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Brokers look forward to a commercial real estate market that mirrors 2018’s solid results

BD+C

They are buoyed by strong consumer and business confidence, steady employment growth, and the anticipation of available debt and equity liquidity. Commercial real estate brokers are optimistic about their industry’s growth prospects for 2019, according to a poll of brokers that Transwestern released last month.

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Top 10 Companies for Environmental Engineers to Work For

CivilJungle

” The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 5.1 % employment growth for environmental engineers between 2018 and 2028. – Debt/Equity Ratio. – Return on Equity. Debt/Equity Ratio. Return on Equity. Debt/Equity Ratio. Return on Equity. Debt/Equity Ratio. Return on Equity.

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Epcon’s Paul Hanson on the Supply Chain, Franchising, and Active Adult Demand

Pro Builder

Paul Hanson became president in 2018 and has doubled the number of franchisees since joining the company. Many of our buyers are also able to take advantage of the HECM [Home Equity Conversion Mortgage] program [through the Federal Housing Administration], so they only pay a fraction of the price increases through an increased down payment.

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Paul Robinson on the Role of ConstructReach in Workforce Development 

Pro Builder

Paul Robinson founded ConstructReach in 2018 to create events and a social network for educating young people, teachers, and parents about opportunities in construction. How do students—as well as employers—interested in following up and learning more, tap into this resource? . Paul and Emily Robinson. ConstructReach.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

Pro Builder

If those trends continued, Clark reckoned housing affordability in the Salt Lake metro area would follow the same path as California’s Silicon Valley, potentially creating an estimated shortage of 50,845 housing units in the Salt Lake market by 2044, according to a 2018 study by the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. “We

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Housing and the 2020 Presidential Election

Pro Builder

a speculation fueled in part by the National Association of Home Builders’ 2018 estimate that tariffs on imported softwood lumber imposed by the Trump administration added, on average, $9,000 to a home’s cost— tariffs that continue to contribute to price spikes. Similarly, House Democrats recently proposed measures in their $1.5

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Dispute Boards: An Approach to the Efficient Resolution of Disputes in the Construction Sector

Constructlaw

Further, some practitioners believe that there is a risk that the dispute board members, especially engineers who lack formal legal training, may disregard the requirements of a contract in favor of their own sense of equity and judgment. [7] 6997, 330 U.N.T.S. 6997, 330 U.N.T.S. 6997, 330 U.N.T.S.