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A pair of Kansas City houses rank high on a list of the most expensive houses for sale in the state — and No. 1 isn’t far out of town.

A new spin on a Tudor castle at 10000 N.W. 75th St. in Kansas City ranks No. 4 on PropertyShark’s most-expensive houses for sale list. The 15,000-square-foot home fronting Weatherby Lake lists for $6.8 million (a bargain at a million dollars less than a year ago).

The five-bedroom house was built in 1993 for flamboyant lawyer Lantz “Sir Lantzlot” Welch…

Local officials did not anticipate Amazon’s interest in how to tackle some of the troubles that have turned it into a polarizing symbol of Seattle’s booming economy. The e-commerce giant is celebrated by many in Seattle for being the city’s biggest employer and adding tremendous wealth to the area. But it is villainized by others for bringing too much change, too quickly.

The American Dream of buying a home can be quickly crushed with the denial of a home loan — and it turns out Memphis is a city where that rejection rate is pretty high.

Memphis-area mortgage applications are denied at a rate of 12 percent, the third-highest out of 50 cities in a study by LendingTree Inc., an online loan marketplace based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company analyzed about 10 million U.S. mortgage applications from the most recent Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data set, finding…

The American Dream of buying a home can be quickly crushed with the denial of a home loan — and it turns out Houston is a city where that rejection rate is pretty high.

Houston-area mortgage applications are denied at a rate of 9.07 percent, the ninth-highest out of 50 cities in a study by LendingTree Inc., an online loan marketplace based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company analyzed about 10 million U.S. mortgage applications from the most recent Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data set, finding…

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra gained state approval for almost $11.1 million in historic restoration tax credits to rehab the Warner Grand Theatre into its new performance hall.

Several skilled nursing facilities in Alabama changed hands in March.

Five skilled nursing facilities in Birmingham, Butler, Montgomery, Selma, and Montrose Bay were acquired by a Montreal-based real estate investor paired with Blue Ridge Healthcare, a Florida-based regional operator.

Advisory firm for seniors housing and healthcare real estate, Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisor, represented the seller in the transactions — the company's first seniors housing venture in Alabama. Brooks…

A property in Homewood that recently changed hands, has been demolished.

The former home of Lovoy's, a family-owned Italian restaurant at 420 Green Springs Highway, has been torn down, reports the Homewood Star.

The restaurant had moved to that location in 1964 from downtown Birmingham. It went out of business in 2012.

In March, a deed for the property was sold for $600,000 to AL Homewood Green Springs LLC. The entity is connected to RealtyLink development company, which has a regional office…

A new report from Dodge Data & Analytics shows Orlando-area construction companies pulled permits valued at $122.27 million in March, a decrease of 47% compared to $231.24 million in March 2017 value for commercial projects in Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake counties.

Area homebuilders didn't fare any better in March, pulling permits valued at $491.25 million compared with $744.01 million in the year-ago period, a decrease of 34%. Together, commercial and residential construction accounted…

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Back in 2011, Atlanta residential real estate investment firm The RADCO Cos. identified a new trend in the housing market: America was becoming a renting nation.