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Phases of Commercial Real Estate Development

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This phase includes determining the project’s scope, selecting materials, and determining the necessary permits and approvals. The developer will also need to obtain the necessary permits and approvals from local, state, and federal agencies. This includes creating a detailed project schedule, budget, and phasing plan.

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What You Should Know Before Taking a Construction Loan

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It covers land acquisition costs, building materials, construction permits, labor, contingency and interest reserves, closing costs, and plans. However, with a construction loan , you can build your dream home from scratch without making compromises. Discussed below are the things you should know before taking out a construction loan.

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Household Energy Usage Increases Due to Pandemic, Energy Mortgages May Help

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Although any new purchases or upgrades may cause some to pause based on their current economic situation, energy or “green” mortgages can offer home owners an opportunity to purchase homes that utilize these technologies through mortgages that permit higher debt-to-income ratio requirements.

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Housing and the 2020 Presidential Election

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But Hunter also wonders how many builders now see a second Trump term as possibly counterproductive to their interests on matters such as the national debt and trade. For builders, taxation and regulatory issues are key concerns, he says—both of which were addressed during President Trump’s first term in ways that favored housing. .

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Housing Outlook: Is This a Recession … or Not?

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Residential building permits dropped by 15,594, or 10.1% Wages are rising, but not as fast as inflation, so job growth and low household debt burdens are keeping the economy going,” Rogers adds. “Some period of 2022 or 2023 is likely to be designated as a recession.”. Other Indicators Point to a Housing Slowdown. Census Bureau.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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1 home builder in building permits and construction value, scaring off every large-volume, multistate production operation that dared enter Ivory’s Wasatch Mountain lair. 1 home builder in terms of building permits and construction value and reaching the milestone, in 2019, of 20,000 homes sold (right). and Outward.

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Tax Reform Impact on Employers and Employees

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Repeal of employee deduction and income exclusion for moving expenses: Under current law (Code Section 132(a)(6) and (g)), an employee can exclude qualified moving expense reimbursements from gross income. Certain of these expenses are not deductible unless, in aggregate, they exceed 2% of the employee’s adjusted gross income.