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Who will pay for San Francisco’s $750 million tilting tower?

Nina Agabian, a retired director of research in global health science at the University of California, bought a 29th-floor apartment in San Francisco’s Millennium Tower in 2010. “It was supp...

US construction activity slips in December

WASHINGTON – U.S. builders trimmed spending slightly in December as a gain in private projects was offset by a big drop in spending on government projects. Construction spending f...

Pending home sales rose in December

WASHINGTON – More Americans signed contracts to buy homes in December. The increase possibly reflects more people scrambling to purchase homes as mortgage rates have been rising and increasi...

Trump stirs homebuilders’ dreams of bulldozing environmental rules

As Don Huffines sees it, Donald Trump’s election instantly made his Dallas-area pastureland much more valuable. That’s because the residential developer expects the president to follow throu...

Florida Road apartments ready for tenants this fall

College students expected market

U.S. new-home sales tumble

WASHINGTON – Americans pulled back sharply from buying new homes in December, but sales for all of 2016 were the highest since 2007. The Commerce Department said that new-home sal...

Low supplies hamper existing home sales

WASHINGTON – Americans retreated from purchasing homes in December, as the number of properties listed for sale sank to its lowest level since 1999. The National Association of Re...

Home ownership is out-of-reach for many

Rising home prices and interest rates are making it more difficult for buyers to qualify for the home they want. Experts expect the upward trend to continue, which will push some...

Montezuma housing prices rise, sales slip in 2016

Smaller inventory, fewer sales

Mirador phase two begins

Completion of duplex expected June 1

Apartments drive home construction up

WASHINGTON – U.S. builders ramped up home construction in December, led by a surge of apartment building, while single-family houses lagged. Housing starts jumped 11.3 percent las...

Homebuilder confidence, sales outlook slips

U.S. homebuilders are feeling slightly less confident this month about their sales prospects, a pullback from December when builders’ confidence reached the highest level in 11 years. ...