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Top Projects of 2010 – Project Index

Published: May 25, 2011
Tags: index, Top Projects 2010

… Best in show: Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Full Story >> . . Brownfield balancing act Cambridge Commons – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Full Story >> . Full speed ahead Century City Building 36 Full Story >> . Delafield‘s fresh look City of Delafield Municipal Facilities Full Story >> . In the loop City of Evansville [...]

Homebuilders less confident in housing market

Published: June 15, 2010
Tags: foreclosure, homebuilder, homeowner, housing, index, market, National Association of Home Builders, tax credit, Treasury Department

By Alan Zibel AP Real Estate Writer Washington (AP) — Homebuilders are losing confidence in the housing market now that government incentives that spurred home sales have ended. The National Association of Home Builders reported Tuesday its housing market index fell to 17 in June, sinking five points after two straight months of increases. It [...]

Key home index rises for eighth straight month

Published: March 30, 2010
Tags: Capital Economics, Case-Shiller index, Conference Board, Consumer Confidence Index, homes, index, real estate, San Fernando Valley, Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, Thomson Reuters, ZIP Realty

By Alan Zibel AP Real Estate Writer New York — A strong rebound in California’s real estate market helped lift a key home price index for the eighth straight month. Prices are up almost 4 percent from the bottom in May 2009, but still almost 30 percent below the May 2006 peak. Prices rose 0.3 [...]

Homebuilder sentiment index dips to lowest level since June

By ALEX VEIGA AP Real Estate Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even a holiday gift from Uncle Sam couldn’t brighten the homebuilders’ outlook in December. The National Association of Home Builders said Tuesday its housing market index fell by one point to 16 this month, reflecting concern that job losses and a slow economic recovery [...]

Consumer confidence improves slightly in November (9:19 a.m. 11/24/09)

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans’ confidence in the economy improved slightly in November from October, but shoppers remain gloomy heading into the traditional start of the holiday shopping season amid a weak job market, according to a monthly survey. The Conference Board, based in New York, said Tuesday that [...]