An Indianapolis drywall contractor faces criminal charges that he underpaid his employees working on a government housing project, and then falsified documents to cover it up, the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office announced Friday.
Home-sale agreements in the nine-county Indianapolis area spiked 17.2 percent in January compared to the same month a year earlier, suggesting last year's housing recovery continues to gain momentum.
An Indianapolis developer’s last-minute bankruptcy filing halted the auction of a struggling downtown condominium project.
Area home-building activity continues to improve as the number of single-family permits filed in January jumped 55 percent from the same period last year.
Two downtown apartment projects seek critical government approvals in the next month, while another commercial project is on track to start this year.
The mostly two-bedroom units represent the bulk of the ill-fated Chatham Kynett Court project at 716 N. East St. in the Chatham Arch neighborhood.
Marion County property-tax appeals from the 2012 assessment are due Monday and will add to a backlog of roughly 27,000 existing appeals from previous years that the office is continuing to wade through.
Flock Real Estate Group plans to spend more than $1 million to renovate side-by-side Old Northside apartment buildings in the firm's largest solo project to date.
Home-sale agreements in the nine-county Indianapolis area jumped 12.2 percent in December, marking a 20th straight month of gains and capping off a strong year for residential real estate.
The bank that owns the hulking pile of code violations known as Di Rimini at the southeast corner of Capitol Avenue and St. Clair Street is poised to invest more than $1.5 million to finish the ill-fated project.
The complaint alleged that Hudson residents in 2011 began noticing cracks in the first-floor walls and ceiling of the downtown condominium, in addition to noticing a slope in the floor.
The number of home construction permits in the Indianapolis area jumped 16 percent last year, marking just the second year-over-year increase in filings since 2005.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans stand to benefit from the latest mortgage-abuse settlement, but consumer advocates say U.S. banks may be getting the best of the deal.
Hendricks Commercial Properties wants to build a five-story, L-shaped building with more than 36,000 square feet of ground-level retail space and 130 high-end apartments on the upper floors.
Home-sale agreements in the nine-county Indianapolis area jumped 14.2 percent in November, marking the 19th straight month the number of pending sales has increased.
Home repossessions rose in 29 states and the District of Columbia in November, led by an increase of 96 percent in Indiana. However, the number of homes starting on the path to foreclosure declined to the lowest level in six years.
Former Indiana University and NBA basketball player Alan Henderson got approval to build a home on Indianapolis’ north side in spite of fierce opposition from neighbors.
The National Fair Housing Alliance alleges in a lawsuit that four of the local apartment developer’s properties violate Fair Housing Act accessibility requirements.
The law, passed in 2009, says Hoosier homeowners will lose their deduction beginning in 2013 if they don’t complete and return a homestead verification form by Jan. 1.
The auction of one of the oldest remaining family farms in southern Indiana was watched closely by farm and preservation advocates.
