Welcome to this week’s Builder Blocks, which highlights top housing stories from Builder Online and other sources. (Please note: Some sites, such as the New York Times, do require registration.)
Top Headlines
House Approves Foreclosure Package
David Weekly Achieves Largest Private Builder Status
Housing Crisis
Kimball Hill Homes Restructures
New-Home Sales Numbers Bring More Bad News
In the Eye of the Housing Hurricane
U.S. Agency Helps Prop Up Housing Market
FHA Chief Finds Himself in an Unfamiliar Role
GSEs Bolster Jumbo Mortgage Market
Fannie, Freddie Get Relief on Affordable-Loan Quotas
Phoenix Couple Struggles to Hold On to Several Investment Properties
Public Builders
Pulte Execs Downplay $663 Million Charge
The Business of Building
Montgomery Aims to Make Green Homes Mandatory
Oklahoma HBA Launches Marketing Campaign
If At First You Don’t Succeed …
Existing-Home Sales and Prices Down Again
Have You Heard?
Blog: Boyce on Building
Homeownership Rate Takes a Big Fall
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