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Lennar expands Miami HQ to 120,000 square feet – The Business Journal

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:50:02 +0000

Miami-based homebuilder Lennar is expanding its Miami headquarters to 120,000 square feet, an increase of 30,000 square feet, at Lennar Corporate Center office park. The lease for space at 700-790 NW 107 Ave. in the Airport West submarket … New … Continue reading →

How housing can be more affordable – National Business Review

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:49:18 +0000

Some were small though cumulatively important. Some were particularly significant, such as land supply restrictions, the problems of achieving scale in new house construction and inefficiencies, costs and delays in regulatory processes. Across New Zealand …

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Marini, Better Neighborhoods win ‘green’ construction awards – The Business Journal

admin — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:49:30 +0000

BNI, a non-profit agency, built 10 single-family homes for income-eligible residents, eight of which achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Homes Platinum certification. Two were LEED-H Gold certified. BNI also met all …

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Watch for Pulte Homes to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 3.30% Yesterday – Investors Business Daily

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:50:04 +0000

Feb 13, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) — Pulte Homes (PHM) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $ 8.77 to a high of $ 9.12. Yesterday, the shares gained 3.3%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $ 9.08 on volume …

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Beazer Homes is Among the Companies in the Homebuilding Industry With the Highest Debt to Equity Ratio (BZH, KBH, SPF, RYL, PHM) – Investors Business Daily

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:49:24 +0000

Jan 28, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) — Below are the three companies in the Homebuilding industry with the highest debt to equity ratios. The Debt/Equity ratio measures a company’s leverage and a high level often implies that a company has …

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San Antonio’s housing market showing ‘permanence,’ study finds – The Business Journal

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:49:17 +0000

At the end of 2011, San Antonio’s housing market proved itself to be — in a word — stable. “Total number of sales for the year remained unwavering,” states SABOR. All told, there were 17,914 single-family sales in the greater … Continue reading →

All Eyes Will Be On This Homebuilder Tomorrow Morning – The Business Insider

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:50:24 +0000

We’ve been all over housing stats in recent months, especially since the beginning of the year. So tomorrow’s earnings release by Lennar, one of the biggest homebuilders in the U.S., should prove a bellweather on the true state of the … Continue reading →

National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index Rises From 41 Metropolitan Areas in December to 76 in January – Investors Business Daily

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:50:02 +0000

Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — First American Financial Corporation (FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance and settlement services for real estate transactions, and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), today released the … New House … Continue reading →

Home Builders List No. 3: Meritage Homes Corp. – Phoenix Business Journal

admin — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:54:06 +0000

This week’s edition of the Phoenix Business Journal, due out Friday, is ranking the largest Phoenix-area home builders by number of homes sold between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. The home builders list, along with the list of … Continue reading →

Lennar underwriter accused in real estate scheme – The Business Journal

admin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:51:12 +0000

Lennar Corp.’s title underwriter, which has operations in Dallas, faces possible disciplinary action after one of its escrow officers was accused in a lawsuit of assisting a real estate investment scheme controlled by the Russian mafia. Both … New House … Continue reading →