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New Yorkers are always being introduced to the new concept of house made since New York City become one consideration for people to build what type ... , the site offers construction of New York log homes. And customer can choose up to 100 floor plans which ... of house would be best home in this place. Usually there is a certain mode booming in that place [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:29:22

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December 15-16, 2008 FOMC Minutes

The Fed seems a bit concerned about the horse now that its out of the barn . . ... weakened again as construction activity, new home sales, and home prices declined further. In the business sector, investment in equipment and software appeared to continue to contract. Industrial [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 19:36:59

Equity to Decline in 2009

Some experts predict that home values will continue decline throughout this year, not picking up again until 2010 ... that call for home prices, new construction and home sales to decline this year, while mortgage [more...]

Date: 2009-01-21 07:11:48

‘Contrived Default’

from sddt.com Barratt American, the Carlsbad-based homebuilding firm, and three affiliates, ... he plans to keep operating and develop what he can until the company gets back on its feet. “ ... our company with a view to re-commencing new home construction in 2010. We do not foresee any recovery [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 06:04:42

How many EarthCraft Homes are being built in your market?

Have you heard of an EarthCraft home? EarthCraft Virginia provides a new construction certification process that serves as a blueprint for healthy, ... indoor air quality through the use of managed fresh-air intakes. Thus, projects are more energy ... and its mechanical systems, while still allowing for fresh air intake, provides a tighter building [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 20:29:52

Ship Happens

Wouldn’t you love to get to your office someday and say, “Please, step into my shipping box”? I sure would ... have been reused in the construction of apartments, luxury homes, schools and offices. We’ve seen this trend begin to develop particularly in modular construction and pre-fab homes, but we love to witness the new [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 22:00:27

Chesapeake New Construction Real Estate For Sale

New construction real estate in Chesapeake is still available in this changing market ... , and financing. If a new home is in your plans then Chesapeake may be worth looking at. Also read [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 20:14:57

RGLC - Running Up Briskly

Regal Life Concepts, Inc. engages in the marketing and distribution of bamboo flooring in North America. These products are used principally in new residential construction, as well as in home improvement, remodeling, and repair work. The company, formerly known as Regal Rock, Inc., was founded [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 14:50:06

Basement Flooring Options

Another reader question was my opinion on the best flooring options for basements ... to home construction. Whether your basement is fairly new or old the issues remain the same. Concrete ... 2% and 8%. Moisture contents like that can really cause problems to flooring systems. You should test [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 12:13:00

HBPI - 75% Pullback From Lows

Huttig Building Products, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes millwork, building materials, and wood products used in new residential construction, home improvement, remodeling, and repair work in the United States. It offers millwork products that include exterior and interior doors, pre [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 14:59:37

"Destruction of a modernist legacy"

Photo of Eeno Saarinen's US Embassy Building in London from CultureMonsterPlans to construct a new home in a safer location in South London for the ... the same about the plans recently announced to demolish the existing Christchurch Airport Terminal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 20:15:00

Consultant eyes flat-at-best O.C. housing market

Welcome to Eyeball 2009! This is our holiday gift to you: Two weeks of outlooks on local real estate conditions! ... new home construction in OC in 09 — less than 08’s trough. Also much of the land development [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 20:00:03

Green Houses Will Reap Sales in New Market

Home builders that embrace green construction strategies will be in the best place to increase sales as the housing market changes, ... to be looking for more than just energy efficiency.  Features like recycled materials, indoor air quality [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 15:02:36

Banks Lowering the Boom on Small Builders

The New York Times reports tonight on how banks are clamping down on credit to small homebuilders, with the result that many will go out of business ... is, we’re seeing conditions in home construction and home finance that are the worst since the Depression,” said Steve Fritts, associate director of risk management policy at the Federal Deposit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 04:51:26

Roofing For New Home Construction

Residential roofing sounds like a boring topic. Except for roofing contractors or other residential roofing specialists, ... resistance, fire resistance, ability to withstand the weight of snow or to allow snow to slide off [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 14:01:54

Roofing For New Home Construction

Residential roofing sounds like a boring topic. Except for roofing contractors or other residential roofing specialists, ... resistance, fire resistance, ability to withstand the weight of snow or to allow snow to slide off [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 14:48:36

Roofing For New Home Construction

Residential roofing sounds like a boring topic. Except for roofing contractors or other residential roofing specialists, ... resistance, fire resistance, ability to withstand the weight of snow or to allow snow to slide off [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 15:41:52

Earn A Living in Bathroom Remodeling

For over a dozen years, my career was in the new-home construction business ... -modeling business who happened to need some help on an upcoming Bathroom Remodeling job he was starting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 15:21:21

O.C. homebuilding down 94%

Construction Industry Research Board figures out this month show that permits for new home construction dropped 94% in Orange County last month ... s housing Builders shave $430,000 off new O.C. house prices [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 07:01:49

Old House? New House? Weighing Your Options

by Ada Denis Maybe it has something to do with a childhood home we fondly remember. Many of us long for old homes built with solid construction, quality craftsmanship and beautiful ... of homes we’ve known. On the other hand, how do the old homes we admire compare with newly minted [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 14:45:42

6190 Concerto Trail, Saline, MI 48176

NEW construction in Saline, located in one of the most convenient new subdivisions in Saline…. ... and attention to detail. This ranch home is 2045 square feet, with hardwood floors in foyer, kitchen and nook. Other lots and floor plans are available to build with Essex-Homes web site. More lots [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 23:44:56

New Building Materials Go Green

The year’s newest home-building technologies are related to green building and reducing the amount of energy that is consumed every day, such as  low-energy choices, including light-emitting diodes and manifold plumbing systems.  Whether residential or commercial and remodeling, they are becoming prevalent in new construction [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 14:52:19

Brand New Home of Your Dreams!

Isn't it awesome if we could have a house which is built according to what we have envisioned it to be? With the help of Schumacher Homes, your dream home could come true. They been building custom homes since 1992 which is known for their quality construction. Some of their value and award winning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 06:02:28

Fed sees West’s housing lifted by ‘rock-bottom’ prices

The Fed’s San Francisco unit had few uplifting words to say about the West’s real estate markets in the ... in Utah and Idaho. Widespread availability of foreclosed homes at bargain basement prices spurred sales ... that the strongest construction activity by far was for public [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 20:30:16

Homestead: Cali Greens at Keys Gate-S.K. Constructio

Occasionally, a new home project comes along that offers a traditional neighborhood feel in the midst of a rapidly growing community and on the edge ... Construction, Keys Gate’s premier builder, Cali Greens’ two-story townhomes include six different floor plans that can be personalized with hundreds of options. Builder incentives available. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 22:20:03

Single Women Buying Homes - The Phenomenon

I was taking a look at my list of San Francisco clients that are looking for a home or have recently purchased a home and I realized ... twice as many homes as single men Single women make up more than one-third of the growth in real ... houses, condos, TIC’s, lofts, fixer-uppers, new construction, Victorian architecture, modern design [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 09:47:01

Old House? New House? Weighing Your Options

by Ada Denis Maybe it has something to do with a childhood home we fondly remember. Many of us long for old homes built with solid construction, quality craftsmanship and beautiful details. We wax poetic and wistfully recall the hand carvings, plaster walls and eyebrow dormers of homes we’ve known [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 13:41:08

Remodeling Activity Slows Down Nationwide As Recession Sets In

Home-repairs If you have some money lying around and are looking to do a remodeling job soon, this is the time to step up to the plate. With the slowdown of new construction and people pinching the pennies, remodelers are having ... t they. The remodeling market is tightening due to more home builders taking on remodeling work, creating [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 22:30:01

Remodeling Activity Slowsdown

If you have some money lying around and are looking to do a remodeling job soon, this is the time to step up to the plate. With the slowdown of new construction and people pinching the pennies, remodelers are having ... , don’t they. The remodeling market is tightening due to more home builders taking on remodeling work [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 16:31:30

That Was a Doozy!

Last Friday, when we noted that many home-buyers were suddenly getting off the dime, ... Association of Realtors because it excludes the distorting effects of remodeling and new construction [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 13:52:25

Six Key Points of a Domestic Building Energy Management Plan

Nearly one third of GHG emissions come from heating, cooling and lighting our homes and places or work – much more than it could be ... Management Plan: *A National Energy Building Code for new construction and major retrofits [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 10:39:19

In a Rare Event, NJ Suspends New 2.5% Tax on Commercial Development

By Adam Smith | January 19, 2009 Democrats, the champions of New Jerseys plans to subsidize more housing construction at the expense of taxpayers ... , there is a shortage of demand because there is a huge incentive not to rehabilitate a home: wait [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 01:07:38

Mini-RoadTrip, Up Without Alarm, PhotoBlogging Again, New Office Construction

This past weekend my Dad and I went on a mini road trip to Indiana ... from Grad school to real work was tougher than I had thought) and I have a nice setup at home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 12:06:00

Guam, focus of new US strategy, faces hurdles

By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press Writer Eric Talmadge, Associated Press Writer – Sat Jan 3, 3:16 pm ET ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, ... malls, fast-food franchises and high-rise hotels serving Japanese tourists who want a closer-to-home version of Hawaii. The plans for the base are fueling a fresh construction and real estate boom which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 16:29:12

Big new buildings for health-related studies at UNC Asheville and WCU ready to kick into high gear

Looking around this morning, I've found a couple of notices about major university construction coming up ... (130,000 square feet) to be built at UNC Asheville. The building will be the home of the N.C. ... will kick off after a January hearing where project bids will be unsealed. Complete plans [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 17:50:38

Your New iPhone and You and the Existential Wasteland of Modern Life: Official Troubleshooting

Dan Shea Saturday, January 17, 2008 PROBLEM: My iPhone will not will not turn on; the screen is dark and there is no sound. POSSIBLE CAUSES: [ ... . 3 You have somehow glimpsed through the thin construct of modern social existence to the core ... , or a USB 2.0 computer cable. 2 Perform a Soft Reset by holding the Home Button while simultaneously [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 23:26:23

Buid a new home even in the crisis

The financial crisis supposedly affecting us all at the moment doesn't seem to be having much impact on home builders from everything I've been ... , and constructions of new homes is still happening. Having said that I think home construction companies ... them out when they wanted to buy their dream home. You can read more about these sorts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:17:52

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