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How a labor of love is building an affordable housing neighborhood in Pittsboro.

The need for affordable housing in Chatham County, like in many other counties, is growing. Chatham County Habitat for Humanity is taking on the affordable housing challenge by building one house at a time in a neighborhood on the east side of Pittsboro.

Business

Chicago selling 3,000-plus properties through $1 vacant lot program

Chicago is again seeking city residents interested in buying vacant lots in their neighborhoods for $1.

Business

Initiative to expand Prop 13 homeowner tax benefits eligible for November ballot

Just as a ballot initiative that would dramatically expand Proposition 13 tax benefits for longtime homeowners was deemed eligible for the November ballot on Thursday, its proponents said they were negotiating with the Legislature on a compromise to avoid a bruising and costly initiative battle.

Business

How to buy a home in the Seattle area: a survival guide

What does it really take to buy a home in the Seattle area? There are the skyrocketing prices, of course.

Business

One woman's plan to solve the Bay Area's housing problem: 10,000 tiny, backyard homes

What do these two places have in common: Hale County, Ala., one of the nation's poorest communities, and Silicon Valley, one of the nation's richest?

Business

People rush to boats in Ballard to dodge Seattle's crazy housing market – but there's no more room

For months, Elea Acheson heard the rustling of an intruder.

Business

Are there enough people to fill downtown Detroit condos, apartments?

So many new residential units are being built in the greater downtown Detroit that the question naturally arises: Are there really people to fill them all?

Business

Locked in: Amazon, Alexa and the connected home of tomorrow

From the outside, homebuilder Lennar's model home in Vallejo could be any other house in a new suburban development. But that's where the similarities end and the future begins, courtesy of a new smart-home partnership with Amazon.

Business

Hawaii volcano victims can get relief on mortgage payments

If you live in an area of Hawaii that's been impacted by the Kilauea volcano eruption, your mortgage lender may offer you relief. The eruption has destroyed 26 homes, and more homes are still at risk.

Business

Real estate Q&A: Fraudulent real estate rings: Do you know how to protect yourself?

In light of recent arrests in what the Broward County, Fla., Sheriff's Office is calling a fraudulent real estate ring, I want to take this opportunity to provide you with tips on how to protect yourself. With this type of fraud, authorities say homes are illegally taken without owners' consent.

Business

The Mortgage Professor: Some questions about mortgage interest rates

Q: Why have mortgage interest rates been creeping up over the last few months?

Business

How Dallas, AT&T and SMU turned a dumping ground into a premiere PGA Tour stop

Professional golfers will tee off Thursday at the AT&T Byron Nelson at a place of rolling hills and dunes reminiscent of the most famous courses in Scotland.

Business

Aon Center's planned observation deck, Chicago's third, could create competition for tourist dollars

The owners of the Aon Center, Chicago's third-tallest skyscraper, on Monday unveiled plans for an observatory atop the building, potentially setting up a heated competition for tourist dollars with established observatories at Willis Tower and 875 N. Michigan Ave., the former John Hancock Center.

Taylor Swift is selling this home. It's yours for $2.95 million.

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Taylor Swift is selling this home. It's yours for $2.95 million.

Taylor Swift leaves one Beverly Hills home and puts another up for sale. She sold her $4 million mini-estate. Here's her mid-century for $2.95 million.

Business

Millennials fare the worst in housing crunch, study shows

Avocado-toast-munching, Netflix-binge-watching millennials make up nearly a quarter of the Bay Area's population, but you wouldn't know it by looking at Realtor Kevin Swartz's open houses.

Business

Dallas' downtown landmark AT&T tower is up for sale

One of downtown Dallas' most recognizable skyscrapers is up for sale.

Business

AEG proposes $1.2-billion expansion of LA Convention Center and JW Marriott hotel

The last time the Los Angeles Convention Center was expanded in 1997, the Lakers were still playing in Inglewood and Richard Riordan had just won a second term as mayor.

Business

The pre-fab skyscraper? Bay Area housing crisis brings new era for modular homes

Inside a nondescript warehouse in a nondescript industrial park, workers for RAD Urban are assembling the building blocks of a modern apartment building.

Home & Garden

Million-dollar home values gain even as tax deductions shrink

Adam Blaylock was pretty sure he overpriced his Santa Clara, Calif., home by offering it in February for $1.48 million, since tax deduction changes would keep buyers away. But within a week, the 1,280-square-foot ranch-style house was in contract for $155,000 above asking.

Business

On the House: Mortgage lenders are making it easier for you to buy a house. But are they repeating last decade's mistakes?

Dana Wade, the acting Federal Housing Administration commissioner, minced few words in testimony last month before a U.S. House of Representatives committee.

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