Vacation rentals are making housing tough for locals to afford during holiday travel season, but one county opened a solution that’s making it possible for frontline workers to live and work in their community.
behind after 20 years. many people might imagine a new life on the coast, but sam and craig made their daydream a reality. we feel safe here as a family. there s just lots of things going on. it s just lovely for children. there s something for everyone. it s a big life change and one that was only really made possible by the pandemic. and it seems more people are considering a move. the website rightmove says enquiries from people living in cities about properties at the seaside have risen by 115% in the last year. the desire to relocate, helped by a rise in home working, is something the local council hopes to make the most of, but how realistic is the ambition for scarborough to become a zoom town? in road network, we are always promised dual carriageway to the a64, but the train network is going to improve and the beauty of scarborough is you can live on the coast and you can be in york in 50 minutes. transport connections have always
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This story is part of a special episode of Sound Ideas airing March 12, marking the one-year anniversary of COVID s arrival in McLean County. Find more stories in the series.
The pandemic has caused major shifts in real estate. Many businesses closed, some of them permanently. Some companies sent employees home to work. Some of those workers might stay there when the pandemic is over.
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Commercial Realtors have had to adjust to a changing landscape, one that could reshape Bloomington-Normal in multiple ways.
Ed Neaves is the managing broker for Berkshire Hathaway Central Illinois Realtors. He manages six shopping centers in Bloomington-Normal. Last fall during the height of the pandemic, Neaves took inventory of all the commercial properties available in the Twin Cities. He counted 320.
We were confused by the sweeping use of the term “gentrification” in the Jan. 27 News&Guide article about Whole Foods buying Whole Grocer. As we’ve seen, experienced and (yes, some