by MBJ Staff Published: May 17,2013
Tags: home, home price, house, index, mortgage, mortgage technology, real estate, residence, residential real estate, study, survey, technology
OXFORD — The latest FNC Residential Price Index (RPI) shows the U.S. housing market continued to recover, recording in March the 13th consecutive price increase. In recent months, the ongoing housing recovery has maintained its pace with steady and persistent gains in home prices despite signs of continued job market weakness and soft economic growth, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 17,2013
Tags: acquisition, buy, city, city government, home, house, land, municipal, municipality, property, purchase, real estate, residence, residential real estate, sale, sell, state agency, tax, tax-forfeited property
GREENVILLE — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and Greenville Mayor John Cox are hoping the second round of tax-forfeited land sales in Greenville will be just as successful as the first. In a joint press conference, Hosemann and Cox announced the public sale of another 94 parcels of tax-forfeited land, valued at $210,000. “I would [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 16,2013
Tags: antebellum, historic, history, home, house, Landmark, real estate, residence, residential real estate, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
OXFORD — The Oxford Historic Preservation Commission wants the 165-year-old antebellum Shaw House registered as a national landmark so someone will buy and restore it. The home was built in 1848 by Oxford brick maker Dave Kennedy and has been in the Shaw family since 1929. It’s located on 5.8 acres of land and is [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 15,2013
Tags: appeal, bench, case, court, decision, environment, flood, flooding, global warming, greenhouse gas, home, homeowner, house, hurricane, landowner, law, lawsuit, legal, rain, residence, resident, ruling, storm, storm surge, trial, tropical, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — A federal appeals panel has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a group of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents and landowners who alleged that emissions by energy companies contributed to global warming, which intensified Hurricane Katrina, which, in turn, damaged their property. In the lawsuit, the landowners sought compensatory and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 15,2013
Tags: community development, damage, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, flood, flooding, home, house, hurricane, natural disaster, neighborhood, rain, residence, state agency, storm, storm surge, tropical, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi Development Authority has added $40 million to the post-Katrina Neighborhood Home Program to reach eligible residents initially left off the list. Under the program, contractors are repairing Katrina-damaged homes not covered by previous disaster assistance. Jon Mabry, chief operations officer of MDA’s recovery division, told The Sun Herald 1,200 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 13,2013
Tags: county, county government, flood, flood-prone, flooding, home, house, hurricane, rain, residence, state agency, storm, storm surge, town, tropical, Weather
PEARLINGTON — Hancock County’s buy-out program has finally gotten off the ground. Four homes in the Pearlington community are currently in the process of being purchased through the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency program. County leaders tell WLOX-TV they will have up to $10 million to purchase as many repetitive loss properties as they can. Supervisor [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 9,2013
Tags: appeal, award, crime, home, homeowner, homeowners insurance, house, insurance, insurer, judge, judicial, judiciary, jury, justice, law, legal, real estate, residence, resident, residential real estate, ruling, whistleblower
GULFPORT — State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has asked a judge to void a jury’s finding that the company defrauded the government involving a policyholder claim after Hurricane Katrina. Motions filed in U.S. District Court in Gulfport also seek a new trial The verdict came in April in a whistleblower lawsuit against the Illinois- [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 8,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, building, building code, Commercial Real Estate, construction, county government, home, homebuilder, homebuilding, house, real estate, residential real estate, subdivision, supervisor, unincorporated
OXFORD — Some buildings in unincorporated areas of Lafayette County may soon have to be constructed according to building codes, though officials are still working on the details. A code has not been adopted. However, county supervisors have appointed a committee to work out details of what will be in the building code Proposals to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 3,2013
Tags: architect, architecture, college, design, drawing, education, electricity, food, higher education, home, house, postsecondary education, public university, research, residence, sustainable, university, water
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University architecture students designed a sustainable home that can provide its own electricity, water supply and food for a family of four. In the final project of a sustainable design class, the students turned theoretical principles into a practical home and landscape. They designed all aspects of a self-supporting, modern homestead, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 2,2013
Tags: board, build, builder, building, contractor, home, home repair, house, law enforcement, residence, severe weather, state agency, storm, Weather
JACKSON — Following a series of recent storms, the Mississippi State Board of Contractors (MSBOC) and the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office (MSAGO) are joining forces to send a message to crooked contractors that bad business won’t be tolerated in the Magnolia State and violators will be prosecuted. “Mississippi has been hit hard by storms in [...] [...]
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