Published: May 16, 2012
Tags: Building Commission, Columbia St. Mary, Mariner Neighborhood Association, Michael Lovell, Murray Hill Neighborhood Association, Steve Klebar, Tom Luljak, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Hope and a promise are all east side neighborhood associations have that the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will control student disturbances after the Columbia St. Mary campus expansion.
Published: May 16, 2012
Tags: builder sentiment index, Commerce Department, home builders, housing starts, National Association of Home Builders
U.S. builders started work on more homes and apartments last month and requested more permits to build single-family homes. The increases suggest the battered housing market is healing.
Published: May 14, 2012
Tags: Frank Lloyd Wright, Unity Chapel, Wyoming Valley
Fifteen buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, people who studied under him or architects who follow his principles will be open to the public next month.
Published: May 10, 2012
Tags: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, mortgages
The government’s consumer-finance watchdog is weighing an overhaul of the fees consumers pay to obtain mortgages.
Published: May 3, 2012
Tags: condos, GMAR, Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors
Sales of condominiums rose 122 percent across downtown Milwaukee in April. Condo sales rose from 23 units in 2011 to 51 units in 2012.
Published: May 2, 2012
Tags: universal design
As a couple discussed their new home’s universal design amenities, the wife took designer Caleb McCaleb aside and asked a favor.
Published: May 2, 2012
Bloomington-based developer and investor United Properties has acquired the assets of Meridian Land Co. LLC. Both companies are owned under the umbrella of the Minneapolis-based Pohlad Cos. United Properties is part of the Marquette Real Estate Group, one of the business groups of Pohlad Cos., which also owns the Minnesota Twins.
Published: April 30, 2012
Tags: Abby Simon, downsizing, Moraine Park Technical College, Peter Simon
When Peter and Abby Simon decided they wanted to downsize, they weren’t kidding. The young Fond du Lac couple is in the process of building a tiny house and they can’t wait to move in.
Published: April 24, 2012
Tags: Case-Shiller index, foreclosure, housing market
Rising foreclosures are weighing on the U.S. housing market, reducing prices and keeping new-home sales weak.
Published: April 24, 2012
Tags: Commerce Department, new home sales, new homes
Sales of new homes fell in March by the largest amount in more than a year, indicating that the U.S. housing market remains under strain despite some modest signs of improvement.
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