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</description></item><item><title>Builders May Receive Cash Infusion From New Tax Bill</title><link>http://www.builderonline.com/legislation/builders-may-receive-cash-infusion-from-new-tax-bill.aspx?rssLink=Builders+May+Receive+Cash+Infusion+From+New+Tax+Bill</link><description>The same law extending the housing tax credit includes provisions that sweeten carrybacks from net operating losses.</description></item><item><title>Breaking News: Congress Extends, Expands Housing Tax Credit</title><link>http://www.builderonline.com/legislation/breaking-news-congress-extends-expands-housing-tax-credit.aspx?rssLink=Breaking+News%3a+Congress+Extends%2c+Expands+Housing+Tax+Credit</link><description>House approves extension by vote of 402-12; buyers now have until June 30, 2010 to close on a home.</description></item><item><title>Pulte-Centex Merger Nets Synergy Savings</title><link>http://www.builderonline.com/mergers-and-acquisitions/pulte-centex-merger-nets-synergy-savings.aspx?rssLink=Pulte-Centex+Merger+Nets+Synergy+Savings</link><description>Pulte, now the biggest builder in the country, increases its yearly savings estimates from $350 million to $440 million.</description></item><item><title>Tough Times Continue For Lumber Dealers, Building Product Firms </title><link>http://www.builderonline.com/supply-chain/tough-times-continue-for-lumber-dealers-building-product-firms.aspx?rssLink=Tough+Times+Continue+For+Lumber+Dealers%2c+Building+Product+Firms</link><description>Quarterly financial results from BMHC, Weyerhaeuser, Huttig, Builders FirstSource, Owens Corning, Potlatch, Plum Creek, Rayonier, and Masco. 
</description></item><item><title>M/I Homes Increases Sales</title><link>http://www.builderonline.com/business/m-i-homes-increases-sales.aspx?rssLink=M%2fI+Homes+Increases+Sales</link><description>Targeting first-time and bargain-oriented buyers is helping the Ohio-based builder gain ground in the Midwest.</description></item><item><title>Meritage Homes Predicts Profitable 2020</title><link>http://www.builderonline.com/economic-conditions/meritage-homes-predicts-profitable-2010.aspx?rssLink=Meritage+Homes+Predicts+Profitable+2010</link><description>Flush with cash, the builder is on a buying spree for discounted lots.</description></item><item><title>Myrtle Beach Area Builders Get Back to Work</title><link>http://www.builderonline.com/business/myrtle-beach-area-builders-get-back-to-work.aspx?rssLink=Myrtle+Beach+Area+Builders+Get+Back+to+Work</link><description>Oct. 23--More building permits for new construction were issued last month as Grand Strand home builders report business is up for the first time in almost two years -- but industry leaders differ on whether the trend will continue. </description></item><item><title>Builder Confidence Slips in October</title><link>http://www.builderonline.com/housing-market-index/builder-confidence-slips-in-october.aspx?rssLink=Builder+Confidence+Slips+in+October</link><description>Housing Market Index shows that builder confidence declined one point.</description></item><item><title>The Irvine Co. Becomes a Home Builder</title><link>http://www.builderonline.com/development/the-irvine-co-becomes-a-home-builder.aspx?rssLink=The+Irvine+Co.+Becomes+a+Home+Builder</link><description>The famed master planned developer is hiring six builders to build homes in Irvine Ranch.</description></item><item><title>Lee Evans’ 10 Timeless Lessons for Home Builders </title><link>http://www.builderonline.com/business/lee-evans-10-timeless-lessons-for-home-builders.aspx?rssLink=Lee+Evans%e2%80%99+10+Timeless+Lessons+for+Home+Builders</link><description>Generations of builders say the advice of the legendary business consultant, now 92 years old, has proved invaluable over the years.</description></item><item><title>Woodside Group CFO Runs for Mayor of Utah Suburb</title><link>http://www.builderonline.com/business/woodside-group-cfo-runs-for-mayor-of-utah-suburb.aspx?rssLink=Woodside+Group+CFO+Runs+for+Mayor+of+Utah+Suburb</link><description>Leonard Arave says he’ll leave the builder, regardless of election's outcome, once it emerges from Chapter 11, which could be next month.</description></item></channel></rss>