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52 min ago | Grist Magazine

House fit for a green: Sustainable home construction booms

With the construction industry still recovering in the U.S., companies offering "green" services may be able to set themselves apart and grow business faster, according to a survey conducted by McGraw Hill Construction.

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Related Topix: Home

4 hrs ago | KOLN-TV Lincoln

Home Show-More Than Just a Showcase for Builders

You might find this to be a home owner's heaven. Information is here to help from waterfalls to water quality, windows to windscreens, mud-jacking to masonry, pools to plows, framing to fireplaces.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home

15 hrs ago | Wall Street Journal

Living Very Large

Shooting ranges, an indoor tennis court, a bedroom bigger than many houses: For a small cadre of very wealthy owners, building big is back.

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Related Topix: Brentwood (Los Angeles, CA), Home Listing, Home, Greenwich, CT, Westport, CT

Thu Feb 09, 2012

MarketWatch

Remodelers struggle as homeowners tighten belts

Residential remodeling is set to continue its slow recovery in 2012, with renovations and repairs up 2% to 3% from 2011 levels, economists said Thursday at the International Builders Show here.

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Related Topix: Home, Home Improvement

WTVG-TV Toledo

Students and teachers to build home in Jamaica over spring break

A group of local students is heading to Jamaica for spring break, but not to soak up the sunshine.

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Related Topix: Home, Mexico,

The Nation

Home-builder eyes growth

Home Develop Co targets 10-per-cent sales growth this year from launching four new series to focus on the luxury-home market.

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Related Topix: Home

National Floor Trends

Home builders honored with SAFE Awards

Seventeen home builders and remodelers, home builders' associations and other members of the home building industry were recognized for their commitment to strong safety programs Tuesday at the sixth annual SAFE awards dinner during the National Association of Home Builders' International Builders' Show in Orlando, Fla.

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Related Topix: Home, Ohio

Canada.com

Burgeoning Calgary population to fuel demand in housing market

A burgeoning population will spark another real estate cycle in Calgary with increased demand fuelling more MLS sales and more new home construction.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Wed Feb 08, 2012

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

An Industrial-Strength House in Pittsburgh

WHEN Bob Zielinski, a former marine who owns a glass manufacturing company here, and his wife, Kim, showed contractors plans for the house they wanted to build -- a 53-foot-long glass-and-steel wedge cantilevered over their factory -- the contractors said they couldn't do it.

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Related Topix: Home, Monongahela, PA

Ventura County Star

Agromin Inc. is recycling more organic waste in Oxnard

Oxnard organic mulch producer Agromin Inc. says recycling increased in 2011 despite the decline in new home construction and a weak economy.

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Related Topix: Oxnard, CA, Home, Los Angeles County, CA

Lockergnome

Free Home Design Software

If you haven't heard, we are excited over a new group that Chris has formed, called Gnomies .

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Related Topix: Home

Nation's Building News

Home Builders Applaud Menendez Bill to Restore the Flow of Credit for Home Building - 2/8/2012

February 8, 2012 - The National Association of Home Builders today commended Sen.

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Related Topix: Home, Robert Menendez, US Politics, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Tue Feb 07, 2012

Nation's Building News

2012 International Builders' Show to Showcase the Industry's Largest Product Display - 2/7/2012

February 7, 2012 - Housing professionals from across the country and abroad will convene at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., Feb.

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL, Home

DNJ.com

Business Briefcase: Homebuilders Association held annual meeting

The dinner featured new housing industry expert Edsel Charles, who gave his forecast of the new home sales market in the Middle Tennessee area.

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Related Topix: Tennessee, Home

Post-Bulletin

John Eischen: Local home-building climate is good, and getting better

There has been some discussion on the low number of permits pulled for new single family homes in the city of Rochester in 2011.

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Related Topix: Home

Mon Feb 06, 2012

Iol.co.za

Price gap between buying and building a home widens

The price gap between new and existing homes has widened to a new record level after starting to decline last year.

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KYTV Springfield

Jump starting new home construction Rogersville MO

Jump starting a lackluster housing market--the city of Rogersville is thinking outside the box to attract new home contruction.

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Related Topix: Rogersville, MO, Home

ABC 4

2 Utah cities on list of improving US home markets

The Salt Lake and Provo metropolitan areas have been added to a national list tracking housing markets that are on the upswing.

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Related Topix: Utah, Home

Sun Feb 05, 2012

Examiner.com

Crackdown results in massive fines for Houston homebuilders

Federal jobsite inspectors are paying visits to home construction sites throughout the Houston area, handing out massive fines to workers found without the required protection from falls.

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Related Topix: Houston, TX, Home, Environmental Law, OSHA, Law

AmericanBankingNews.com

Neal Communities Expands Into Lee and Collier Counties

Capitalizing on the national notoriety of being named America's Best Builder by BUILDER magazine and a record-breaking 2011 that has continued its momentum into 2012, Neal Communities has begun its home building business expansion into Lee and Collier counties.

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Related Topix: Home, Lee County, FL, Collier County, FL, Estero, FL, Naples, FL, Manatee County, FL

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