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Building Industry
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Monday, September 1, 2008
Seeking to help at-risk workers
Business |
September 1, 2008
Business leaders, trade unions, community activists and the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency say they are on the verge of an agreement that could help provide access to middle-income construction jobs for disadvantaged Angelenos. Read more
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Buy a model now, live in it later
Business |
August 24, 2008
Eager to buy a place in paradise but not interested in moving just yet? Read more
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Take steps to make sure your builder won’t go bust
Business |
August 10, 2008
It’s always wise for would-be home buyers to make sure that the builders they choose are on solid footing. Read more
Friday, August 8, 2008
Builders’ loan units faulted
Business |
August 8, 2008
One of the biggest construction workers unions on Thursday warned of more housing problems ahead – particularly for borrowers living in new-home communities – and lays much of the blame on the nation’s home builders. Read more
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Builders hunker down, try to wait out drought
Business |
July 24, 2008
As homeowners lose their houses to foreclosure, builders worry about losing their shirts. Read more
Sunday, July 13, 2008
The superhero with a hammer
Real Estate |
July 13, 2008
With his brawny build, he looks a little like Mr. Read more
Sunday, July 6, 2008
A sweeter deal
Real Estate |
July 6, 2008
OST new-home buyers find it hard to resist the lure of builder incentives – paid closing costs, an allowance for free upgrades at the design center or interest-rate buy-downs. Read more
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Call it L.A.’s really big show
California | Local |
June 12, 2008
In Beverly Hills, a 32,000-square-foot beaux-arts mansion that will be sheathed in Portuguese limestone and adorned with gold-plated doorknobs fashioned in France is rising on Sunset Boulevard. Read more
4 firms to pay fines in probe by EPA
California | Local |
June 12, 2008
Four major home builders, including Los Angeles-based KB Home, have agreed to pay $4.3 million in fines to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act involving hundreds of construction sites nationwide, the U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday. Read more
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Interest in elevators is going up
Real Estate |
May 18, 2008
The “Stairway to Heaven” generation may soon have to make room for elevators. Read more
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Builder is sold amid LAPD project uproar
Business |
April 5, 2008
Perini Corp.’s deal this week to acquire affiliated construction outfit Tutor-Saliba Corp. Read more
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Mortgage relief plan advances
Business |
April 3, 2008
Senate Democratic and Republican leaders reached agreement Wednesday on a multibillion-dollar package to address rampant foreclosures and other problems stemming from what may be the worst housing slump since the Great Depression. Read more
Saturday, March 8, 2008
KB Home to quit building in some markets
Business |
March 8, 2008
Home builder KB Home said Friday that it would stop building in Chicago, the mid-Atlantic region and Albuquerque, N.M., after finishing houses under construction in those regions. Read more
Thursday, March 6, 2008
When all else fails, builders cut prices
Business |
March 6, 2008
As the housing slump worsened last fall, Don Dale struggled to find buyers for the $900,000 houses he was selling for Shea Homes in the hills of Aliso Viejo. Read more
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Building sector roof is sagging
Business |
March 4, 2008
Confirming for many that the economy will get worse before it gets better, construction spending in January recorded its sharpest decline in 14 years while a closely watched indicator of manufacturing activity dropped last month to its lowest level in five years. Read more
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Suspect steering practices jack up costs for buyers and sellers
Real Estate |
December 2, 2007
WASHINGTON – Rigged appraisals, lax underwriting and toxic loan
products may dominate the headlines, but they are hardly the only
issues plaguing residential real estate. Read more
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Builder index at record low
Business |
November 20, 2007
U.S. home builder sentiment stayed at a record low in November,
weighed down by the supply of unsold homes lingering on the market,
an industry group said Monday. Read more
Friday, October 26, 2007
Investors in banks seeking a bottom
Business |
October 26, 2007
Will Countrywide Financial Corp.’s earnings report today deepen
the gloom over housing-related stocks – or lift it? Read more
Friday, October 5, 2007
In Brief / CONSTRUCTION - Mexican builder cuts sales forecast
Business |
October 5, 2007
A second major Mexican home builder has cut its 2007 revenue
forecast, rocking a sector that has been a jewel for investors. Read more
