In the past seven years, Louisiana Economic Development’s Certified Sites Program has grown over 500 percent – from 15 certified sites to over 80. The program offers a list of 180-day development-ready sites that are free of potential issues that could delay construction. According to LED’s competitor analysis, the state’s 80+ certified sites rank Louisiana’s to be the second-largest state-run certified sites program.

Understanding that site requirements and site readiness are paramount…

Two economic development thoroughbreds — Atlanta and Northern Virginia — are neck-and-neck in the Amazon HQ2 horserace, according to a survey by real estate marketplace Zillow Group Inc.

Among more than 100 economists and real estate experts who responded, 12 said Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) is most likely to choose Atlanta for its $5 billion second headquarters and another 12 picked Northern Virginia.

Where does Denver rank? Check out this slideshow:

The quarterly survey, sponsored by Zillow…

Homebuyers in Honolulu have the highest mortgage debt-to-income ratio in the nation, while homebuyers on Maui have a ratio that’s third-highest in the U.S., topped only by San Jose in California’s Silicon Valley, according to a report by the personal finance company SmartAsset.

Homebuyers in the Honolulu metropolitan area have mortgages worth 3.959 times their annual income, on average, according to an analysis of data from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The data showed that Honolulu…

Google is vetting Bay Area startups focused on pre-fabricated housing for future projects, the real estate-hungry tech giant said Wednesday.

The company earlier this month quietly sent out a request for proposals that asks multiple firms in the growing modular, or prefab, housing industry to lay out the processes each uses for assembling and delivering housing.

Tech news site The Information first wrote about the RFP Wednesday, reporting that Alphabet-owned Google was considering hiring one or…

If you're looking for a top public elementary school to send your kids to, Pleasanton is hands down the highest-rated Bay Area option, according to new rankings from school data website Niche.

The list incorporates schools from the San Francisco Metropolitan Area. For rankings on Silicon Valley and South Bay schools, please see our upcoming coverage in March.

Click through the gallery to see which local elementary schools made the top 10. >>>

Niche's rankings for 2018 found that Pleasanton held…

If you're looking for a top public elementary school to send your kids to, Pleasanton is hands down the highest-rated Bay Area option, according to new rankings from school data website Niche.

The list incorporates schools from the San Francisco Metropolitan Area. For rankings on Silicon Valley and South Bay schools, please see our upcoming coverage in March.

Click through the gallery to see which local elementary schools made the top 10. >>>

Niche's rankings for 2018 found that Pleasanton held…

Demand for the new homes is so strong that they're holding a drawing for who can make offers first.

Kenmore Avenue site sells for $150,000.