Alan Cowgill

Fewer apartments are being built in metro Denver, helping realign supply with renter demand and contributing to a healthier economic picture for the once-sagging apartment market, new figures show.
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Randall L. Arnold, board member, Spring Harbor Homeowners Association in Apopka "People just do not understand what the board is for. They think we are here just to cause them trouble. Many do not realize that a homeowner association keeps your property values up and keeps your community looking nice. The main enforcement we use [...]

When Oramenta Newsome came to D.C. in the mid-1990s, the city was careening toward bankruptcy. There was no shortage of affordable housing because nobody wanted to invest in the city.
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A long-simmering dispute over the proposed redevelopment of Capitol Hill's MedLink hospital complex is about to hit a boiling point.
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Perhaps you read about reverse mortgages or heard about them on the news back in 1997 when Texas voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing home equity loans and reverse mortgages. Or maybe you picked up on it in November 2005 when the two were combined as Texas voters approved reverse mortgage home equity lines of [...]

What happens when older condominiums deteriorate? One option I'm hearing about frequently in Charlotte is termination, which typically means selling the building and land so the building can be torn down. The land can then be redeveloped, depending on zoning options.
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When Charlotte real estate agent Steve Kodad decides where to pound in a "For Sale" sign and selects the color of paper for his sales fliers, he relies on more than agent's instinct.
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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS — A new condominium conversion project here is selling units in the $80,000 range — price points that would be hard to match right now in the Central Florida market, real estate observers say.
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Ten years ago, more than half of the large, upscale housing communities designed by Charlotte land-planning firm LandDesign featured golf courses. Today, company President Brad Davis figures maybe one in six will offer golf.
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David Pressly Jr. was the first person in his family to be self-employed. Now he has 225,000 professionals relying on his leadership.
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