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Impact Fee Freeze Gets Lost in Arizona’s New Budget

Local home builders were banking on at least two years of relief.
Pending Home Sales Inch Upward Again in May

New appraisal rules are proving problematic for some transactions.
Construction Spending Slips in May

Single-family activity remains 54.1% below the same month one year ago; multifamily falls 29% on annual basis.

Impact Fee Freeze Gets Lost in Arizona’s New Budget

Local home builders were banking on at least two years of relief.
Condo Demand in Houston, Nationwide is Lagging

Jul. 2--Jodie Sinclair's one-bedroom condominium in 2016 Main has been on the market for six months.
Two More Opus Divisions Will Liquidate

Jul. 2--A second regional operating company of Minnetonka-based Opus Corp. filed a bankruptcy petition Wednesday, and the beleaguered...

Two More Startups Take Aim At California’s Home Buyers

RSI Development and Trumark Homes step modestly into still-weak housing markets.
Blockshopper Turns Real Estate Listings Into News

Web site takes public records and draws buyers and sellers to site by crunching neighborhood data and publishing local stories about homes...
New Online Source for Building Green

GreenBuildingAdvisor.com is a new one-stop database of green-building expertise.

Federal Charges Detail Beazer's Misdeeds

Atlanta-based builder committed mortgage fraud and more, according to government.
Condo Demand in Houston, Nationwide is Lagging

Jul. 2--Jodie Sinclair's one-bedroom condominium in 2016 Main has been on the market for six months.
Charges filed against Beazer; Settlement reached

ATLANTA - Federal prosecutors in North Carolina filed criminal fraud conspiracy charges against Beazer Homes USA on Wednesday, but they...