Home Building News

REGINA a ' About 100 Saskatchewan homeowners have found themselves in difficulties in recent months after they hired contractors who failed to pay their bills for building materials or services received.

Dickinson has seen its fair share of national attention lately. But tonight, it`s positive.

Communities throughout Northeast Oklahoma including Claremore, Verdigris and the greater Tulsa metropolitan area are looking for Grant Cole, a builder associated with Oklahoma New Homes Direct of Broken Arrow and Xite Homes.

US builders unexpectedly broke ground on fewer US houses in October as the sales outlook darkened with the looming expiration of a government tax credit and mounting joblessness.

Thanks to new homeowners looking for a bargain, Butler County has increased the number of new homes constructed this year while the national average remains in a downturn.

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Stocks fell after an drop in October home construction and disappointing forecasts from tech firms Autodesk and Salesforce.com added to worries about the economic recovery.

The fitful nature of the housing sector's healing process was apparent Wednesday when a government report on new-home construction came in much weaker than economists had expected.

New housing starts dropped 10.6% in October compared with September, to a seasonally adjusted rate of 529,000, the Commerce Dept.reported on Nov.

The budding economic recovery is getting little help from the home building industry, which normally creates jobs and boosts growth as a recession ends.

At least when it comes to new home construction, things are looking better in Marshall County.

Home starts are rebounding in the Phoenix metro area, according to a report released Monday by Metrostudy , a data collection firm based in Houston with offices in Phoenix.

Custom builder Tom Stephani, president of Custom Construction Concepts in Crystal Lake, Ill., and an instructor for The NAHB University of Housing , recently taught two Certified Graduate Builder designation courses to real estate professionals in the West African country of Ghana.

Mel Zelmer fostered a love for building during a job he took in high school working for a carpenter.

PENETANGUISHENE a ' The G.W. King rink is no longer undefeated after a 6-5 loss to the Scott Brandon rink in Nov.

Southern Crafted Homes is one of the important homebuilding firms based in Tampa, for the state of Florida in the United States of America.

Home builders and industry representatives meet in Juneau this week for the annual conference of the Alaska State Home Building Association.

The TCL Group says it is offering a special discount on cement for first-time home builders who qualify for funding under the governmenta s new policy of an increased tax free limit for revenue generated on housing loans, a news release stated.

The attorney for a Morton County man says the County Commission is allowing a feedlot within a quarter-mile of where he wants to build a house.

The Home Builders Association estimates demand for new residences through its members will increase from Bt11 billion this year to Bt12 billion the next year.