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Residential Real Estate

Home sales, neighborhoods, and the local housing market.

Jackson Wants Volunteers to Hunt Blight. Finding It Was Never the Problem.

A Ward 7 councilman's pilot would deputize residents to document derelict properties. The city already has a list. What it lacks is anyone with the money and staff to clear it.

The City Everyone Wrote Off Is Suddenly the Metro's Top Real Estate Story

Home prices in Jackson rose 32.4 percent over the past year, the biggest jump in the metro. Local agents say it isn't a fluke. It's the payoff for a city that finally started fixing things.