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Opportunity Zones and a new neighborhood investment fund could help lift some communities.

This is the second consecutive quarter it has reported declining revenue.

Several metro Birmingham suburbs have the lowest crime rates in the Yellowhammer State.

According to data submitted to the FBI, Helena, Vestavia Hills, Pelham, Alabaster and Moody rank among the 10 safest cities in Alabama. Hoover ranked No. 13. Birmingham was not ranked as it did not submit figures to the FBI, according to The Home Security Advisor.

The state averages 524 violent crimes per 100,000 residents and 2,957 property crimes per 100,000 residents. But Alabama’s safest cities reported…

Raleigh City Council has ended years of debate over how to regulate accessory dwelling units in the city. Well, almost.

Single-family home prices on Hawaii’s Big Island rose 10 percent last month, compared to January 2019, as the number of sales dropped, while condominium prices declined on higher sales, according to statistics from Hawaii Information Service on behalf of Hawaii Island Realtors.

The median price of a single-family home on the Big Island in January was $361,250, which was an increase of 9.8 percent from $329,000 during the same month last year. The number of sales dropped 17.34 percent to 143 homes…

Developer Christopher Janian is seeking approval to demolish the former Martick's Restaurant Francais in Baltimore's Bromo Arts District, the next step in his company's efforts to revitalize the vacant block the property sits on.

Janian said his team at Vitruvius Co. has gone through “multiple scenarios” to incorporate the building at 214 W. Mulberry St. into the development firm's $30 million mixed-use project, which seeks to revive Baltimore's historic and long-overlooked Chinatown.

Ultimately,…

The median price of a condominium on Kauai doubled in January, compared to the year before, while the median price of a single-family home on the Garden Island dropped 11 percent last month, according to statistics from Hawaii Information Service on behalf of the Kauai Board of Realtors.

The median price of a single-family home last month was $685,750, which was a decline of 10.94 percent from $770,000 in January last year. Sales of single-family homes rose 6.67 percent to 48 homes sold, from 45…

One of the more unusual homes in Dublin – if not all of Central Ohio – is back on the market at a reduced price.

The 15,000-square-foot home, described as an “exquisite estate” on more than 13 acres along Riverside Drive, is listed for $3.499 million, a price drop of $400,000 from when it was for sale last year.

Greg Harris of Keller Williams Consultants Realty has the listing for what he's calling the “Chateau of Dublin.”

“Throw the cookie cutter back in the drawer because this home is…

The University of Cincinnati is expanding its student housing offerings as a result of record demand, student newspaper the News Record reports.

A record 6,800 students moved into university-provided housing this fall. Those students are living in a mix of on-campus and off-campus residences leased by the college.

Most recently, the university signed an agreement to lease all of the housing available at the USquare @ the Loop apartment complex on Calhoun Street starting next year.

USquare is…

Though some acknowledged they, too, would like to see something taller at 601 Capitol Mall, Sacramento City Council members unanimously denied an appeal of approval for an eight-story housing and retail project planned for the site.

Requiring a taller project by Shorenstein Properties, said Councilman Steve Hansen, would make such a project financially unfeasible under current conditions, and could leave it undeveloped for years to come.

“If we thought seriously we could get a high-rise on that…