Interpreting Staten Island's foreclosure picture

Can you copyright the Great Pyramids ? That's the goal of Zahi Hawass , described by AFP as "the charismatic and controversial head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities." Beware, Luxor Hotel ! So what's ...more

Prefab Outer Walls - EcoSip the Future of Construction?

EcoSip is aiming to revamp the green building industry with their prefab outer walls.
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Rally The Troops

At 9 A.M. on any given Monday morning, new-home sales associates across America are picking through trays of bagels and drinking lukewarm coffee before their weekly sales meeting.
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What's Working

Source: BUILDER Online News Service Publication date: December 26, 2007 By Boyce Thompson One of the biggest problems for builders today is the age-old one of standing out in a market littered with homes for ...more

Interpreting Staten Island's foreclosure picture

The foreclosure picture isn't pretty -- but it might not be as ugly as advertised.
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Rebuilding Together Honors Sears Holdings Corporation With 2007 Community Builder Award

Some area developers are trying to save money for future residents. The Florida Green Building Coalition offers certifications for energy-efficient environmental homes, some of which were just finished in Bay ...more

Shelter serves dinner for almost 250 people

As was the case in many Central Illinois kitchens Tuesday morning, the Home Sweet Home shelter's saucepans and baking dishes spilled savory holiday aromas -- from ham and rolls to sweet potatoes and apple pies.

Historic inn unveils restorations

The historic Noon Collins Inn in downtown Ebensburg has opened its new banquet hall and conference center, which is the product of a seven-year restoration.
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Hovnanian hit hard as housing decline persists

The Hovnanians have been building homes in New Jersey for almost a half-century, but the measure of their success was never more indelibly stamped than in a 1992 mishap, when the family's 123-foot yacht sank ...more

Hes a natural builder

Charlsie Huffmyer thinks her husband, Jack, is a little nuts. Her husband, Jack Huffmyer, 90, spends the majority of his free time creating animals, people and creatures with unusual names out of bark, gourds, ...more

Rebuilding Together Honors Sears Holdings Corporation With 2007 Community Builder Award

Rebuilding Together, the nation's lead nonprofit preserving affordable homeownership, honored Sears Holdings Corporation with the Patty R. Johnson Community Builder Award for 2007.

Brave new lean green world

Caffey Place, near the square in Hernando, received a Hernando Main Street design award for new construction in a historic district.
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Set to build homes, without generators

Art Thomason The Arizona Republic Dec. 26, 2007 12:00 AM A Mesa builder and Salt River Project are working to short-circuit noisy, fume-spewing, cough-inducing generators on home construction sites.

Montana avoids mess of subprime mortgages

Missoula builder Joe Stanford doesn't need fancy statistics or color-coded foreclosure maps to tell him America's subprime mortgage crisis has arrived here.
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Simple makeovers can light up your fireplace

Designers often say a fireplace is the focal point of a room. But if yours leaves you cold, take heart.
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Sarkozy Seeking More Qaddafis in Quest to Win Business for Airbus, Areva

During a visit this month to Paris, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, a one-time international pariah, thumbed his nose at his French hosts, accusing them of violating women's rights and treating African ...more

Brave new lean green world

Brave new lean, green world Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention. So, it's not surprising that as energy costs skyrocket, environmental concerns mount, housing inventories show little movement and a ...more

Is settlement considered income? (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)

PHOENIX -- Home buyers would get an automatic 10-year warranty on houses they purchase under the terms of an initiative drive launched Wednesday. - let homeowners sue without fear of having to pay a builder's legal fees if they lose.

Top Orlando home builders rise above slump; still $1B short (Orlando Sentinel)

The biggest companies sold the lion's share of new homes locally, but that was $1B less than a year earlier. The biggest home builders sold nearly $1.8 billion worth of homes in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties during the first three quarters of 2007.

Australia crumble to Kumble (CricInfo)

India were the last team to seriously threaten Australia in Tests at home and it took only one day in Melbourne for Anil Kumble to reignite the spark. Kumble was the architect and builder of the Indian challenge, grabbing 5 for 84.

Popular business directory searches (The Meridian Star)

Tango Transport Driver DEDICATED OPPORTUNITIES Tango Transport now hiring Flatbed drivers for the Dedicated Accounts Di ... >MORE Subcontractors needed Subcontractors WANTED Local home builder is seeking experienced painters, framers and foundation crew subcontracto ...more

Is settlement considered income? (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Home builder settlement is not considered income to the recipient for tax purposes, says CPA George Saenz.
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Regional home builder planning more Winston-Salem subdivisions (BizJournals)

A Mesa builder and Salt River Project are working to short-circuit noisy, fume-spewing, cough-inducing generators on home construction sites.
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Rebuilding Together Honors Sears Holdings Corporation With 2007 Community Builder Award (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Rebuilding Together, the nation's lead nonprofit preserving affordable homeownership, honored Sears Holdings Corporation with the Patty R. Johnson Community Builder Award for 2007. The award was presented at Rebuilding Together's National Conference in Long Beach, CA on December 8, 2007. The prestigious award, voted on by Rebuilding Together's Board of Directors, is presented to the individual ...more

Builder Sentiment Holds Steady (Builder Online)

Noting that mortgage issues and excess inventory continue to impact home builders, the NAHB today announced that its Housing Market Index held steady in December, at a record-low of 19.

Orlando-area home builder says incentives are creating sales (Orlando Sentinel)

New-home sales are slower than builders would like, but discounts and deals and heavy marketing are beginning to show results, some builders report.
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Regional home builder planning more Winston-Salem subdivisions (BizJournals)

WINSTON-SALEM -- Home builder C.P. Morgan is planning several new neighborhoods for Winston-Salem in 2008, but despite the slowing market, experts say now is a good time to make a move.

Home Builder Value Trap Stocks

OWB 10g Does Not Install to the Database Oracle Home; OWB 10g and earlier releases cannot install to the Database Oracle home; these versions of OWB require their own Oracle home. Because OWB 11g is integrated as an option in the Oracle ...more

Regional Spotlight: Connecticut Is Bustling for Home Builders

14, 2007-As a luxury home builder in Connecticut, Toll Brothers has been very busy, according to Greg Kamedulski, division president for Toll Brothers in Connecticut. "We've all heard the stories about slower sales, but when you visit ...more

How To Sponsor more MLM Downline Distributors

Finally, We have discovered the secret to building and keeping an active growing MLM Downline. The secret in sponsoring more MLM Downline members and keeping them is to basically use the “Give and You Shall Receive” method. ...more

Home Builder Value Trap Stocks

That's what makes the home builder stocks so difficult to buy even at these levels, because as a heavily cyclical industry, the builders are ready made value traps as their revenues decline and their earnings turn negative. ...more

This Is the Sound of a Bubble Bursting

This is a bottom-fishing expedition, but my technical work on the Home Builders ETF (AMEX: XHB), sentiment, and the relatively strong action in Citigroup (NYSE: C) today despite continued bad financial press questioning its capital base ...more

A Builder's Name

He is a very nice man, and he is doing a very nice restoration of the house, but knew nothing of the Petch family's time in the house. There are other houses in town, that while they have no connection to the Petch family, ...more

MLM Home Based Business Opportunity, What is It

Home-based MLM business opportunities are network marketing. It is composed of uplines and downlines. An MLM home based business involves the direct selling of products or services through the recommendations or endorsements of ...more

More Awards Than Any Other Builder

Excavation, hook-ups & final grade- RGB Custom Builders Labor for the forming & pouring of footings—Chris Jarrett Masonry Concrete for the footings—Pocono Transcrete Rebar for the footings—RGB Custom Home Builders Stone for drains with ...more

This Is the Sound of a Bubble Bursting

Dietz, the chief financial officer of WCI Communities, a Florida-based home builder, said in an interview two weeks ago. “We have to generate cash to make payroll.” Last week, Mr. Dietz announced he would leave WCI at the end of this ...more