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Total value of residential construction, including multifamily, fell to $252.2 billion in 2009, a 28% annual drop.
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Builder's Editor in Chief recaps the week's top stories from Las Vegas.
Between 50,000 and 55,000 people attended this year’s show in Las Vegas.
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NAHB’s David Crowe: ‘The builders who are here are the survivors.’
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Builder's Editor in Chief offers a sneak peek of this week's upcoming news coverage
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Homes for first-time and move-up buyers may be the first to rebound, according to the latest AIA trends survey.
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Median sales price stands at $217,400, which is $45,000 higher than pricing of existing homes last month.
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Rock Point buys the 4,000 acres of unimproved land, which carries the right to build 2,100 homes.
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Government index notes 0.6% monthly gain in housing values.
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New poll finds preferences remain highly regional.
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On an annual basis, sales are up 44.1% compared to last year.
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Families making under $98,600 are eligible for property tax relief next year.
Huf Haus opens a sales office in Cleveland and is pursuing affluent clients who seek something out of the ordinary.
KB Home and Shea Homes let prospects access new-home information on their cellphones.
A founding father of the Congress for New Urbanism talks about zoning reform, climate change, and the fate of greenfield development.
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National Housing Conference finds that the number of owners paying half or more of their incomes for shelter actually rose slightly as the housing market unraveled.
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Survey shows consumers worry about the hidden costs, risky processes, and falling values when buying a foreclosed home.
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Starts also rise 8.9% to seasonally adjusted pace of 574,000.
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Leading Builders of America will focus on housing’s recovery, energy efficiency legislation, and other issues.
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Agency decision could remove certain LG refrigerators from DOE's energy-efficiency program.
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State of Wisconsin distributes funds to Kohler and eight other businesses to improve efficiency of its manufacturing sector.
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Special interests work to win over an electorate who may be skeptical of new development, given the housing bust.
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RealtyTrac executive suggests loan modifications, housing tax credit, and foreclosure prevention programs could be responsible.
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The editors of BUILDER pick the 10 events that had the biggest impact on home building in 2009.
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Energy efficiency is likely to be a big focus for “This New House.”
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See which products captured the interest of BUILDER readers in 2009.
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Crosswinds Communities’ Bernie Glieberman is helping several Michigan cities remarket distressed homes.
It's a brave new world for our annual show homes this year, both of which reflect how the industry has changed to new realities.
Even in a down economy, manufacturers are introducing innovative products.
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The show will be held in Las Vegas from Jan. 19–22.
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As affordability settles down, demand is starting to increase.
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Builders had to deal with new appraisal rules, limited lending, Chinese drywall, and more.
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Latest FDIC banking data shows that 15% of construction and development loans were nonperforming in third quarter of 2009.
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San Diego’s Presidio Residential Capital wants to make $250 million in loans over the next two years.
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The Jones Company alleges union members physically and verbally attacked employees attending a corporate meeting.
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Total U.S. construction spending flat in October, but single-family sector inched up 1.9%.
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Latest data from two leading barometers of existing home prices seem to indicate price deterioration is reversing itself.
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Organizations say demand is up and supply down for products that can be reused and recycled.
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Inventories shrink as buyers hurried to take advantage of tax credit.
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Senate is scheduled to vote on Senator Harry Reid’s proposal late Saturday; NAHB opposes the House version of health care reform.
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Denver ranked as 13th Healthiest Housing Market
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Vertical construction for the first phase should begin in the spring, and the builder has completed its environmental impact survey for phase two.
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Single-family permits remain flat at seasonally adjusted pace of 451,000.
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Froehlich Signature Homes diversifies into apartment construction, office condominiums, and foreclosure rehabs.
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HMI remains at a reading of 17.
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Eight housing professionals with different areas of expertise band together to serve builders increasingly reliant on outsourcing in the downturn.
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Certain annual studies have become critical to some builders' marketing efforts.
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Factory-built housing giant, which also operates in Canada and the United Kingdom, plans to sell its U.S. operations.
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AIA study finds the number of big cities with green building programs has grown by 50% in just two years.
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Forest Hill, Md.-based builder is undone by the recession and too much debt.
Arizona's Artisan Homes founder Eric Brown is taking over a restaurant in St. Maarten.
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Demographics drive long-term housing demand.