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Down and out a few years ago, Michigan’s building industry is coming back. But a shortage of skilled workers worries builders.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the city is ready to step up its Sandy rebuilding program with a reorganized effort called “NYC Build It Back.”
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A Southwest Florida panel of builders and realtors agreed this month that the Manatee-Sarasota region is heating up fast. And they weren’t talking about the weather.
Home prices are surging this spring. One big reason: Wall Street investors are buying.
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Home prices rose sharply in April, buoying the nation’s economic recovery.
Big private equity firms that started out buying up foreclosures as investment properties are now moving into the new home market.
Economic health is returning to the California homebuilding industry. What’s not returning? The skilled workers.
The hottest marketing tools out there are in social media. Think of it as word-of-mouth on steroids.
Small independent builders say they can’t get equal access to land or financing in Florida’s hot housing market.
A new “homeowner bill of rights” law in California appears to have cut the state’s foreclosure rate significantly.
An Inspector General report says more than half a billion dollars in Hurricane Katrina relief money may have been misspent. Most Katrina victims who were awarded $30,000 apiece to elevate their houses never documented that the work was done.
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Congress authorized funding for Hurricane Sandy emergency relief in January. But the actual money hasn’t started flowing yet.
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Sales and prices are up, and inventories are low. Builders need to boost production, but the supply of skilled trades is tight.
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As homebuilding starts to surge, materials prices are surging too.
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”PVC farms” at the stalled developments around Savannah, Georgia, may finally start bearing fruit this spring.
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The New Energy Efficient Home Tax Credit was extended to the end of 2013.
It’s early yet, but signs of a tight labor market are already starting to show.
Sandy has been a drag on the U.S. economy. But will the long-run effect be good for the region?
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After months of political maneuvering, Congress has acted on a relief package for the region impacted by Superstorm Sandy, but there is no telling when the money authorized by Congress will actually reach the people who need it.
Florida is the slowest of the so-called “sand states” to emerge from the housing recession. One reason is the sluggish pace of court action on foreclosures.