The IndyBar Real Estate and Land Use Section is happy to honor both the Honorable Mike Keele and Tom Dinwiddie as the 2022 recipients of the Zeff Weiss Award for Excellence in Real Estate. Read here to learn more about our esteemed award recipients. 

The City of Indianapolis, Department of Metropolitan Development (“DMD”) announced in late September that it will move to a new online petition filing process effective October 3, 2022. In announcing the new online process, DMD provided the information in this blog post.

The City of Indianapolis, Department of Metropolitan Development (“DMD”) announced in late September that it will move to a new online petition filing process effective October 3, 2022. In announcing the new online process, DMD provided the information in this blog post.

Redlining is the process of segregating neighborhoods either through explicit racial covenants or the refusal by financial institutions to grant loans, mortgages or insurance to minority borrowers or investing in predominantly minority neighborhoods, per WFYI News.  This practice has created generational obstacles to owning property and investing in many minority neighborhoods.  The effects can still be seen in Indianapolis today.  Earlier this year, a report from the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana found that Black homeownership in Marion County has declined by 20% over the past decade.  One reason being that Black applicants are denied home loans at a higher rate than white applicants, regardless of credit profile.

Redlining is the process of segregating neighborhoods either through explicit racial covenants or the refusal by financial institutions to grant loans, mortgages or insurance to minority borrowers or investing in predominantly minority neighborhoods, per WFYI News.  This practice has created generational obstacles to owning property and investing in many minority neighborhoods.  The effects can still be seen in Indianapolis today.  Earlier this year, a report from the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana found that Black homeownership in Marion County has declined by 20% over the past decade.  One reason being that Black applicants are denied home loans at a higher rate than white applicants, regardless of credit profile.

Please find a contact sheet for Real Estate & Land Use contacts at the City of Indianapolis here. The hope is that this sheet will be updated and distributed annually. Please let me know if you know if there is a specific contact or department/agency that you would like to see included.

Please find a contact sheet for Real Estate & Land Use contacts at the City of Indianapolis here. The hope is that this sheet will be updated and distributed annually. Please let me know if you know if there is a specific contact or department/agency that you would like to see included.

With the recent increase by the Federal Reserve this week, I found the following article from CBRE informative as a "forecast" on potential impacts to the commercial real estate market. In particular, I thought the following opinions/predictions were noteworthy.

With the recent increase by the Federal Reserve this week, I found the following article from CBRE informative as a "forecast" on potential impacts to the commercial real estate market. In particular, I thought the following opinions/predictions were noteworthy.

Get to know Real Estate & Land Use Section member Drew Strobel!