seek help from agencies

... said demand for services will stay elevated or rise in the third quarter. The LMI Job Availability, Affordable Housing and Credit Access indexes showed improvement from the first quarter. But the agencies that help lo... [from Kansas City Newswire]
Congressional Earmarks 5

... Historic Building $1,000,000 Cleaver HUD EDI Blue Springs Hoke County CDC, NC Acquisition of Land for an Affordable Housing Initiative $500,000 Kissell HUD EDI Boys Town of Chicago, IL Construction of Housing for Low-... [from Kansas City Newswire]
It's high gear for Ford Lofts

... approval to reserve $350,000 in federal funds for the construction project to support the development of affordable housing units in the Joplin market. The project also has received a federal tax credit valued at $663... [from Kansas City Newswire]
Rancho Cordova Named All America City

... addressed issues such as serving youth despite financial hurdles, diversifying the labor force, providing affordable housing, and increasing the tax base to fund schools. "The delegation of community members from Ranc... [from Kansas City Newswire]
Rancho Cordova is an All America City

... addressed issues such as serving youth despite financial hurdles, diversifying the labor force, providing affordable housing, and increasing the tax base to fund schools. The delegation of community members from Ranch... [from Kansas City Newswire]
Bicycling group that promotes affordable housin...

... count so far for a group of 32 people bicycling across America in an effort to combat the nations lack of affordable housing. After a 100-mile ride from Sedalia, Mo., the group arrived Wednesday at Blue Ridge Presby... [from Kansas City Newswire]
College Bikers Build KC Habitat Home

... college students is biking from Virginia Beach, Va., to Canon Beach, Ore. They are helping to build affordable housing at their stops as part of an effort called "Bike and Build." The group stopped in Kansas City this... [from Kansas City Newswire]
California in the rearview mirror

... two families that had relocated to the Kansas City Area. They saw the opportunity to get much larger more affordable housing and to increase their standard of living by decreasing their overhead. In my own Real Estate... [from Kansas City Newswire]

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