Other stories by Robb Crocker

  • More Than 70 Organizations Honored by Energy Star

    Housing industry companies praised for reducing greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency.

  • NAHB Research Center Names EnergyValue Housing Award Winners

    Thirteenth annual program recognizes 13 green builders, including Builder of the Year Aspen Homes of Colorado.

  • 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' Enlists Help of Builders for New Orleans Project

    The last stop of the show's 50-state tour will include a home with green elements.

  • Housing Starts Plunge to Lowest Level in 16 Years

    Housing starts for single-family homes took a bigger than expected dive in December -- 14.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted 1.006 million annual rate, to be exact, the Commerce Department said Thursday morning. The latest surge downward is the lowest point for groundbreaking in 16 years. The...

  • Levitt and Sons Receives Loan Approval

    Historic home builder Levitt and Sons gained some new life on Monday as Judge Raymond B. Ray of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., gave interim approval for a $3.5 million loan from Wachovia Bank.

  • Builder Confidence is Up, Slightly

    Home builder confidence took a small step forward in January but still remains mired in gloom according to a report released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) on Wednesday afternoon. The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for current sales conditions for single-family...

  • Builder Confidence is Up, Slightly

    Home builder confidence took a small step forward in January but still remains mired in gloom according to a report released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) on Wednesday afternoon. The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for current sales conditions for single-family...

  • Levitt and Sons Receives Loan Approval

    Historic home builder Levitt and Sons gained some new life on Monday as Judge Raymond B. Ray of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., gave interim approval for a $3.5 million loan from Wachovia Bank. The funds will allow the builder to continue construction that was halted in November...

  • BUILDER Blocks: The Week in Review

    Jan. 5, 2008: Are more fed cuts coming in '08? Orleans Homebuilders dumps nearly 1,500 lots, and M/I Homes flees from a Florida Market. BUILDER Online catches you up with the news you might have missed.

  • New-home Sales Fall Nine Percent

    New-home sales plummeted by nine percent in November from October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 647,000 according to a report released by the Department of Commerce and the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Friday. November's numbers are the worst showing since April 1995...