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The Kansas City Council on Thursday agreed to distribute money to 14 community groups and builders that look to create or preserve 500 units of affordable housing.

If you're looking for the best bang for your buck, Jacksonville might not be the best place for you, a report finds.

A look back at the efforts developers have made to plan for the transformation of Cambrian Park Plaza, a 69-year-old shopping center in San Jose.

A two-bedroom, five-bathroom lake home on the Wisconsin side of the St. Croix River is on the market for $3 million.

The 3,450-square-foot home was built in 2017 on a two-acre lot.

Located at 206 N. Ilwaco Road in Troy, about 10 minutes south of Hudson, the house goes big on entertainment spaces. It features three heated decks and an outdoor kitchen, complete with pizza oven and grill.

The main floor offers both an updated kitchen with a breakfast bar and a formal dining area.

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The development would reshape an area at the edge of the Central Eastside Industrial Area.

Median home sale prices in July increased only around 2% year over year in King County, while jumping nearly 13% in Pierce County.

Developers delivered more apartments than tenants claimed in the second quarter, contributing to a slight rise in metro Denver’s apartment vacancy rate. But that added supply wasn’t enough to prevent rent inflation from accelerating, according to a quarterly update from the University of Denver and the Apartment Association of Metro Denver.

Average apartment rents in metro Denver rose by $93.75 to nearly $1,860 in the second quarter from the first and are up 12.6% for the year. The rate of quarterly appreciation rose to 5.3% from a 3.3% pace in the first quarter.

“The second quarter is typically the strongest quarter for rent growth,” Ron Throupe, an associate professor of real estate at the University of Denver Daniels College of Business and author of the report, said in a release. “This period is when most moves are made by families and individuals. This leads to a seasonal demand scenario and a positive rent effect of early summer with renters looking to migrate to the metro are..

Designed by Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, a nine-story multifamily development on Southport is going to be Chicago's largest timber-made building since the Great Fire.

The corporate office will employ 80 people, a spokesman for the landlord says.

This week's roundup of recent property sales, proposed developments and other activities includes the reactivation of a historic Atlanta public school and the opening of a new space in Midtown.