Money management tips for millennials
I do not think millennials and young professionals are given enough credit when it comes to money management. Never mind the fact we grew up and came of age in a less than ideal economy, our generation by and large tends to avoid debt and live within our means, and that speaks volumes about us.
According to the recent Better Money Habits Millennial Report, the percentage of millennials who have $15,000 or more in savings has gone up 14 percentage points to 47 percent. Additionally, 63 percent…
Grow or die: Credit unions face challenges
Grow or die – that’s the gist of the challenges faced by credit unions. Collectively they have more assets, deposits and customers than ever before, but the small ones often grapple with the costs of technology, salaries and compliance, making it difficult to stay afloat.
Focus needed on affordable housing
It was good to see Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s call for city funding to support affordable housing development, especially near downtown Milwaukee.
Downtown leaders plan major development
Downtown Atlanta planners spent 2017 engaging stakeholders in a discussion about the vision for the downtown area, resulting in the newly adopted Downtown Atlanta Master Plan, a blueprint for the next 15 years of growth and change downtown.
Under the direction of Central Atlanta Progress (CAP) and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District (ADID), the master plan is complete and implementation is underway, said Jennifer Ball, CAP’s vice president of planning and economic development.
“We…
Meet the man who was helping the Westside before it was cool
It was 2001 when Leonard Adams founded a nonprofit to provide low-income housing with support services in Atlanta’s Westside.
Stalled for five years, 260-unit Berkeley housing project will be California’s first to use streamlined approvals
A Berkeley apartment project that has been stalled for five years will be California's first development to use a 2017 law that streamlined housing permits.
An affiliate of developer Blake Griggs Properties filed a proposal Thursday at 1900 Fourth St. with 260 apartments, including 50 percent affordable housing. The developer will use State Senator Scott Wiener's SB 35, which exempts the project from most city reviews because Berkeley hasn't approved enough affordable housing.
The 130 affordable…
Building houses and a B-Corp business
Mike Fairall is living and building green
Photos: Tiburon mansion hits the market for first time in 47 years at $11.5 million
If you have $12 million and have always wanted to live in Marin County, a new estate up for sale for the first time since it was built in 1971 could make that possible.
Originally constructed by custom Marin builders Werner Schneider, the property sits on an acre in the tony North Bay town. It has been revamped over its lifespan by Paden Prichard and Hadley Builders.
The property has five bedrooms and six bathrooms and overlooks the Golden Gate Bridge and Sausalito. High-end perks include a pool,…
Rancho Cordova hears interest from developers in two long-vacant sites
Developing the two sites could help the city achieve some of its housing goals.
Rent control measure emerges as backlash to soaring rents
If successful, the measure would limit annual rent increases, tighten parameters under which landlords could evict tenants and create an elected board to deal with rent disputes.