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San Antonio Takes a Harder Line With Builders After Last Month's Hillside Collapse

A “slope failure” at a Centex subdivision exposes lax enforcement of permitting procedures.
Rebuilding Haiti Will Take More Than Just Money

Habitat for Humanity official: Helping Haiti will require overcoming a government in shambles, rampant poverty and the absence of building...
Sherman tightening building codes

SHERMAN -- Additional inspections during construction and more stringent requirements for new-home specifications are among changes...

California legislators vote to extend tax relief for home short sales

Mar. 9--Legislation to prevent the state from taxing forgiven mortgage debt cleared the state Assembly early Monday, offering potential tax...
North Texas home sales drop again

Mar. 9--North Texas home sales dropped 5 percent in February, the third month in a row that sales by area real estate agents were down from...
Projects hinge on tax credit changes: Current law limits pool of investors

Mar. 8--Mention an upstate city, and chances are good Steven Weiss knows of a development there that's on hold or, even worse, at risk of...

California legislators vote to extend tax relief for home short sales

Mar. 9--Legislation to prevent the state from taxing forgiven mortgage debt cleared the state Assembly early Monday, offering potential tax...
North Texas home sales drop again

Mar. 9--North Texas home sales dropped 5 percent in February, the third month in a row that sales by area real estate agents were down from...
Projects hinge on tax credit changes: Current law limits pool of investors

Mar. 8--Mention an upstate city, and chances are good Steven Weiss knows of a development there that's on hold or, even worse, at risk of...

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the NAHB in a dispute over handing Clean Water Act permitting authority over to states.

The NAHB's first venture before the U.S. Supreme Court as a named party resulted in a great victory for members earlier this summer. In a...
NAHB Briefs

- Online registration is now open for the 2008 International Builders' Show. - The NAHB urges lawmakers not to abandon efforts to overhaul...
Cost of Living

America is experiencing a serious housing affordability crisis that affects the quality of life of millions of families by locking them out...