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Monday, September 1, 2008

Seeking to help at-risk workers

Business | By Ronald D. White | 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 | By Lew Sichelman | 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 | By Lew Sichelman | 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 | By Annette Haddad | 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 | By Peter Y. Hong | 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 | By Jane Hulse | July 13, 2008
With his brawny build, he looks a little like Mr. Read more
 

Sunday, July 6, 2008

A sweeter deal

Real Estate | By Patrick S. Duffy | 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 | By Jessica Garrison | 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 | By Tami Abdollah | 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 | By Martin Zimmerman | 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 | By Richard Simon and Michael A. Hiltzik | 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

Lennar trims inventory, sells land

Business | December 4, 2007
Lennar Corp. Read more
 

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Suspect steering practices jack up costs for buyers and sellers

Real Estate | By Kenneth R. Harney | 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 | By Tom Petruno and Walter Hamilton | 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
 
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