Published by josie@omahadail... on Wed, 02/07/2024 - 8:45am
Powerful interests, including a real estate tech company and private equity firms, are contributing to soaring rents.
A group of senators are set to introduce legislation Tuesday that would make it illegal for landlords to use algorithms to artificially inflate the price of rent or reduce the supply of housing.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:06am
OMAHA — The boulder under Lori and David Johnson’s tree holds special meaning. So does the tipi, rose garden, and 20-foot-long bench in the couple’s northeast Omaha yard.
Published by josie@omahadail... on Mon, 02/05/2024 - 11:00am
Most millennials are prepared to take drastic measures to buy a home, with 65% saying they would pay up to a 10% mortgage rate and 23% admitting they would buy at 15% or more, according to a new study from Clever Real Estate.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 01/18/2024 - 5:00am
The rows of red brick buildings wedged between Spencer and Bristol streets once represented North Omaha’s best attempt at tackling a post-war housing crunch. Now abandoned, gutted and graffitied, they await the wrecking ball.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 01/18/2024 - 3:00am
Four recent catastrophic building collapses and a near miss are raising concerns about the state of America’s aging buildings and questions about who, if anyone, is checking their safety.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 01/18/2024 - 2:00am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The recent pullback in mortgage rates is spurring more homeowners to put their homes up for sale, though the increases so far have been too modest to return the housing market's inventory of available properties back to pre-pandemic levels.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 01/11/2024 - 5:00am
LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen laid out an ambitious goal Monday of reducing local property taxes by 40% while providing few details on how the state would do that.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 01/11/2024 - 3:00am
On a recent research trip to China, I wandered through the Oasis Mall in suburban Shanghai. Like many Chinese shopping centers, this complex was filled with empty stores that reflected the end of China’s 30-year-long economic expansion. But there also were surprises.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 01/11/2024 - 2:00am
What does it mean for gardeners that the Pantone Institute has declared "Peach Fuzz" to be the color of the year for 2024? A plethora of peachy plants at the nursery, that's what. The Pantone Color Institute has been governing worldwide color trends since 2000. Its color-of-the-year selections lead designers of clothing, decor, paints and more to come up with items in those trendy tones.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 01/04/2024 - 10:56pm
The rise of Airbnb — hitting $1.8 to $2.5 billion in profit in the first half of 2023 — and similar short-term rental (STR) platforms sparked a significant debate over their impact on housing affordability. Urban centers worldwide face escalating rental prices and a shrinking pool of affordable housing. Consequently, these platforms face increasing scrutiny for their role in this crisis.