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Home Prices Plateaued in October as Rising Mortgage Rates Put Pressure on Buyers’ Budgets

Pro Builder

Tight inventory sustained elevated prices, though some formerly red-hot housing markets posted small but steady declines throughout October. The typical U.S. home value rose just 0.1% in October as the number of newly pending listings fell a staggering 35.1% year-over-year, according to Zillow.

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Strategic Property Partners Announced as Southeast Owner of the Year

ENR Construction

The firm is planning to meet high standards for wellness and sustainability with its $3-billion Water Street Tampa project.

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How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel

BD+C

Updating what you have is going to cost less, be more sustainable and come online faster. Tampa’s Uptown District Our Tampa office is working with RD Management to develop concepts for adaptive reuse for one of their properties in Tampa’s Uptown District. Harvest the value of the existing space.

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New Study Reveals Cost Effectiveness of Solar Panels

Pro Builder

Home Innovation Research Labs’ new study looks at the cost effectiveness of solar panels across five markets across the country: Phoenix, Tampa, Boston, Kansas City, and Seattle. Sustainability. The installation of solar photovoltaic panels is appealing, but how does the return on the major investment play out? Read More. .

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DPR Construction acquires Hardin Construction

BD+C

DPR Construction, a national builder specializing in complex and sustainable projects, announced today its purchase of Atlanta-based Hardin Construction Company, LLC. The two companies are combining operations in the Southeast and Texas markets, including Atlanta, Austin, Houston, Raleigh, Tampa, Orlando and West Palm Beach.

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HIRI Continues to See Growth for Home Improvement Product Sales.

Contractor Magazine

TAMPA, FLA. -- The Home Improvement Research Institute (HIRI) has just released its September 2012 forecast for the size and trends in the home improvement market. Posted 2 weeks ago in Sustainably Speaking. Comments 0. Advertisement. ); //. The forecast is for a growth of 4.9% in 2012 and 4.0% Blogs and Opinions. by Robert Mader.

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Rising Tide

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

percent and that climate-change has become a self-sustaining phenomenon. If you don’t think climate change is on the verge of becoming self-sustaining, consider this: The U.S. The study estimates present and future flood losses in 136 of the world’s largest coastal cities (including New York, Miami, New Orleans and Tampa in the U.S.).

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