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Working to Improve Access to Affordable Housing

Pro Builder

The HBGI shows that multifamily residential construction rose 25.5% Core counties of metro areas experienced considerable shrinking of multifamily residential construction activity market share from 40.2% . • Increase the supply of manufactured housing and two- to four-unit properties by expanding financing through Freddie Mac. .

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Working to Improve Access to Affordable Housing

Pro Builder

The HBGI shows that multifamily residential construction rose 25.5% Core counties of metro areas experienced considerable shrinking of multifamily residential construction activity market share from 40.2% . • Increase the supply of manufactured housing and two- to four-unit properties by expanding financing through Freddie Mac. .

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How Just-in-Time Land Deals Help Manage Cash Flow

Pro Builder

This strategy is most likely driven by current equity shareholders more so than a genuine desire to own less land; after all, wouldn’t the appreciation of land purchased five years ago be conducive to higher margins today? In fact, that question is not easy to answer. .

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IHP Capital Partners' Richard Whiteley Discusses Land Opportunity for Home Builders

Pro Builder

PB: How are fluctuating building costs and availability (materials, labor, appliances) affecting residential investment and development? RW: In home building, return on equity [ROE] is generated through a combination of margin, absorption, and leverage. The Factors Intensifying the Built-for-Rent Land Demand.

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So much for that ABI turnaround

PSMJ Resources

in June), multi-family residential (43.4, Regional averages were as follows: Northeast (45.2, up sharply from 37.8 in July and 42.8 in June, but still below the 48.3 in May and 47.1 in April), South (44.1, up from 43.4 in July and 40.5 in June), Midwest (43.0, up from 36.9 in July), and West (37.5, down from 39.7 in July, 39.9 in June, 39.4

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Have we reached the point when the AEC industry starts redesigning fast-food menu items?

PSMJ Resources

The sector index is as follows: Multi-famliy residential (50.1), commercial/industrial (44.9), institutional (43.1), and mixed practice (40.3). Projects are being delayed or cancelled because lending institutions are placing unusually stringent equity requirements on new developments. Northeast 45.7, South 41.32, West 40.5.

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Pulse: 07/30/2012

ENR Construction

Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. Michigan The Edgewater Group is planning to build Harbor Village, a mixed-use development within the Harbor Shares community, located along the north bank of the St. New York Lincoln Equities Group is planning to build a mixed-use development at Hallets Point in Astoria, Queens.