Investor group is taking it one project at a time
Twenty successful Biloxi businesswomen have pooled their money and talents to buy old buildings in downtown Biloxi and rehabilitate them for retail or residential spaces. Their goal: To give downtown a...
View ArticleMississippi housing sales, values showed gains in 2012
The Mississippi housing market is looking up. The value of homes and the number of homes sold improved in many areas of the state in 2012. “There is no question that things are moving back in a...
View ArticleFNC report: Housing market should continue to improve
OXFORD — Though home foreclosures continue to be a challenge in many hard-hit markets, a report released by mortgage technology company FNC indicates the ongoing housing recovery should continue for...
View ArticleWould you set up house in a shipping container?
The story begins with a missed invoice and a passion for sustainable construction, takes a winding path through California and Georgia and ends in Oxford with arguably the most unique house in the...
View ArticleFrom container to guesthouse
Bill Lilly, LEED AP, describes them as “white-knuckle experiences.” The Oxford homebuilder and owner of Village Green Builders Inc. says he had a number of such moments while building the state’s first...
View ArticleMEMA soliciting landlords in tornado-torn counties
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — Landlords with available rental properties in Mississippi are urged to contact a housing locator service to list their available rental properties. The Mississippi Emergency...
View ArticleFormer contractor’s federal bank fraud trial rescheduled
SOUTHAVEN — Former Southaven city contractor James Malcolm Harris Jr., who has business ties to Mayor Greg Davis and was recently indicted on bank fraud charges, has had his federal trial reset for...
View ArticleIndex: Property values continued their rebound into 2013
OXFORD – The latest FNC Residential Price Index (RPI) indicates that U.S. property values continued to recover through January — the 11th consecutive month of rising prices. Despite the uneven pace of...
View ArticleMortgage tech company goes global with Brazilian office
OXFORD — FNC Inc., a mortgage technology company, took its operations global this week, officially opening an office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Last fall, Sao Paulo-based Cetip — Latin America’s largest...
View ArticleProperty owner settles housing discrimination lawsuit
MAGEE — The U.S. Department of Justice says a Mississippi company will pay a $27,000 settlement in a housing discrimination lawsuit. M.M. and S. Inc. agreed, according to a press release, to pay...
View ArticleAfter complaints, city retooling rental housing code
AMORY — The City of Amory is redrafting a rental housing code to combat what officials say is blight and deterioration that many residents feel not only bring property values down, but signals a...
View ArticleWith storms already brewing, Chaney urges insurance
JACKSON — Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says people should review insurance policies as part of storm preparations as hurricane season approaches. Chaney says in a news release that...
View ArticleHomebuilders, foresters optimistic about 2013
While there is still a long way to go to full recovery, two Mississippi industries – homebuilding and forestry – are expecting another bounce-back year in 2013. “There certainly is no housing boom...
View ArticleRealtors report better prices, sales in metro Jackson
JACKSON — The housing market is looking up in central Mississippi. The Clarion-Ledger reports that statistics from the Jackson Association of Realtors show higher prices and faster sales than a year...
View ArticleEx-housing director pleading guilty to conspiracy to embezzle
SHELBY — The former director of a nonprofit housing agency has agreed to plead guilty to charges against her and testify against an ex-state employee. Linda Balducci of Shelby pleaded guilty last week...
View ArticleHousing authority looking to cut workweek to four days
LELAND — The director of the South Delta Regional Housing Authority is proposing a four-day workweek for employees. The Delta Democrat Times reports Patricia Logan presented the idea to SDRHA’s board....
View ArticleFNC index: U.S. housing prices were up again in May
OXFORD — The latest FNC Residential Price Index (RPI) shows that U.S. home prices continue to steadily improve, climbing another 0.5 percent in May in conjunction with continued improvement in housing...
View ArticleMan accused of impersonating USDA official asks for trial delay
OXFORD — A lawyer has asked to delay the Oct. 7 trial of man charged with impersonating an employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to collect deposits from people in a rental housing program....
View ArticleSection 42 ruling to impact tax collections on Coast
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — A recent state Supreme Court ruling is expected to cost Coast counties, cities and schools more than $6 million in tax revenue. That’s according to Mississippi Coast tax...
View ArticleFNC: Home prices show ‘strong growth’ during third quarter
OXFORD — The latest FNC Residential Price Index (RPI) shows strong growth of home prices during the third quarter of 2013 as the housing recovery continues to broaden across the country. The index,...
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