Housing News

KC housing market remained chilly in February, ...

The Kansas City housing market continued its weak performance in February, with the price of an average home down 3 percent and sales activity sluggish despite a federal incentive program. [from Kansas City Wire]
Program Aims to Flip Foreclosures in KC

The Economic Development Corp. of Kansas City signed a contract with a real estate company to accelerate federally financed foreclosure flipping in Kansas City. [from Kansas City Wire]
Cohen-Esrey flips foreclosures

Cohen-Esrey Real Estate Services LLC has been called on to accelerate federally financed foreclosure flipping in Kansas City. [from Kansas City Wire]
Cohen-Esrey Real Estate Services aims to flip o...

Cohen-Esrey Real Estate Services LLC has been called on to accelerate federally financed foreclosure flipping in Kansas City. [from Kansas City Wire]
Gasoline prices continue to rise

... 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 Wire]
We Bought A Toxic Asset; You Can Watch It Die

... really struggling. Almost half are behind on their mortgage payments, and 15 percent of the homes are already in foreclosure. At some point those homes will be taken over and sold for a loss. Every time that happens, ... [from Kansas City Wire]
In response to the homeless feeding ordinance

... I drive through downtown Miami and view all the glittering tall buildings that have no lights on in them. This foreclosure and overdevelopment problem is extremely serious and systemic. It will absolutely not be fixed... [from Kansas City Wire]
Schools Across U.S. Grapple With Closures

... budget pressures just now because their main source of revenue - property taxes - is in decline owing to the foreclosure crisis. Housing values have come down about 10 percent since 2007. And things aren't expected to... [from Kansas City Wire]
Kansas City-area foreclosures counter national ...

Home foreclosure activity in the 15-county Kansas City area increased 9.8 percent in February from the previous month and rose 9.7 percent from February 2009, RealtyTrac Inc. [from Kansas City Wire]
KC-area home foreclosures rise

Home foreclosure activity in the 15-county Kansas City area increased 9.8 percent in February from the previous month and rose 9.7 percent from February 2009, RealtyTrac Inc. [from Kansas City Wire]
KC Courthouse apartment project advances

... projects U.S. Bank provided equity for by buying low-income housing tax credits. Local developers of affordable housing are granted allotments of the credits each year by the Missouri Housing Development Corp. The dev... [from Kansas City Wire]
Addressing Housing Needs in Haiti After Major E...

Habitat for Humanity International is assessing the impact on affordable housing and response options in Haiti after a major earthquake struck near Port-au-Prince on Tuesday Port-au-Prince, Haiti - infoZine - Habitat for H... [from Kansas City Wire]
Eagle voters will decide on shopping complex in...

... stormwater design. Of the 581 new housing units, 10 percent (58) units would be deed-restricted, for sale affordable housing and 20 percent (105 units) are classified as workforce housing units. The Eagle River Statio... [from Kansas City Wire]
Decision time in Eagle

... stormwater design. Of the 581 new housing units, 10 percent (58) units would be deed-restricted, for sale affordable housing and 20 [from Kansas City Wire]
Project Hearing Set

... Country Club Plaza's Seville Room. The hearing is one of four being held around the state at which 122 affordable housing development proposals will be considered. Written and verbal comments will be heard and members... [from Kansas City Wire]
start next month

... be market rate, but the redevelopment task force required that 15 percent to 25 percent of the units be affordable housing, Egan said. Singleton said the project will include condos in three-story buildings, attached ... [from Kansas City Wire]
State Could Pay Property Taxes for Home Buyers

... until the $15 million is gone. The state expectes to write checks for 9,000 to 11,000 Missouri residents. Affordable housing advocate Donovan Mouton, who was a housing liaison for former Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes, ... [from Kansas City Wire]
Government Could Pay Property Taxes of Mo. Home...

... until the $15 million is gone. The state expectes to write checks for 9,000 to 11,000 Missouri residents. Affordable housing advocate Donovan Mouton, who was a housing liaison for former Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes, ... [from Kansas City Wire]
Work begins on $18M Kansas City apartment project

... project. "The downtown area has experienced revitalization, and there is now a great demand for quality affordable housing inside the downtown loop," Donald Rosemann of Rosemann & Associates said Wednesday. "Our team ... [from Kansas City Wire]
Kansas City's best-kept secret entails ground t...

Some live here for the affordable housing, others go for the easy commuting and parking, some cite the burgeoning cultural scene and better-and-better restaurants, while others embrace the metro area's surprisingly green a... [from Kansas City Wire]

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