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The Justice Department today announced a settlement with the City of Jackson, Mississippi to resolve allegations that the city violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by preventing people in recovery from alcohol and substance abuse from living in group homes in most residential areas

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and BankPlus, an FHLB Dallas member institution, on Wednesday presented Partnership Grant Program (PGP) awards to the Central Mississippi Housing and Development Corporation (CMHDC), the Mississippi Minority Business Alliance (MMBA), and the Zoo Area Progressive Partnership (ZAPP). These PGP awards mark the second grant in recent years to each organization from FHLB Dallas

The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm specializing in single tenant assets, has completed the sale of a single tenant AutoZone ground lease located at 7322 Hacks Cross Road in Olive Branch, Mississippi for $1,075,000.

IDX Broker software is now enabled on the website of Glenda Keenan with Kessinger Real Estate of Oxford, Mississippi. Thanks to her partnership with IDX, Inc. the innovative IDX solution can easily be displayed and utilized on her professional website. With the additional North Central Mississippi MLS (NCMMLS) listings, thousands of properties are automatically synced to the website Keenan hosts, giving her clients and other Mississippi home seekers the unique ability to experience a comprehensive property search online.

EUGENE, OR - March 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Advanced search capabilities have forever changed the way clients of Water Valley, Mississippi real estate professional Lee McMinn find their dream home online, thanks to the IDX Broker software he has adopted. McMinn’s website now hosts a comprehensive IDX-enabled property search, the results of which are synced to the North Central Mississippi MLS (NCMLS) database. IDX Broker makes it so easy for potential Water Valley area buyers to experience a dynamic online real estate search

Jackson, MS - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Utility companies in Mississippi are reporting 24,400 homes are without power as Hurricane Isaac slowly...

CLINTON, MS - June 6, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mississippians who are repairing or rebuilding after recent severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding are facing many choices – and opportunities – regarding how they put the pieces of their homes and lives back together.<!--

Jackson, MS - January 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- EastGroup Properties (NYSE-EGP) announced today that it will hold its Fourth Quarter Conference Call and Web Cast on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. Eastern Time. On the call, David Hoster, President and CEO, and Keith McKey, CFO, will review the fourth quarter results and discuss EastGroup's current operations

Louisville, MS - October 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Residents of Winston and the surrounding counties who are interested in purchasing a home are invited to attend a free homebuyer fair on Monday, October 25, 2010, at the Winston County Extension Office, 460 Vance Street in Louisville, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. hosted by The Mississippi Home Corporation, the Winston County Self-Help Cooperative (WCSHC), the NAACP Winston County Branch, Regions Bank, and Bancorp South. The homebuyer fair will be open to the public and provide attendees the opportunity to learn more about the benefits of homeownership and the home buying process.

Jackson, MS—The Mississippi Home Corporation (MHC) has awarded over $8 million in Housing Tax Credits (HTC) to developers for the construction and rehabilitation of 589 units statewide. The developments will create over 500 jobs, which will provide $12.89 million in constructions wages and produce $67.78 million in related spending in their communities

Jackson, MS - January 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Mississippi Home Corporation (MHC) today announced the three winners of its Growing a Greener Mississippi building competition. Gulf Coast Builders, LLC won the $50,000 and First Place for their affordable green home in Gulfport, MS. Habitat for Humanity Bay Waveland’s entry in Bay St. Louis received Second Place and $30,000 and Village Green Builders, Inc.’s entry in Oxford received Third Place and $20,000. The awards were announced at a luncheon during MHC’s 20th Annual Affordable Housing Conference at the Jackson Convention Complex

Developer Aims to Create Jobs with Unique Gulf Coast Facility. LONG BEACH, MS - September 29, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Long Beach Call Center (www.longbeachcallcenter.com) – a 19,044-square-foot “plug-n-play” call center and office complex ProVisions, LLC is offering for sale or lease – presents unusually promising news for a state whose unemployment recently reached 10.5 percent. With state-of-the-art capabilities and strategic location on the Gulf Coast, the Long Beach Call Center has the potential to become a workplace for professionals with a predicted increase in job opportunities. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment for customer service representatives is projected to increase by 21 percent or more between 2006 and 2016, especially for those working in call centers

Jackson, MS - August 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- EastGroup Properties (NYSE-EGP) today announced the acquisition of three business distribution buildings containing 227,000 square feet in Dallas for a combined purchase price of $6,675,000. The buildings, which will be renamed Interstate Distribution Center V, VI and VII, are located in the city's close-in northwest submarket along the Stemmons Freeway. They were constructed in 1979-81 and are presently 87% occupied by six customers. The buildings are projected to generate an annualized 9.2% yield at their current occupancy.