DEVELOPING The crane blew over during a severe thunderstorm that has bombarded the southwest. One person has died after a construction crane collapsed in Dallas, Texas, on Sunday, crushing several floors of an apartment building and parking garage. Six people Read more
NORTH AUSTIN, TX — A man sustained potentially life-threatening injuries after falling off a cliff near Hamilton Pool on Sunday afternoon, officials said. Austin-Travis County EMS medics were dispatched to 23610 Hamilton Pool Rd. at Reimers Ranch at around 1:45 Read more
Blue Line Flats is an affordable housing complex in south Minneapolis. A housing advocacy group has released a report that says more than 110,000 of Minnesota’s poorest households don’t have affordable housing options. That’s defined as housing that costs 30 Read more
Construction crews work at the Sunfield in Buda development on April 17. Builders in the Austin metro area — which spans from Georgetown to San Marcos — started construction on 4,294 houses from January through March, a 6.9 percent increase Read more
Bumble Bizz, REthink Real Estate to stage interactive panel/discussion with some top women real estate agents. (Image via Shutterstock ) AUSTIN, TEXAS — Bumble Bizz and REthink Real Estate later this month will present Women in Real Estate, an interactive Read more
AUSTIN (KXAN) – There are more than 100 Texas lawmakers working to pull the plug on Texas red light cameras. The effort to strip the only enforcement element from the camera law passed the House Transportation Committee Thursday. Rep. Cole Read more
Endeavor Real Estate Group and joint venture partner MetLife Investment Management (MIM), MetLife Inc.’s MET, -3.31% institutional asset management business, have broken ground on a 30-story mixed-use tower in the Rainey Street District. The Quincy will include: Ground-level retail with Read more
AUSTIN, Texas — Is Austin the new Iowa? Long known as an interactive-music-film annual gathering that helped launch tech titans Twitter and Foursquare, the SXSW Conference and Festivals this year is jammed with political panels, speeches and documentaries and has Read more
AUSTIN, Texas — Town-hall meetings this week have revealed the poor state of housing conditions for Fort Hood soldiers and their families, who complained about mold issues, lead paint and roach infestations. The meetings come as military money is in Read more
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Austin is the ninth best place in the country to have a roommate, according to a recent study. To live in a thriving city like Austin, it sometimes helps to have a roommate. It can drive down Read more
