Indianapolis homeless count hits highest mark since 2021
The 2025 point-in-time count was the second-highest recorded in Indianapolis over the past 10 years, trailing only the 2021 high of 1,928.
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Developer planning apartment community for people with disabilities in Noblesville
Plans for Willowview Trace call for 60 apartments, including 15 that would be reserved specifically for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Residents at downtown apartment building sue Indianapolis Housing Agency, property owner over safety concerns
Elderly and disabled residents of subsidized public housing at the Richard G. Lugar Tower Apartment Complex in downtown Indianapolis are embroiled in a multiyear conflict over safety and sanitation issues.
Retro setting helps Mike Epps maintain his hometown ties
Comedian/actor Mike Epps has made a 2,100-square-foot house in the Kennedy-King neighborhood a singular work of art.
Investors snap up growing share of homes as traditional buyers struggle to afford one
The U.S. housing market has been in a sales slump since early 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. Home sales fell last year to their lowest level in nearly 30 years.
Indiana assessed property values grow 12% as tax changes take effect
Assessed values for commercial and industrial properties grew at a higher rate than those for residential, according to the study assembled by the Department of Local Government Finance.
New-home applications in central Indiana see May surge
Single-family building permits in the nine-county area have increased in three of the first five months of 2025 on a year-over-year basis.
Property tax case argued before Indiana Supreme Court has major implications
Local governments could lose significant property tax revenue under a case heard by the Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday about how much land falls under the state’s 1% tax cap for homesteads.
Existing-home sales in central Indiana tick up after 4 months of declines
The median sales price for a home in the area rose 1.4% in May, while the active inventory of homes climbed 20.5% on a year-over-year increase.
Epcon Communities planning 362-home development in Zionsville
The Courtyards of Heritage Trail would be Epcon’s eighth and largest Courtyard community in the metropolitan area.
Local developer plans 170 apartments on Marion County’s southern border
The rents are expected to come in below market rate and fall into a category often called workforce housing—prices that exceed certain lower-income thresholds but are still reasonable for those living and working in the area.
Home developer Onyx+East planning 125 houses along Monon Trail in Westfield
Nearby residents at Chatham Hills have started a petition opposing the development. They argue the project would be incompatible with neighborhood character, overburden infrastructure on 199th Street and harm the Monon Trail and surrounding green space.
Compass files lawsuit against Zillow over private home listings policy
Compass alleges that the ‘Zillow Ban’ was enacted to prevent rivals from competing against it and reduces homeowner choice.
INHP secures more than $12M for affordable housing efforts in Indianapolis
Most of that funding—$10.8 million—comes to the Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership in the form of loans from five Indiana-based banks.
Housing advocates ask Braun for dedicated task force in letter signed by nearly 700 supporters
Community economic development group Prosperity Indiana said the state has only 38 affordable rental homes available for every 100 extremely low-income Hoosier households.
IBJ Podcast: CEO of fast-growing Indy housing developer on urban and suburban markets, being ‘a joiner’
Kelli Lawrence of Onyx + East discuss quadrupling revenue in five years, the economics of developing and pricing the firm’s projects and being the only woman in the room early in her career.
Hoosier homeowners have seen 16% rise in insurance premiums over past 3 years, report says
One in every 54 policies, or 1.8%, were canceled due to nonpayment in 2022, according to the center’s analysis of Federal Insurance Office data.
Indiana-based Hallmark Home Mortgage to be acquired
One of the nation’s largest mortgage lenders is purchasing Hallmark, which has branches in Indianapolis, Brownsburg, Plainfield and elsewhere in Indiana.
Noblesville City Council OKs 320 new houses in pair of west-side developments
M/I Homes of Indiana plans to build subdivisions called MontClaire and Bending Branch of Noblesville.
Developer plans mixed-use revamp of block cater-corner to Children’s Museum
Indianapolis-based New City Development is planning apartments, townhomes, a nonprofit headquarters and retail space to accompany the 190,000-square-foot office building already on the property.