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New Poll Finds That Voters Still Value Homeownership, and Want Policymakers to Support Housing – TMCnet

On Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 1:00 p.m., the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) will host a media teleconference to reveal the results of a national poll of 1,500 likely voters looking at the value Americans place on homeownershp. New … Continue reading

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U.S. needs to ease lending standards to boost housing sector: NAHB – Xinhua News Agency

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) — Easing mortgage lending standards could help boost U.S. homeownership and the economic recovery, said the U.S. National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB). “Removing the obstacles limiting access to mortgage credit and … New House … Continue reading

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Weak housing market stalls Hudson Landing plan – Daily Freeman

KINGSTON — The site plan for Phase 1 of the Hudson Landing housing development — a project that’s been on the table for nearly a decade — won’t be submitted to the city until the end of next year at … Continue reading

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NAHB spent $510,000 lobbying in 3Q – YAHOO!

WASHINGTON (AP) — The homebuilding industry’s main trade association spent $ 510,000 in the third quarter lobbying the federal government on housing, insurance, mortgage lending and other issues, according to a disclosure report. That’s about 28 percent … New House … Continue reading

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Linking community center to new housing irks some in Superior – Daily Camera

Richmond American Homes has put on the table a preliminary plan to construct 38 single-family houses on a 15-acre parcel it owns at the northeast corner of Coalton Road and McCaslin Boulevard — one of the last sizable tracts of … Continue reading

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The Housing Market Can Boom, Once You Move Out Of Your Mom’s Basement – Forbes

And we’re up. The housing starts figures from November, released this morning, show a promising escalation. It’s not terrifically exciting news—though they increased, single family starts continue to “move sideways.” The biggest change … New House News Link

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State Supreme Court blasts housing contract – Charleston Daily Mail

Richmond American Homes, a Denver-based company, was trying to avoid being taken to court by people living in homes it built in the Eastern Panhandle. Forty adults and children claim they were exposed to cancer-causing radon gas because of Richmond … Continue reading

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State Supreme Court blasts housing contract – Charleston Daily Mail

Richmond American Homes, a Denver-based company, was trying to avoid being taken to court by people living in homes it built in the Eastern Panhandle. Forty adults and children claim they were exposed to cancer-causing radon gas because of Richmond … Continue reading

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First American and NAHB add more housing markets to improvement index – Housing Wire

The number of improving housing markets expanded for a fourth consecutive month, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index. The number of improving housing markets rose 37% to 41 in December … New House News … Continue reading

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Senior-housing market booms – Lexington Herald-Leader

PHILADELPHIA — Though the overall housing market has not escaped the doldrums, the senior housing sector, driven by investment companies, has gone gangbusters since 2010. In the third quarter of 2011 alone, 39 senior housing deals worth $ 5.5 … … Continue reading

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