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Indie Capital to develop 17 duplex units at Ninth and Broadway
Sacramento homebuilder Indie Capital LLC has submitted plans to develop 17 duplex units on a 25,902-square-foot lot at Ninth and Broadway.
Airbnb: These 3 Houston-area homes among most popular in Texas
More than 30,000 Texans currently share their homes on Airbnb, according to a recently released report by the rental platform.
Within each of Texas' top 50 home sharing cities — including three in the Houston area — Airbnb identified the home most often found on wish lists, a function on the site that allows users to save the listings they most desire when planning trips. Click through the slideshow above to see photos of the three Houston-area homes.
In the city of Houston, the most-wished…
$48 million sale of luxury apartments in Steiner Ranch raises bar for mid-rise projects
The year-old Tacara Steiner Ranch apartment community is “a stunning asset,” with high-end finishes, a pool overlooking Lake Travis and garages where you can plug in a Tesla. Its sale, for $47.9 million, could set a new price standard for garden-style multifamily projects.
The Art Institute of Portland to close
The Art Institute of Portland campus is closing on Dec. 31.
Los Angeles-based Dream Center Education Holdings recently announced that it will discontinue campus-based programs at the Portland location, along with 15 other art institutes nationwide. DCEH is also discontinuing operations of its two additional education systems, the Argosy University and the South University.
“Over the last several months, we have taken a strategic and comprehensive look at each of our three education systems and…
Big Island, Kauai see higher home prices in first half of 2018
Condominium prices on the Big Island rose by double digits during the first half of this year, while Kauai saw double-digit gains in sales for both single-family homes and condominiums, according to statistics from Hawaii Information Service on behalf of Hawaii Island Realtors and the Kauai Board of Realtors.
The median price of a condominium on the Big Island during the first six months of the year was $375,000, a 12.95 percent increase from $332,000 for the same period in 2017. Sales of condos…
Howard Hughes Corp.’s Hawaii projects take top honors at PCBC
The Howard Hughes Corp.’s Ward Village project in Honolulu recently took home four top awards, including masterplan community of the year, and three awards of merit at the largest homebuilding trade show on the West Coast, while two other Hawaii projects, Keauhou Place and Keauhou Lane, were recognized with awards of merit in two categories.
Ward Village received one of two grand awards for the masterplan community of the year from the Golden Nugget Awards at the annual PCBC conference, formerly…
Oahu home prices in June recede from last year’s record
The median price of a single-family home on Oahu in June dipped from the record price set last year on fewer sales, while condominium sales and prices increased by single digits, according to statistics from the Honolulu Board of Realtors.
The median price of a single-family house on Oahu last month was $782,388, which was a 1.6 percent decline from the all-time high of $795,000 set in June 2017. That was based on sales of 365 homes in June, which was a 1.4 percent decline from 370 homes sold during…
SBA offering disaster loans up to $2M for Kauai, Big Island, Honolulu businesses
The U.S. Small Business Administration is urging businesses, nonprofits and homeowners affected by the natural disasters on Kauai, the Big Island and Oahu to apply for low-interest federal loans.
Businesses of all sizes and private nonprofits can borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged real estate, equipment and inventory.
For damages received during the flooding on Kauai and Oahu that occurred between April 13 to 16, the filing deadline to return applications for property damage…
Patti Payne’s Cool Pads: Retired Costco treasurer lists $2.78M Rose Point beach club mansion
A home in the coveted Rose Point Community Beach Club, one of Kirkland’s most exclusive neighborhoods in the area known as “West of Market,” has been listed for $2.78 million.
The mansion belongs to Harold “Hal” Kaplan, retired treasurer of Costco, who worked as a top financial executive at the company for 28 years; and his wife, Caroline Bombar-Kaplan, who headed her own public relations agency for years.
Houses in this neighborhood, with only 27 homes in the club, rarely come on the market,…
National builder submits plans for student housing near Sac State
Opus Development Co. LLC is proposing to build student housing for nearly 600 people just southeast of California State University Sacramento.