Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman and the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) today announced the launch of its latest tool to educate prospective homebuyers on the home purchasing process. The online homebuyer education course, IHCDA University, is a free service to consumers in Indiana. The course is designed to inform consumers about the basics of purchasing a home so that they are prepared for situations that may arise during the process. more »

Lieutenant Governor Skillman Awards $39,600 Planning Grant to Town of Yeoman

Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman recently awarded the Town of Yeoman a $39,600 planning grant to fund a wastewater utility and storm water drainage feasibility study. The Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs administers the planning grants through the Small Cities and Towns Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. more »

INDIANAPOLIS (March 19, 2008) - Governor Mitch Daniels today signed historic legislation that will provide significant property tax relief now and permanent protection against future property tax increases. more »

Open houses will be held at four Indiana State Forests on selected dates in March and April. The DNR hosts the open houses to listen to Hoosiers’ input on the operation, funding and staffing of these forests. more »

America’s Largest Foreclosed Real Estate Auction Firm, Hudson & Marshall Will Auction Homes February 18-24

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Combine plummeting home prices, with mushrooming inventory and low interest rates and you have all the ingredients for a buyer’s market. With the cards stacked in their favor, buyers are in relentless pursuit of the perfect home at the perfect price and discovering foreclosed real estate auctions can deliver both. more »

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG) today announced that its chief financial officer, Stephen E. Sterrett, will participate in a panel discussion at the Deutsche Bank 2008 Real Estate Outlook Conference on Thursday, January 10, 2008 beginning at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG) today announced that it expects to record a non-cash impairment charge during the fourth quarter of 2007 to write-off the value of its entire equity investment in a joint venture created to develop a master planned community of residential units in northwest Phoenix, Arizona. more »

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG) today announced that it will provide an online simulcast of presentations to the investment community by Richard S. Sokolov, President and Chief Operating Officer: more »

Estimate of Number of Homeowners Who Could Save Home Based on Publicly Available Data from Center For Responsible Lending; Rep. Donnelly Urged to Support Pending Bills to Eliminate Unfairness in Mortgage Foreclosure Process.

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — There is promising news today for distressed homeowners in the South Bend-LaPorte-Logansport- Michigan City area. The National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) is estimating that Congressman Joe Donnelly can give 764 homeowners in his Congressional District a fighting chance to save their homes from foreclosure during the current mortgage crisis. more »

(STATEHOUSE) Nov. 20, 2007 - State Rep. Jim Buck (R-Kokomo) and the legislators of the 115^th Indiana General Assembly used Organization Day as the start of their efforts to ease Hoosier taxpayers’ property tax burden with permanent and comprehensive reform.

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- Second Consecutive Year that Nation’s Leading Retail Developer Takes Gold Award -

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — For the second consecutive year Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG), the country's largest owner, developer and manager of high quality retail real estate, has been selected to receive the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) Leader in the Light Gold Award. The award was presented to Simon officials on Friday at NAREIT’s Annual Convention held in Las Vegas. more »

In an effort to reduce the number of home foreclosures in Indiana, Lt. Governor Becky Skillman today announced the launch of a major statewide initiative to assist Hoosiers who are in danger of losing their homes.  The announcement follows approval from both the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) Board of Directors and the Indiana Foreclosure Prevention Network.   more »

Meijer Inc. intends to Build Supercenter

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE: ADC) today announced that it had acquired a 37.8 acre parcel of land located at the intersection of Dan Jones Road and US 40 in Plainfield, Indiana. Meijer Inc., an operator of more than 180 retail supercenters in five states, will lease approximately 32 acres. more »

(Statehouse) Nov. 5, 2007- The Department of Local Government Finance has released information about how much money Hoosiers are likely to receive in the latest episode of the ill-advised House Democrats’ property tax rebate scheme. more »

Construction will begin soon and project will be completed by June 2008

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. - The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) officially awarded the State Road 212 (S.R. 212) bridge rehabilitation project contract today to Superior Construction of Gary for $2 million. INDOT anticipates reopening the bridge to traffic around mid-June 2008. more »