The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has blamed the Reserve Bank for a sharp drop in housing finance in March.
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show there was a 5.3 per cent fall in the value of borrowing for housing.
The biggest fall was in the construction and purchase of new housing, which declined by 11.5 per [...]

The 10th Annual Green Building Expo is scheduled for October 5th and 6th, 2007 at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. With more than 6, 000 people expected to attend, this year’s Expo is shaping up to be an exciting two days filled with a wide array of activities for all ages.
Green builders and [...]

A judge has granted part of a request for class action in a lawsuit involving a Springdale apartment complex.
The Springdale Ridge Apartments were evacuated after carbon monoxide was detected in August 2004.
Washington County Circuit Judge Mary Ann Gunn ruled Wednesday a class consisting of former residents seeking rent refunds and punitive damages from owners and [...]

Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration has ordered private developers not to talk about plans for a huge new resort near Pinckneyville until Blagojevich himself can announce it, sources say.
Some lawmakers who support the project say that public relations directive could be endangering the proposal.
“People have asked, ‘If these (developers) are credible, why don’t they answer the [...]

Starwood Capital Group today announced that the recently launched “1” Hotel and Residences, the world’s first luxury, eco-friendly global hotel brand, will open New York City’s first five-star green hotel on West 40th Street in Manhattan, across from Bryant Park. The “1” Hotel and Residences will be part of a proposed 31-story mixed-use green tower [...]

Cheap land and overzealous development have made Surprise one of the few Valley areas with an excess inventory of office condominiums, commercial real estate brokers report.
They add, however, that the oversupply should be absorbed in the long run as Surprise and the West Valley continue to grow.
Office condos are buildings with individual units popular among [...]

Are the Stranahan House and the land next door to it historic?
City commissioners will be asked to vote Tuesday night on that issue. It’s more complicated than it sounds, though.
The home of city pioneers Frank and Ivy Stranahan on the New River downtown is the oldest structure in Broward County, and few would disagree with [...]

A New York hospitality company has agreed to open a trendy, Mondrian hotel in a development proposed for the Gold Coast neighborhood.
Morgans Hotel Group Co. has formed a joint venture with Chicago-based M Development Co. to build a 200-room hotel at 1118 N. State St.
The new, 250-foot building would replace the Cedar Hotel, but preserve [...]

Cheap land and overzealous development have made Surprise one of the few Valley areas with an excess inventory of office condominiums, commercial real estate brokers report.
They add, however, that the oversupply should be absorbed in the long run as Surprise and the West Valley continue to grow.
Office condos are buildings with individual units popular among [...]

Developers are bullish about future demand for office-condo units, even though there are signs that the Valley’s market is becoming oversaturated in some areas.
In fact, they are in the process of increasing the area’s inventory of such space by as much as 65 percent and show no signs of slowing even as units remain on [...]

Matthews Hospitality Group, LLC has announced plans for Point Breeze, an historic landmark in Nantucket Town being transformed into a private club and prestigious condominium enclave offering an unparalleled mix of services and amenities. Point Breeze will be developed in two phases. With final approvals for Phase One in place, this highly-anticipated restoration project is [...]

News of the arrests of three people so far in connection with an alleged Hallandale Beach condo kickback scheme is triggering suspicions among some South Florida owners about the honesty of their condo boards.
Residents who think their boards are doing something illegal have been seeking copies of the condo crimes screening checklist created to [...]