Home auctions: Do I hear ’sold’?



By Christine Laue WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER [caption id="attachment_209" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="CBSHome Real Estate auctions Steve Allely's home at 21437 Fieldcrest Drive in Omaha. The use of auctions to sell homes has increased in recent years, and the slower market now has real estate companies creating auction divisions."][/caption] The crowd gathered underneath the basketball ...

National housing crunch boosts tax protests



By Tom Shaw Midlands News Service The gloomy housing market led many homeowners in the Omaha area to protest their property valuations this year. A large share of the Douglas County challenges came from property owners whose valuations didn't change. The county revalues a portion of properties each year. In Sarpy County, where ...