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Salaries are not keeping pace with housing costs in the Midwest, especially in Lincoln
Lizzie Turner has witnessed the impact of unaffordable housing and discrimination firsthand. As a community organizer for non-profit Nebraska Appleseed’s housing justice program, Collective Impact Lincoln she advocates for people who are trying to find safe and affordable places to live. One of the Lincoln residents Turner works with is a Black woman with children, who was forced out of her current living arrangements due to what she believed to be racial discrimination.
Downtown prices are growing slowly across the Midwest — and have decreased in Chicago
Downtown property prices in the Midwest are growing at significantly slower rates than other sections of those cities. And that’s especially true in Chicago. A recent study by PropertyShark isolated price growth in American downtowns from the past decade to determine that, overall, downtown property appreciation has been outpaced by cities at large. This was true in 31 of the country’s 40 largest cities. For context, 10 years ago, that was the case in just nine cities.
Country Club Plaza sale is looming
It’s official – well almost. The impending sale of the Country Club Plaza is expected to be finalized June 28 with an event led by KC Mayor Quinton Lucas to welcome the new owners on Monday. The ownership group, HP Village Partners, is a luxury retail company whose...
Thompson Thrift Hosts Ribbon Cutting for 300-Unit The Depot Luxury Apartment Community in Growing Kansas City Submarket of Raymore
KANSAS CITY, MO - Thompson Thrift, a full-service nationally recognized real estate company and one of the nation's leading multifamily developers, hosted a ribbon cutting for The Depot, a 300-unit Class A multifamily community in the Kansas City suburb of Raymore. The first residents began moving in during winter of 2023 and the community is nearly 30% leased.
With Archway Homes, selling your home ‘as is’ never felt so good
When Evon L. moved out of the Kansas City area for a new job, the original plan was to keep her Olathe home because it held so many memories from having raised her children there, and it was where she planned to live when retirement eventually rolled around.
Oak Grove homeowner waits months for chance to appeal 800 percent increase in property assessment
OAK GROVE, Mo. — Dean Wilson, an Oak Grove homeowner, is among thousands in Jackson County still appealing last year's property assessments after his home's value skyrocketed from $55,000 to $532,820. Wilson lives in a church built in the 1800s. Despite the age and condition of his home, Jackson...
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