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Pending Home Sales Increase 55.3% in May

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The Pending Home Sales Index experienced its highest gain since 2001, with contract signings going from 44.3% Economists say the housing industry’s recovery shows a steady desire for homeownership. . in May, chronicling the highest month-over-month gain in the index since its inception in January 2001.

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Bud Shuster, House Infrastructure Leader, Dies at 91

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His peak impact on legislation came from 1995 through 2001 when he chaired the "T&I" Committee.

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Obituary: Alaska Rep. Don Young, 88, Was Long-Time Infrastructure Leader

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Long-serving House member led the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee from 2001 to 2007.

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Pending Home Sales Rose for the Second Consecutive Month in January After Steady Decreases in 2022

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from a year ago as the housing market continued to slow from a mid-pandemic buying frenzy, the National Association of Realtors reports. The 100 level is based on a 2001 benchmark and is consistent with existing-home sales above the 5 million mark. in January but were down 24.1% drop in the West followed by the 24.7% in the Northeast.

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Plans in for first phase of £2.5bn Salford Crescent scheme

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ECF is our strategic joint venture with Legal & General, one of the UK’s leading financial services groups and major global investor, and the government’s housing and regeneration agency, Homes England. The partnership was set up in 2001 to transform urban areas and create exceptional new places.

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Pending Home Sales Plunge in April, But Demand Signals a Rebound

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Though April housing demand signals the start of a recovery, the month's number of pending sales reflected the strain in previous months due to stay-at-home orders and uncertain economic conditions. That is the largest decline since the NAR began tracking this metric in January 2001. Fri, 05/29/2020 - 09:38. They fell 33.8

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Victorian era gasholders become modern residences in London

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The three residential buildings are housed within the frames at varying heights as a reference to the movement of the original gasholders, which were dismantled and removed in 2001.