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Florida Land Firm Partners With Builders

Company hopes partnerships with builders will help slow bidding wars for dirt.
Pulte-Centex Merger Nets Synergy Savings

Pulte, now the biggest builder in the country, increases its yearly savings estimates from $350 million to $440 million.
Pulte Homes posts $361.4M loss for Q3

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - Pulte Homes Inc. lost $361.4 million in the third quarter, but with the acquisition of Centex Corp., the...

Bay Area Builder Bucks The Recession

Regis Homes is averaging at least one sale per week in each of its four active communities.
City Place Live-Work Lofts, Santa Ana, Calif.

2009 Builder's Choice, Grand Award, Live/Work project
Small Attached Homes Make Density Feel Nice

Check out four projects that share walls, look great, and may portend housing’s future.

Study Backs Up Calls to Extend Homebuyer Tax Credit

Sep. 23--The $8,000 tax credit to qualified first-time buyers has directly resulted in 357,000 home sales between Feb. 17 and Sept. 15...
A Dry Season

A 2003 United Nation report made a grim prediction: More than half of humanity will be living with water shortages within 50 years. That...
Measure for Measure

A LAND-USE BILL THAT went into effect in Oregon on Dec. 8 shouldn't have a major impact on residential development there. But in a state...

Retrofitting Suburbia

Ellen Dunham-Jones urges builders, planners, and developers to look for patches of 'underperforming asphalt' to accommodate future growth...
Laidley Street Residence, San Francisco

2009 Builder's Choice, Merit Award, Custom home, less than 3,500 square feet
Icon@Park, Emeryville, Calif.

2009 Builder's Choice, Merit Award, Apartments, rental

Meeting Street Communities Combines Panelization and Traditional Neighborhood Design

Efficient building practices allow builder to use high-quality materials on affordable townhomes.
Duany Palter-Zyberk's Latest Take on Traditional Neighborhood Design

DPZ’s latest take on traditional neighborhood design exemplifies what the land planning gurus have learned since Seaside.
A Tale of Two Master Plans

The home building industry is in for a long, grueling winter, but there are signs of spring on the horizon. At opposite ends of the country...

Couple Got a Bargain, Plus the First-Time Tax Credit: IRS Says About 55,000 in State Used the Break

Oct. 25--On top of getting a great bargain on their first home, Peter and Nell Welch also qualify for the first-time home buyer tax credit.
New Law Targets Fees for Loan Mods

Oct. 22--California has a new law on the books that bans collection of advance fees from firms that provide loan modification services to...
At Hardwood Trails, It's Residents Vs. Developer

Oct. 20--The gate is open, because it always is.

Portland, Ore., May Extend Expiration Period for Building Permits

Other cities in Oregon are considering similar measures, according to local HBA.
Bump in the Road

Re-evaluating a conservation easement puts one of Pulte Homes’ active adult communities on the right path.
Starts, Permits Dip in February

Overall housing activity down by nearly one-third compared to last year.

FEMA Will Charge Rent on Homes

Oct. 27--CEDAR RAPIDS -- Facing a deadline to leave her family's governmentsupplied mobile home or start paying rent, Veronica Dorsey is scrambling.
Home Builders Association Leader Leaving

Oct. 14--Tim Underwood, the top executive at the Greater Kansas City Home Builders Association, is leaving the organization, an apparent casualty of the sharp downturn in the new housing market.
$8,000 Tax Credit's Hoops Frustrate House Hunters

Oct. 11--This summer, Brian Smith decided he should buy a house.