Sep 15th 2011 8:45AM
DETROIT -- A 101-year-old woman, who was evicted from her longtime Detroit home after her 65-year-old son failed to pay the mortgage, is getting it back, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said Wednesday. Texana Hollis was evicted Monday and her belongings were placed outside the home where she had lived... Continue Reading »
Aug 22nd 2011 6:00AM
Flipping through the Detroit MLS these days produces some sad-trombone listings, but we keep coming back to a 10,395-square-foot baronial Tudor listed for $759,000. Since not even the Motor City can stay woeful forever (that's our inner Pollyanna speaking), we decided to feature what appears to be a steal. Yes, it is in... Continue Reading »
Jun 9th 2010 5:00PM
The childhood home of former Massachusetts governor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was torn down yesterday as part of a plan to demolish thousands of dilapidated homes in Detroit. The Romneys lived in the 5,500-square-foot Palmer Woods home from 1941 to 1953. The former Romney home was located at... Continue Reading »
Mar 15th 2010 5:45PM
San Francisco and Detroit may be in full bloom this spring thanks to urban farms. Who are responsible for these urban farm projects? Could urban farms really remake either of these cities? The cities' housing markets don't have much in common. San Francisco is frequently in the news for high priced homes, while Detroit is... Continue Reading »
Feb 25th 2010 3:00AM
Though typically in the headlines for its crime rate, its astonishing unemployment, or any number of other depressing stats, not all the news out of Detroit these days is bad. The same pillowy-soft real estate market that makes the Motor City a renter's dream, has opened the door for aspiring artists to turn some of the... Continue Reading »
