APCHA opens up home repair grant program to Category 4 homeowners

Steven Miller, a homeowner at Burlingame Ranch Phase I with his wife and their two kids, took advantage of the APCHA Essential Repairs Pilot Grant Program to address plumbing issues in one of the bathrooms in their home.
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Real estate buyers in Toronto find competition has returned

The real estate market in the Greater Toronto Area is shifting gears and buyers who became used to a languid pace are scrambling to keep up.

John Pasalis, president of Realosophy Realty, says people looking at properties in the fall

Samantha Pearl and Emily Pearl Reist, My Handyma’am Founders

This FH series introduces readers to a few of the women who make up 11 percent of the construction workforce in the United States, spotlighting stories of their careers in the field. Know someone we should feature? Email us here.

Celebrity real estate agent Mauricio Umansky warns ‘perfect storm’ of housing unaffordability brewing

Celebrity real estate agent Mauricio Umansky is sounding the alarm over the “perfect storm of total unaffordability”

East-side ministry helps neighbors repair their homes, workers rebuild their lives- Detroit Catholic

Genevieve Kocourek, evangelization coordinator at St. Augustine and St. Monica Parish on Detroit’s east side, is the founder of Firm Foundations of Hope, an organization that helps unemployed and underemployed individuals recover the dignity of work while fixing homes for

Don’t Schedule Home Repairs on This Day of the Week

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If you’re a homeowner, you already know how important it is to keep up with home maintenance and get those repairs done quickly. But whether you’re talking about fixing a leaky faucet or a crack in

China’s Real Estate Crash Threatens Commodity Supplies and Suppliers

 

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The recent liquidation order by a Hong Kong court of debt-ridden Chinese property giant Evergrande has once again raised that dreaded question: is China’s economy a ticking time bomb? It is a question experts continue to ask

Repair or replace your broken appliance?

Presidents’ Day is coming up and we’re already seeing sales on major home appliances. But once this weekend comes and goes, big sales will be limited. And if one of your appliances has a problem, you’ll be left wondering…do I

Federal government extends foreign buyer ban on Canadian homes to 2027

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Foreign nationals and companies will be banned from buying residential properties in Canada for an additional two years, the federal finance minister said Sunday, the latest in a raft of measures aimed at addressing housing affordability concerns that

Tenants in Pass Christian communities say repairs neglected

Sarah Hampton poses for a portrait near a hole in the floor of her rental home in Pass Christian’s North Street Villas on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hampton says the floor was not sufficiently repaired and is getting worse. Since the photo was taken, the subdivision’s management company has moved to have her evicted for failing to pay full rent, which Hampton did not believe she should owe for a house in this condition.

Sarah Hampton poses for a portrait near a hole in the floor of her rental home in Pass Christian’s North Street Villas on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Hampton says the floor was not sufficiently repaired and is getting worse. Since