Real Estate News

Property Owners, Renters Can Help Keep Our Communities Safe From Residential Building Fires

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/17/2024 - 6:00am

Oct. 6-12 was Fire Prevention Week, an annual campaign to raise awareness about fire safety, fire prevention and how to respond effectively if a fire occurs.

During this week, it’s important to recognize that smoking is a leading cause of residential building fires.

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People Displaced By Hurricanes Face Anxiety And A Long Road To Recovery, US Census Surveys Show − Smarter, Targeted Policies Could Help

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/17/2024 - 5:00am

The trauma of natural disasters doesn’t end when the storm or wildfire is gone, or even when communities are being put back together and homes have been rebuilt.

For many people, being displaced by a disaster has long-term consequences that often aren’t obvious or considered in disaster aid decisions.

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She Moved In Search Of Affordable Housing And Ended Up With More Political Power. Now What?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/17/2024 - 4:00am

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NE Pandemic-Related Homeowner Aid Program Wraps Up, As Rent Aid Program Seeks Applicants

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/17/2024 - 3:00am

LINCOLN — A pandemic-related program set up nearly three years ago to help struggling Nebraska homeowners has wrapped up — and 3,094 applicants ultimately received a share of the $50 million federal allotment.

The average amount of emergency aid per recipient was $14,834. The maximum someone could get through the Nebraska Homeowner Assistance Fund was $40,000.

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Tax Credit Programs Key To Nebraska’s Affordable Housing Production

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/10/2024 - 7:00am

Omaha, Nebraska, August 2020: the intersection at the historic Old Market of Omaha.
(Shutterstock)

OMAHA — Set to rise in one of Nebraska’s oldest and changing urban neighborhoods is a 51-unit rental project aimed at keeping lower income residents from being priced out of midtown Omaha.

Not far away, a pair of obsolete downtown office buildings, each over a century old, are to be rehabbed into a total of 56 rent-restricted apartments on top of street-level commercial space.

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Educate Yourself On The Down-Ballot

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/10/2024 - 6:00am

If you have spent any time watching television lately you should be aware that we are in full-blown election season. The back and forth between the Bacon and Vargas ads alone can make you dizzy.

But the ballot will also be loaded with initiatives that deserve our attention.

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US Home Insurance Rates Are Rising Fast – Hurricanes And Wildfires Play A Big Role, But There’s More To It

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/10/2024 - 5:00am

Homes leveled by the Camp Fire line a development on Edgewood Lane in Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 12, 2018.
(Noah Berger / AP Photo

Millions of Americans have been watching with growing alarm as their homeowners insurance premiums rise and their coverage shrinks. Nationwide, premiums rose 34% between 2017 and 2023, and they continued to rise in 2024 across much of the country.

To add insult to injury, those rates go even higher if you make a claim – as much as 25% if you claim a total loss of your home.

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Who Will Care For Americans Left Behind By Climate Migration?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/10/2024 - 4:00am

Who Will Care for Americans Left Behind by Climate Migration?

by Abrahm Lustgarten

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Series: The Great Climate Migration:A Warming Planet and a Shifting Population

35 Years In Development: The 2024 Commercial Real Estate Summit

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Thu, 10/03/2024 - 7:00am

UNMC presented their vision for upcoming campus projects at the annual Commercial Real Estate Summit on August 23, 2024. Jerry Slusky, Esq. (left) and Chris Mensinger (center), hosted the event.
(Don Rashid / Daily Record)

The 35th annual Commercial Real Estate Summit, a landmark gathering of real estate agents, brokers, investors, and fellow stakeholders was held at the CHI Health Center in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska on August 23.