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HUD Jumpstarts PACE Financing for Homes

Green Building Law Update

Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs released new guidance, changing their previous positions, now widely allowing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. a lien) that is superior to the FHA-insured mortgage for delinquent regularly scheduled PACE special assessment payments.

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What Is a Certificate of Insurance (COI) for Contractors — and When Do You Need One?

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To help your business remain viable, contractor’s insurance should be a crucial part of your financial strategy. Insurance also puts other parties’ minds at ease when they want to hire you as a specialty contractor. A certificate of insurance (COI) is a valid form used to prove that you carry the appropriate insurance policy.

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The Startup Construction Business Checklist: 3 Important Documents You Need to Have

Construction Marketing

Insurance is perhaps the most important thing to arrange before starting a construction company. There are many different types of insurance in the United Kingdom. A construction business needs need public liability insurance , and employers’ liability insurance if you employ staff. Business Plan.

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Is PFI about to be reborn?

Construction Law

Just when you might have been excused for imagining that the discredited Private Finance Initiative (PFI) was dead as a construction procurement route, up it pops again. In London, Transport for London (TfL) has said it may increasingly turn to private finance to pay for future infrastructure schemes.

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Disasters Plus Coronavirus Complicate Recovery

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I've never seen anything like this," says Randall Bell, CEO of Landmark Research Group, which analyzes real estate after cataclysmic events. We're always busy [with natural disasters]. This is just overload. The country's psyche is already beat up by everything, and it just keeps piling on.".

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CFMA 2013 Annual Conference: What’s In It for Me?

Carol Hagen

Take advantage of all the social events as this is often where the magic happens. You make more than LinkedIn connections, you make lifelong friendships while meeting the cream of the crop in construction finance. Think of it this way, you may pay consultants $250+/hr for expert opinions and guidance.

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Common Types of Construction Contracts And Their Use

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The different types of construction projects include: Lump Sum Construction Management (Cost Plus / Guaranteed Maximum Price) Design Build Design Build Finance Maintain. In the event that the overall project over runs the budget the owner is responsible. In the event the project over-runs the budget the contractor is responsible.