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 ...

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By Paul Snyder The Gallina Cos. is asking Madison for a two-year extension to build an 81-acre subdivision on the city’s west side. Craig Enzenroth, president of Middleton-based Gallina, said the real estate market is too shaky to immediately move ...

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By Sean Ryan The city of Milwaukee’s growing presence in the real estate business is raising questions about government’s role in the private market. Milwaukee is considering funneling $3 million in federal money to the city’s subsidiary company, which uses ...

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By Sean Ryan A fickle affordable-housing market is telling developers to find the right location or the tax credits that pay for projects will be worth little more than the paper they’re printed on. That market fact is encouraging developers ...

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By Paul Snyder Although a report predicts that filling Madison’s vacant office space will accelerate this year, construction of new office space probably will not follow quickly. Such construction probably is two years away, said Chris Caulum, senior real estate ...

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Janine Anderson Special to The Daily Reporter There is a dark side to being a bright spot in the state’s construction market. There are buildings to build in northwest Wisconsin, but intense competition from companies based outside of the region ...

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By Larry Michael The run-up the construction industry experienced throughout the 1990s was actually a 14-year market expansion. That’s quite a party, and the aftermath will be quite a hangover. Most industry cycles are shorter and less severe, so the ...

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By Paul Snyder A condominium project up for approval from the city of Madison represents a developer’s resolve to finish a project more than a signal of a recovering market. “At the time these were first proposed, it was the ...

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By Paul Snyder The residential construction market’s slow recovery is putting jobs in peril at building supply and material companies. “Unfortunately, unemployment tends to lag with recovery,” said Jerry Deschane, executive vice president of the Wisconsin Builders Association. “Even though ...

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