In the midst of the current economic climate, the demand for rental properties has seen a significant upsurge, the latest studies show. A recent 2023 Landlord Report has seen 62.24% of buy-to-let landlords state they have experienced an increase in demand for their rental properties over the last 12 months. The research comes courtesy of…
New housing coming to Arkansas’s capital city
The couple who made it all happen is the first to launch a new development in the Kimball Community in more than a decade. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A neighborhood in Little Rock’s south end is about to have a new look. Wednesday morning, city officials, realtors and builders joined together to break ground on…
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe Embraces Multiplayer
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land is back 12 years after its Wii debut. And this time it’sDeluxe!” What does that mean? Well, in this case it involves learning further into the original game’s family-friendly fare. Aside from design changes to ensure appearances are consistent, this feels like the stop gap that satisfies Nintendo’s desire to…
New Brunswick tenants by the hundreds adjust to life under new landlords
Jaclyn Reinhart has lived with her two children in a three-bedroom duplex on the east side of Saint John since 2018. It used to belong to a local landlord, but last year the building sold to new owners in Coquitlam, BC. Last month, Reinhart received notice his lease was being terminated. “It’s one of the…
Lenny’s Pizza of ‘Saturday Night Fever’ Fame Closes After 70 Years in Business
People from as far as Long Island made the journey to Bensonhurst on Sunday to bid farewell to Lenny’s Pizza, which is serving its last pies this weekend after being in business for 70 years. The Bensonhurst institution, located at 1969 86th Street, rose to fame when it was immortalized in the iconic opening scene…
Portugal Could Force Property Owners to Rent Out Vacant Homes
For more crisp and insightful business and economic news, subscribe to The Daily Upside newsletter. It’s completely free and we guarantee you’ll learn something new every day. The Portuguese have a saying that goes “Each monkey to its own branch,” but the government has a problem with empty branches. Portugal’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing…
Long-Planned Renovation of Red Hook Library Finally Moving Forward
Bookworms in Red Hook will be without their local book repository for two years, as the neighborhood’s Brooklyn Public Library branch will shut its doors next month to undergo a long-awaited $17.5 million facelift. After suffering $750,000 in storm damage during Hurricane Sandy, the reading hub has been eager to turn a new page and…
A realtor went viral saying he planned to paint over a huge hand-painted mural to make a house more ‘marketable,’ sparking outcry from viewers
A TikTok of a hand-painted mural went viral after a realtor said he planned to cover it.TikTok: samcooperrealtor, Sam Cooper Ohio-based realtor Sam Cooper posted a TikTok of a mural he planned to have covered. It received over 7.1 million views and 53,000 comments as many implored him not to paint over it. In a…
LaToya Cantrell Branded An ‘Embarrassment’ For Flipping Off Float Riders At Mardi Gras
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell landed in hot water Sunday after a video of her making an obscene gesture while at a Mardi Gras parade circulated online. The incident occurred during the Krewe of Tucks Parade which rolled down Uptown NOLA around 1 pm ET. Cantrell was viewing the parade from the stands at the…
The Housing Market Warms Up, but This Twist Could Cause a Freeze
Is the housing market back? A surge in mortgage interest rates last year ground the real estate market to an abrupt halt, as scores of would-be buyers could no longer afford to purchase homes. But last month, as mortgage rates dipped and home prices fell from their peaks, home shoppers dipped their toes back in….