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• Time and Political Savvy Help Restart a Community

  WCI Communities put in years of hard work and political savvy to jump-start a South Florida community tainted by bankruptcy and Chinese drywall.

   

• Multifamily Permits Boom in Secondary Markets

  The latest data from Dallas-based Axiometrics shows that multifamily permits were on the rise in October in almost all major metros in the United States, but the biggest gains were felt in smaller cities like Charlotte, N.C. and Jacksonville, Fla.

   

• Single-Family Starts and Permits Move Up in August

  The lackluster pace of improvement, however, points to problems in underlying factors, one economist says.

   

• Permits Up Strongly as Housing’s Recovery Takes Hold

  Starts were down in July due to sagging single-family activity.

   

• Remodeling Expected to Pick Up Steam

  Harvard’s Joint Center sees momentum building after a soft first half of 2012.

   

• Single-Family Starts, Permits at Highest Levels in Years

  The more volatile multifamily sector registered mixed performance in June.

   

• Single-Family Starts, Permits Jumped in May

  Housing permits rose to the highest level seen in nearly four years.

   

• Starts Up Strongly in April

  Single-family permits were also up, while multifamily permits retreated from March’s surge.

   

• Permits Surge on Multifamily Lift

  Starts, on the other hand, declined for the second consecutive month.

   

• Permit Activity Wakes Up for Spring

  While single-family starts were down in February, permit activity was at the highest level seen in years.

   

• Improving Markets Index Sees Turnover From Price Declines

  Almost a third of the areas that appeared on last month's index were disqualified in March.

   

• Starts and Permits Slowly but Steadily Moving Up

  January’s report was influenced by better-than-normal weather.

   

• Starts and Permits Up on Strong Multifamily Lift

  Single-family numbers were also up in November, a sign that the sector may finally be coming up from the bottom.

   

• Starts and Permits Show Signs of Life for Single-Family

  In October, permits came in at the highest level seen in 19 months.

   

• Starts Up, Permits Down, Trajectory Unchanged

  The multifamily market’s dramatic jump in starts was tempered by fewer permits, leaving the direction of the housing market about the same.

   

• Starts and Permits Drop as Single-Family Languishes and Multifamily Zigzags

  While multifamily's permit numbers were the third highest in the last 30 months, single-family permits logged the 12th lowest number on record.

   

• Spring Brings a Muted Bounce Off the Bottom for Starts and Permits

  While multifamily housing has achieved an upward trend, the improvement in the single-family sector is still small and unreliable.

   

• Beazer Settles With EPA On Storm Discharge

  Beazer Homes USA is the most recent production builder to settle with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over allegations that the company violated stormwater discharge rules across the country. The Atlanta-based company has agreed to pay a $925,000 penalty and implement a compliance program...

   

• Bald Eagle Factors Into Delaware Development Plan

  Wharton’s Bluff receives National Green Building Standard recognition for avian habitat preservation.

   

• Former CBIA President Looks Back on His 30-Year Career

  Robert Rivinius says that keeping development moving forward in California was his group's greatest challenge and accomplishment.