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Enel's Best Bet in $300M Osage Nation Wind Farm Dispute Is Negotiation, Says Experts

ENR Construction

Court order to remove the 150-MW Texas project could be 'yellow flag' to other companies building on Native American sites without full rights above ground—and below—according to attorneys.

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Mortgage Rates Have Nearly Doubled in the Last Year—Here’s What That Means for Homebuyers

Pro Builder

Cooling market conditions aren’t exclusive to the Texas capital, but instead are becoming more prevalent everywhere as higher mortgage rates continue to cool red-hot buyer demand. After two years of an ultra-competitive seller’s market, home sellers are now losing their leverage and buyers are regaining negotiating power.

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7 Things Contractors Need to Know About Retainage

Fieldwire

Retainage is up for negotiation Retainage is not set in stone. Every contract is negotiable, including what percentage is retained and for how long. BLOG How to Streamline Construction Processes from Planning to Payments Learn more → In addition, the same contract has a provision for negotiating variable retainage.

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Homes in These Pandemic Boomtowns Cost Less Now Than They Would Have a Year Ago

Pro Builder

Roughly one-quarter (25.8%) of homes in Austin, Texas, cost less than they did a year ago, and in Seattle that share is up to 23.6%, Redfin reports. They’re taking their time though; mortgage rates are still volatile and they know they have some negotiating power.” Similarly, monthly housing payments are down for 18.8%

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Should Designers Be Liable to Contractors for Drawing Errors?

Construction Dive

The Texas Supreme Court recently came down on the latter side of this argument. Liability in negligence to non-contracting parties would upset this carefully negotiated balance. On the other hand, the design professional contracts with the project owner, not the constructors. ” Read more.

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BuildTools Provides the Solution for Managing Demanding Clients

Pro Builder

Voted a Dallas Best Builder every year since 2006, Mark Molthan and the Platinum Series Homes team are honored to be among the top 2% of home builders in North Texas. We had to negotiate our final draw on every home,” says Molthan. So, we were stuck holding the bag and negotiating on it.” Case Study Image.

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LIVEXCHANGE 2013: Mark Williams To Speak At Business Facilities LiveXchange

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

The ninth annual event will take place May 19 – 21, 2013 at the Westin Stonebriar in Frisco, Texas. based and global corporation executives to find facility locations and negotiate location incentives for over $5 billion in U.S. Williams is a Certified Economic Developer with a unique and wide. investments.