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Where Sacramento ranks among most expensive metros for child care and rent
In many major U.S. metros, sky-high rent is a fact of life. Another big expenditure for people with school-aged children is child care.
Residents of the Sacramento metro area spend about $3,375 on both rent and child care a month, or about $40,500 annually, putting it in the top 15 most expensive markets.
Click on the slideshow to see how much residents in the largest major U.S. metros pay in child care costs and rent per month.
San Francisco-based HotPads’ recent analysis of Care.com’s…
Home affordability in Hawaii, US reaches 10-year low, report finds
Honolulu and Maui are among 69 counties in the United States where homebuyers must make $100,000 a year or more to afford to buy a median-priced home, according to a report released Thursday by Attom Data Solutions that found home prices hit a 10-year low for affordability in the third quarter.
The five Bay Area counties in California top the list of the 69 counties where buyers need incomes of more than $100,000 a year, followed by Westchester County in New York and Brooklyn and Manhattan in New…
High-Water Marks: Changing floodplain measurements could hit local development
In the wake of last year's devastating hurricane season, updates are being made to the way hypothetical rainfall events will be measured in Texas through a study called Atlas 14.
Monument Realty unveils early design of 400-unit Harbor East apartment tower
Plans for the city's newest luxury apartment tower show 400 units built into a L-shaped building that aims to weld the modern and traditional look of Harbor East and Little Italy.
Monument Realty in June unveiled plans to develop a portion of the 900 block of Fleet Street into the upscale project. Called 900 Fleet, the project will have a total of 18 stories and studios, one and two-bedroom apartments on 11 of those floors. A six-story parking garage will have 600 spaces and the ground level will…
Pulte planning new 72-home master planned community in Roswell
It would have 30 rear-loaded detached single-family lots, 18 front-loaded single-family lots, and 24 townhomes.
How an affordable housing redevelopment project costs $310 million
The cost of the Twin Rivers redevelopment equates to $451,745 per housing unit, more than the market-rate prices of many single-family homes.
Colliers marketing Township Nine development site
A mixed-use infill project near downtown Sacramento stalled by bankruptcy is now available for someone else to buy and restart.
Home sales down, inventory up as Seattle-area market cool down continues
Inventory has been increasing, giving buyers more options, but don't expect the trend to continue through the winter.
Windermere strikes unique partnership with longtime Seattle retail brokerage
Shared values brought Windermere together with West Coast Commercial Realty.
Marissa Mayer wants to turn a mortuary into a community center
Former Google executive-turned-Yahoo-CEO Marissa Mayer is pushing ahead with plans to turn a mortuary in Palo Alto into a community center for working mothers, children and families.
At a City Council meeting this week, Mayer defended the project, saying it would be a net positive for the neighborhood surrounding and answered criticism from neighbors who worry it’ll bring new, daily noise and traffic, and host large parties.
Mayer spent $11.2 million in 2013 to buy the Roller & Hapgood & Tinney…