Builders struggle to find enough construction workers
The real estate bust idled hundreds of thousands of construction workers. Now, with housing on the mend, builders are hiring again.
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The real estate bust idled hundreds of thousands of construction workers. Now, with housing on the mend, builders are hiring again.
BEACH HAVEN WEST, N.J. - The full consequences of Hurricane Sandy will be played out in a thousand personal decisions, and for families like the Wosceks, owners of a tiny yellow bungalow on a lagoon, that meant one thing:
Eighty houses.
QUESTION: My ex-fiancee bought a home, and over time I took over payments and was given half ownership. The property now is "underwater," and she wants to do a short sale. The loan is in her name only, but the deed is in both of our names. What are the ramifications of a short sale for me?
Wichita area home prices, excluding distressed sales, rose 7.2 percent between February 2012 and February 2013, according to a just-released report by CoreLogic, a national real estate data firm that surveys local markets.
Forty-four more area houses were sold in February versus the same month a year ago, according to a South Central Kansas Multiple Listing Service report released Friday.
Tom Johnson, president of NAI Martens, has been named by Midwest Real Estate News to the 2012 Midwest Commercial Real Estate Hall of Fame.
Wichita-are home sales moved higher in October, continuing what local Realtors hope is a sustainable trend.
Officials from Occidental Management, which is building a class A commercial office park in northeast Wichita, said Friday that they have more than 50 percent of the first phase of the project pre-leased.
Apartment rents in the Wichita market were the lowest among 82 urban markets during the second quarter, according to the real estate data firm Reis.
May’s home sales in the Wichita area offer reason to be encouraged, said Tessa Hultz, CEO of the Wichita Area Association of Realtors.
There’s more – much more – to Wichita State University’s Center for Real Estate than just being a training ground for young real estate professionals.
The 2009 Fall Parade of Homes kicks off Saturday for three weekends and about 200 homes ranging in price from $100,000 to more than $2 million.