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HUD provides $4.6 million for improvements to public housing in Iowa

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded nearly $4.6 million to public housing authorities in Iowa. The funding will allow agencies to make major large-scale improvements to their public housing units, according …

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Greater Des Moines house sales and pending sales increased in January

House sales were up in January compared with the same time last year, the Des Moines Area Association of Realtors said today. There were 567 sales last month, a 15 percent increase from December and …

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CRE Professional of the year nominations open

The Business Record is now accepting nominations for the inaugural Great Western Bank Commercial Real Estate Professional of the Year award.

 

The award is designed to highlight an outstanding CRE professional from Central Iowa for his …

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Apartments with an urban feel going up in Ankeny

 

Bill Kusy’s first big venture into multifamily development is coming with a twist. 

 

The longtime Greater Des Moines mortgage banker has joined with partners from Iowa City to develop Lake Shore Aparments on …

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Kum & Go acquires Gas Lamp tavern site

 

Editor’s Note: Updated with comment from Kum & Go

 

Kum & Go LC has completed its purchase of two blocks of properties fronting the north side of Grand Avenue from 14th to 16th …

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Kum & Go acquires Gas Lamp tavern site

 

Editor’s Note: Updated with comment from Kum & Go

 

Kum & Go LC has completed its purchase of two blocks of properties fronting the north side of Grand Avenue from 14th to 16th …

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Iowa foreclosure inventory dropped below 1 percent last year

Iowa financial institutions completed 5,087 foreclosures in 2014, up from 4,607 the year before, according to real estate research firm CoreLogic Inc. Overall, the number of mortgages in foreclosure dropped to 0.9 percent, down from …

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2015 Deloitte CFO of the Year: Jim Weber

When several of Hubbell Realty Co.’s competitors were going out of business during the Great Recession, Jim Weber saw golden opportunities for growth. 

“That presented us with an opportunity to purchase some of those properties …

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Greater Des Moines foreclosures continued to fall in November

Greater Des Moines foreclosure rates dropped to less than 1 percent of all mortgages in November, real estate analytics firm CoreLogic Inc. said in a release. Foreclosures dropped to 0.99 percent in November, down from …

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With little dirt left to sell in Omaha area, developer ready to focus on Greater Des Moines

Roger Langpaul took a great notion and turned it into a land seller’s dream a few years ago when he persuaded in-laws to donate some Nebraska farmland for a baseball park.

 

Werner Park, home …