The Foreclosure Climate has Stifled Activities of Builders

Builders activities are stifled because of the foreclosure climate, but the ones linked to the Habitat for Humanity have managed to get foreclosure-free, read the full article: "The foreclosure climate has stifled the activities of builders but not so those connected with...

Big and Green, How to Build that Dream House?

OK, not too many of us are making plans to build a mansion right now, even a green one as showcased in A glam, glitzy and green Hillsborough mansion by Susan Fornoff (San Francisco Chronicle, July 2008).Rather than the 'life of the rich and famous' aspect of the story what...

Things that make you feel super-special

" At the International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fla., last week, more than 1,900 exhibitors showed new and innovative products. Here are some of the new products that attendees found interesting.     TurboChef, a do-it-all single oven, cooks up to...

Scambusters target cowboy builders after £7.5m funding boost

"Government to roll-out national anti-fraud scheme after successful pilot schemes net rogue traders The Government is to invest around £7.5m in new Scambuster teams across the country. The specialist Trading Standards teams will work with police across local authority...

Falling real-estate prices and rising taxes

" Falling real-estate prices and turmoil in the mortgage market are expected to reduce property values for U.S. homeowners by a total of $1.2 trillion next year, according to Global Insight Inc., a research-and-consulting firm. Nationwide, falling real-estate prices mean...

Big cash bonus to purchase a home

"Northern Ireland developers are paying stamp duty and mortgage costs for buyers in a bid to kick start the flagging property market, the Telegraph can reveal today. With house prices at an all-time high - despite a recent drop of 8% - and investors and first-time buyers...

Howarth stonewalls unethical products

Howarth Timber Building & Supplies have joined a new ethical partnership scheme, which encourages greater social responsibility within the hard landscaping market.

City Plumbing launch loyalty card

Now literally everyone has one of these cards!

Local builders agree to forgive $2 million in second mortgage loans

Some Gaston and Cleveland homebuyers won’t have to repay nearly $2 million in second mortgage loans after three local builders agreed to forgive those loans in exchange for avoiding charges of unfair and deceptive lending practices. “They were illegally acting as...

Local builders agree to forgive $2 million in second mortgage loans

Some Gaston and Cleveland homebuyers won’t have to repay nearly $2 million in second mortgage loans after three local builders agreed to forgive those loans in exchange for avoiding charges of unfair and deceptive lending practices. “They were illegally acting as...