Housing Starts up Slightly in June but Permits Down Sharply
RISMEDIA, July 19, 2007??”In the latest indication that the housing market remains in a correction phase, housing starts rose 2.3% in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.467 million following downward revisions for the previous two months, the Commerce Department reported today. Building permits, which generally are ...
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Regional Spotlight: June home Sales Flat in Buffalo as Prices Dip
RISMEDIA, July 19, 2007??”(MCT)??”Buffalo Niagara's home sales at the halfway point of the year were slightly ahead of last year's pace.The Buffalo Niagara Association of Realtors reported 1,147 homes were sold in June, identical to a year ago, but sale prices were down slightly. Through the first six months, ...
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Housing starts up 2.3%; permits plummet
The pace of home construction rose 2.3 percent in June but building permit activity, a sign of future construction plans, sank to its lowest rate in 10 years, signaling further weakness in the listless housing market.
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Madison Square Garden Gets Architects for New Arena Design
Several real-estate tycoons are planning a $14 billion New York City megaproject that will alter the New York skyline.
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Foreclosure Specialists Thrive in Niche
Commentary by Margaret Kelly? ? RISMEDIA, July 19, 2007??”It??™s not exactly breaking news that foreclosures are on the rise. By the first quarter of 2006, for example, 323,102 properties nationwide had entered some state of foreclosure according to the RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report. This marks a 72% year-over-year increase from ...
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June housing starts up 2.3 pct, permits plummet (Reuters)
Reuters - The pace of home construction rose 2.3 percent in June but building permit activity, a sign of future construction plans, sank to its lowest rate in 10 years, signaling further weakness in the listless housing market.
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Ahh, the cool rain returns?
The rain has returned to Rain City and Seattle survived its’ heat wave last week…a couple of neighborhood bloggers share how they did it in this weeks’ Neighborhood Round-up…. Hot…hot…very hot last week so a few tips for beating the heat durring the next wave from Issaquah’s Red Brick Blog and in West Seattle’s Alki [...]
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Bear Stearns shock waves gain new force (FT.com)
FT.com - The crisis in the US subprime mortgage market has taken another ugly turn. The revelation that investments in two Bear Stearns (NYSE:BSC) hedge funds were virtually worthless because of bad subprime bets sent tremors through markets yesterday.
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