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An Eye for Real Estate

Portfolio manager Jon Cheigh takes some pride in the detective work Cohen Steers Realty Shares (CSRSX) does researching the REITs it invests in. On a recent trip to Los Angeles, Cheigh posed as an apartment hunter so he could get a look at a building near the airport. Other times, the fund’s four analysts and [...]

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St. Helena affordable housing makes no progress in 2011

ST. HELENA — Another year of rough-and-tumble city politics proved that St. Helena is more than just a strip of high-end boutiques, classy restaurants and a pretty tree tunnel. The city’s reputation for slow growth was borne out in 2011 as political skepticism and neighborhood opposition killed one potential housing project, stalled another one indefinitely [...]

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Local demand for Section 8 housing surges

Housing authorities nationwide and in Durham, Wake and Orange counties have suspended their lists as they’ve spiraled into the thousands. The Housing Choice Voucher program is a federal housing program administered locally by counties and housing groups. Local housing organizations distribute the vouchers to low-income families and individuals, which cover a portion of their rent [...]

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Home sales in Harrisburg at their lowest levels in years

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Home and Real Estate Calendar

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 5–> Rochester Public Market: Fresh fruit, meat, fish, poultry (live and prepared), eggs, dairy products, baked goods, seasonal produce, flowers, plants, jewelry, dry goods, paintings, crafts, specialty foods, ethnic delicacies and decorative items. 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Rochester Public Market, 280 N. [...]

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Use of ‘affordable housing’ funds for demolition is legitimate — and sensible

What accounts for the unfairly sensational tone of your recent article on Baltimore City’s legitimate — and sensible — use of affordable housing funds to demolish vacant eyesores (“City ‘affordable housing’ fund destroys more houses than it builds,” Dec. 26)? Didn’t The Sun take Housing Commissioner Paul Graziano to task just six months ago for [...]

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West Palm housing department audit alleges time-card irregularities

By Andrew Abramson Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Post a Comment E-mail Print Larger Type Small Type WEST PALM BEACH — An investigation alleging overpayments to three housing department employees is exacerbating tensions between the city administration and its own auditor, while stirring charges of racial discrimination and lax management in an office already under [...]

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