Housing Market

St. Louis’ assessor says some Airbnb and Vrbo hosts are running unlicensed businesses. They need to pay up.

La compañía ha declarado que su estrategia es comprar casas de familia singular en toda la región. Una investigación del Midwest Newsroom descubrió que había descuidos, desalojos agresivos y aumento de rentas en las comunidades donde VineBrook compra propiedades - barrios donde los residentes son mayoría personas de color.

The company’s self-declared strategy is to buy single-family rental properties around the region. A Midwest Newsroom investigation uncovered neglect, aggressive evictions and rising rents where VineBrook moves in — mostly non-white neighborhoods.

The project includes the rehabilitation of the historic Melba Theatre on South Grand, which multiple private developers have tried to take on in the past.

The BorrowSmart Access program offers up to $3,000 to help with the down payment or closing costs on a mortgage for first-time Black and Latino homebuyers.

“The sectors of the economy where people are borrowing money, those are the sectors that have seen the most immediate effects of these interest rate increases,” said a local economist.

A recent study found military families are spending more time and money to find a place to live when they change duty stations.

Just kitty-corner from the new IKEA building in Midtown St. Louis, a new private student housing development is taking shape.The Standard is expected to…

St. Louis’ housing market is recovering from the so-called "Great Recession,' but its pace is slower than in other areas of the country.That was the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The local housing market, which hit bottom after the U.S. financial crisis in 2008, is continuing its…