Home builder confidence hits lowest level in 23 years (BizJournals)
Home builder confidence nationally has dropped to its lowest level in 23 years, based on a survey by the National Association of Home Builders.
Business briefs: Hurst firm wins green building award (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
The Texas Association of Builders named a home by Hurst-based Elite Custom Homes the Green Building Project of the Year-Single Family at its recent awards ceremony.
Mike Ivey's Business Beat: Your home is worth less today than yesterday (The Capital Times)
That giant sucking sound you hear is the air finally going out of the housing bubble. The latest figures from the Wisconsin Realtors Association show the median sales price down 5.3 percent statewide during the third quarter of 2008, dipping to $160,000. Not that falling prices are such a bad thing. "It's important to remember that a modest downward price adjustment is healthy in a soft market," ...
Orlando 3Q home sales up, values fall (BizJournals)
The Orlando market saw an uptick in single-family home sales for the third quarter, but a continued drop in existing condo sales and values for all homes, according to the Florida Association of Realtors.
Funeral home gets new owners (Florida Today)
It was the human side of things that first got the Vieira family involved in the funeral business, and it is that element that they hope to emphasize as new owners of one of the busiest independent funeral homes in Brevard County.
Low prices boost valley home sales (The Desert Sun)
Coachella Valley home sales during the third quarter of 2008 jumped 51.5 percent compared to 2007, driven predominately by buyers nabbing foreclosures and other distressed properties that have been sharply discounted.