Home Building News

April 21, 2004. Fallujah, Iraq. As hostilities wound down in one of the bloodiest months of the war, Marine Cpl.

Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato today submitted legislation to County Council to renew the new home construction and home improvement property tax abatement programs to encourage job creation and spending in Allegheny County.

Chinese manufacturers made more than half of the goods that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled last year, but few of them paid any price for producing defective wares.

This week, Mather Street in this picturesque New England town has become a spot where the curious and the committed mix amid the dust and mud.

American home buyers deserve a more equitable solution than the American Clean Energy and Security Act as Congress moves to cut our nation's energy use, says the National Association of Home Builders .

Home builders pulled 753 permits to build new houses in metro Phoenix last month.

About Sales, Inc. is pleased to welcome Veronica Perez as their Vice President of Sales.

Among the rewards of seeing her best-selling 2002 memoir, "Riding the Bus With My Sister," turned into a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" television movie, Rachel Simon found herself with a stash of cash.

The number of Stearns County properties in foreclosure outpaced new homes built in the county last year, according to a new report.

Drug addiction, not a late payment, was behind the June 7 fire that destroyed a Pocono Summit homebuilder's offices.

The Inland Empire's depressed home-building industry could be on the brink of slowly bottoming out.

Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2009 ; 05:03 PM Post Comment Updated Tuesday, June 16, 2009 ; 07:26 PM Goal is to prevent more deaths and injuries due to electrical fires CHARLESTON -- Tougher fire safety codes are in the works for homes and businesses in West Virginia.

Breaking news overnight. A Jackson Township gas station manager was shot in the chest early this morning when he surprised burglars attempting to break into the store.

A two-year battle over traffic impact fees comes to a head Tuesday. A committee of the Bakersfield City Council is slated to make a final vote on developer fees and move the issue to the full Council later this month.

Despite some signs of recovery in the area housing market, new-home construction continues to proceed at a slow pace, according to figures the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City released Thursday.

Many people worry about the impact new homes have on our roadways and in our schools.

Official figures show new home building has fallen for five consecutive quarters, despite Government stimulus attempts.

Fresh signs that the economy is stabilizing - though at very low levels - emerged Tuesday in reports that home construction rose more than expected last month and wholesale prices remain in check.

Construction of new homes jumped in May by the largest amount in three months, an encouraging sign that the nation's deep housing recession was beginning to bottom out.

Analysts are looking for a slight uptick in new home construction for May. The outlook from Thomson-IFR markets is for housing starts for last month to come in at an annual rate of 480,000 units compared with the April reading of 458,000. Building permits, and indication of construction plans a few months into the future, are expected to bounce ...