Houstin-based housing Giant U.S. home corp. is almost paranoid about jobsite safety, but that extreme sensitivity is a model for the entire industry.
The Conference Board's composite Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) dropped for the second straight month during August, but was higher than the same month last year.
Taylor woodrow homes, inc. was acknowledged last month by the Emblem Elementary School in Saugus, Calif. For their $2500 contribution to the school's Plqyground Equipment Campaign.
While revenues surged to al-time high levels for the nation's largest homebuilders, industry analysts agree that the third quarter witnessed a transition.
Over the last 20 years, most of the infill development in the city of Portland, Ore. Has consisted of garage-domnated row houses.
Building permits nationwide were issued at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.632 million units during July, an increase ofa slight 0.4% from July 1998, but 0.5% lower than in June 1999.
The Portland city government's official position is their new base zone design standards are a response to past construction standards that have negatively impacted the livability and safety of surrounding neighborhoods.
Through July of 1999, total housing permits issued in four of last year's top 15 metropolitan areas for new housing were below the toal for the first seven months of 1998.
Following a sharp drop in june, total housing starts rose sharply in July.
No NHQ winner ever set higher benchmarks, in just about every area of operations, than Rayco-former Professional Builder of the Year Ray Ellison's old San Antonio jugernaut.
