Advertising is one of the methods sellers use to gauge whether the listing agent is doing his or her job. But that is a topic for another time. Considering that most of this bad news is based on statistics compiled by the National Association of Realtors, Commerce Department, National Association...
No longer satisfied with stealing lumber, concrete and windows, thieves are increasingly looking inside newly constructed homes for items like stoves, dishwashers and consumer electronics. Thefts of items like those aforementioned are rarely recovered. Second, thefts equate to rising security and insurance costs, plus re-scheduling concerns and a loss of...
The Central Florida DREAM Home (Durable, Resource-Efficient, and Achievable Model) was conceived, designed and built by Fallman Design and Construction, with assistance from the Building America Industrialized Housing Partnership, the University of Florida's Florida Yards & Neighborhoods program and the Lake County Water Authority. The result is a home that...
With the price of residential properties continuing to rise in most markets across the U.S. and first time buyers now looking for rental homes as a fix until markets correct themselves, multifamily builder confidence in the rental apartment market soared to a new high in the first quarter of 2006....
The cost components of a typical house haven't changed much over the years - the finished lot accounts for 20-25 percent of the price; labor and materials, roughly 50 percent, and the rest in financing and "other" costs such as overhead, sales and profit. But within each category, things have...
Rebecca Engmann Darst co-authored this article. SPDR Homebuilder?s ETF XHB ? Option traders have cottoned to out-of-the-money calls to an unusual degree in the SPDR Homebuilder?s ETF. Shares in the closed-end fund are down 2.5% at $17.57, one fresh week after news of a record low in the National...
Dr. Duru submits: Four months after I laid out the case for the S&P 500 hitting 1200, the market finally obliged on Tuesday with a low of 1200.44. 1200 was my target low for 2008, so now what? I say prepare for a classic bear market rally. The timing...
Green business is taking on a new form -- a shopping mall. Chicago's Green Exchange, scheduled to open in early 2008, will be the country's first shopping center for environmentally conscious and socially responsible businesses. A recent BusinessWeek article by Jeffrey Gangemi reports on the nature and strategy behind the...
