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Huge Block of Distressed Homes Goes Back on The Market in Mexico

Builder Magazine: Latest News - 1 hour 54 min ago
Los Angeles-based Lucent Capital will manage the sale of 2,000 single-family homes that have been divided into seven asset pools.

South Florida communities get $40 million in foreclosure aid

Builder Magazine: Latest News - 2 hours 37 min ago
Sept. 09--Fort Lauderdale, Boynton Beach and Miramar learned Wednesday they are among 17 governments in Palm Beach and Broward counties getting about $40 million in new federal foreclosure aid.

St. Cloud-area home sales fall 34% in 12 months

Builder Magazine: Latest News - 2 hours 37 min ago
Sept. 09--The St. Cloud area's housing market continues to see a decrease in home sales, according to data released Wednesday.

Owners worry moldy condos are unsellable and unlivable

Builder Magazine: Latest News - 2 hours 37 min ago
Sept. 09--Vijay Dusi is paying $2,450 a month to live in a condominium so riddled with toxic mold that his family has shuffled from room to room for three years to escape the health hazards that go with it.

Putnam couple admits guilt in real estate scam

Builder Magazine: Latest News - 2 hours 38 min ago
Sept. 09--CHARLESTON, W.Va. Deborah L. Joyce, 38, of Hurricane, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire/bank fraud.

Obama's tax-break plan unlikely to provide quick fix for economy, jobs

Builder Magazine: Latest News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 22:03
WASHINGTON - Even if they were enacted soon, President Barack Obama's proposed tax breaks for businesses would hardly be a quick fix to rejuvenate hiring or the economy, analysts say.

Whatcom County real estate market remained cold in August

Builder Magazine: Latest News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 22:03
Sept. 08--August turned out to be nearly as sluggish as July for Whatcom County real estate, making it the slowest summer in recent years.

Small Smyrna office example of Atlanta's new real estate reality

Builder Magazine: Latest News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 22:03
Sept. 08--One small office building was completed in metro Atlanta in the second quarter of this year.

Cornelia bank doomed by real estate, lax management

Builder Magazine: Latest News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 22:03
Sept. 08--Community Bank & Trust was a rudderless ship that lacked proper oversight to right itself when an economic disaster struck, according to a report issued Tuesday outlining the bank's collapse.

Irish Acres housing venture in foreclosure

Builder Magazine: Latest News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 22:03
Sept. 07--On a 300-acre site north of Ocala, a once-prominent horse farm illustrates the lament of what might have been.

After housing crisis, a house is once again just a place to live

Builder Magazine: Latest News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 22:02
Milk is bad for you. On a humid summer day, fresh air and sunshine are bad for you.

Mortgage lending down 1.5% as interest rates inch up

Builder Magazine: Latest News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 22:02
WASHINGTON - Applications for home loans dipped last week as mortgage rates ticked up slightly from the lowest level in decades.

Strong month can't revive Hawaii home sales

Builder Magazine: Latest News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 22:02
Sept. 08--While single-family home and condominium sales soared on the Big Island and Kauai last month, the residential real estate market still has not recovered from a significant drop in neighbor island transactions during the past few years.

Construction laborers and other real estate workers transfer their skills to new jobs

Builder Magazine: Latest News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 22:02
Sept. 06--In 2007, a booming construction industry employed about one in every 15 workers in South Florida, a total of more than 160,000 people.

Product Pros and Cons: Asphalt Roofing vs. Metal

Builder Magazine: Latest News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 09:55
Asphalt dominates, but which material is right for your homes?

Talkin' 'bout my generation -- Consumers at opposite ends of age spectrum are strong advocates of green living, moms in the middle are practical

Builder Magazine: Latest News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 08:02
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. - When it comes to their approaches to green living, the youngest and oldest consumers are advocacy- oriented, while Gen X and Gen Y moms are more likely to take action and adopt green habits for their households, according to analysis compiled from J.D. Power Tribe Intelligence(SM) Reports.

Talkin' 'bout my generation -- Consumers at opposite ends of age spectrum are strong advocates of green living, moms in the middle are practical

Builder Magazine: Latest News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 08:02
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. - When it comes to their approaches to green living, the youngest and oldest consumers are advocacy- oriented, while Gen X and Gen Y moms are more likely to take action and adopt green habits for their households, according to analysis compiled from J.D. Power Tribe Intelligence(SM) Reports.

Talkin' 'bout my generation -- Consumers at opposite ends of age spectrum are strong advocates of green living, moms in the middle are practical

Builder Magazine: Latest News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 08:02
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. - When it comes to their approaches to green living, the youngest and oldest consumers are advocacy- oriented, while Gen X and Gen Y moms are more likely to take action and adopt green habits for their households, according to analysis compiled from J.D. Power Tribe Intelligence(SM) Reports.

Talkin' 'bout my generation -- Consumers at opposite ends of age spectrum are strong advocates of green living, moms in the middle are practical

Builder Magazine: Latest News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 08:02
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. - When it comes to their approaches to green living, the youngest and oldest consumers are advocacy- oriented, while Gen X and Gen Y moms are more likely to take action and adopt green habits for their households, according to analysis compiled from J.D. Power Tribe Intelligence(SM) Reports.

Talkin' 'bout my generation -- Consumers at opposite ends of age spectrum are strong advocates of green living, moms in the middle are practical

Builder Magazine: Latest News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 08:02
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. - When it comes to their approaches to green living, the youngest and oldest consumers are advocacy- oriented, while Gen X and Gen Y moms are more likely to take action and adopt green habits for their households, according to analysis compiled from J.D. Power Tribe Intelligence(SM) Reports.