Home Building News

National capital region picks up pace; Canadian gains called 'broadly based' By Bert Hill, The Ottawa Citizen; with files from The Financial Post July 10, 2009 New housing construction is recovering from a prolonged slump in the capital region as builder confidence grows.

The annual pace of housing starts rose to 140,700 units in June from 130,300 in May, with the increase in activity spread across different types of buildings, said the national housing agency, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

It's no surprise that the region's housing market has taken a hit. But for the first time since 1981, the permits for new home construction were outstripped by the number of units torn down.

Construction and home purchases must be completed by March 31 to qualify for the rebate.

Home appraisers say they're seeing more unfinished housing projects with broken windows, shattered concrete and smashed dry wall.

Lancaster Corp. What is it? custom home builder that also does renovations and additions Employees: four full-time, including the owner Owner: T. Leitch Lancaster III Location: 308 Randolph Square Parkway in Goochland County Contact: 784-9898 or http://www.lancastercorp.net Wanda King knew exactly where she wanted Lancaster Corp.

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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.

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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.