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Housing starts jump dramatically in March; building permits fall
New residential construction rose significantly in March as builders started more multi-unit dwellings. Housing starts rose 7% from upwardly revised February figures to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,036,000, the Commerce Department said...Tags: House Building
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L.A. and other hot housing markets are getting frothy, report says
Home prices are rising faster than incomes in Los Angeles, making it more prone to a new housing bubble than many other major cities, a real estate report indicates. Rising home prices and strong demand are making the market feel particularly bubbly in...Tags: House Building, Inventories
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Housing starts on the upswing in Franklin County, Pa.
waynesboro@herald-mail.comAfter five years of declining activity, Franklin County, Pa., experienced an uptick in the number of building permits issued in 2012 for new homes. Countywide, 217 permits were issued last year, compared to 179 in 2011, according to data from the...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Tom Hanks, House Building
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A new tool for enforcing fair-housing rules
The nation's fair-housing rules became clearer this month when the Department of Housing and Urban Development finalized a rule that it hopes makes it easier to determine whether a housing practice is discriminatory. The formal adoption of uniform...Tags: Politics, Bank of America Corp., Housing and Urban Planning, Finance, Chicago Mortgages
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Sunshine Week: Government records are public domain
Editor's note: This article is part of a weeklong series for Sunshine Week, which highlights the importance of transparent government. Articles about public information run through Sunday. Look at City Attorney Adam Altman's desk, which has...Tags: Civil Rights, Mike Rounds, Environmental Issues, Doug Johnson, Environmental Politics
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Old Catonsville is happiness squared
Old Catonsville boasts turn-of-the-last-century buildings and schools, fine restaurants, antiques and music shops, and a library. But scattered among the Victorian structures are Arts and Crafts-style homes built in the early 20th century. It is in one of...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Catonsville
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Groups sue to block Wal-Mart grocery from opening in Chinatown
Foes of a planned Wal-Mart grocery store in Chinatown filed a lawsuit Thursday against the city of Los Angeles seeking to bar the chain market from opening. The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance L.A., working with the Southeast Asian Community...
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Litigation, Trials, Walmart, House Building
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Top 10 Best-Selling Cars: March 2013
KickingTiresWith the top seven automakers reporting numbers ??? which account for the vast majority of new-car sales ??? March sales have crept up around 3.2% over year-ago levels. Honda, GM and Ford saw the largest gains, but no major automaker......Tags: Chevrolet, Pickup Trucks, Buick, Manufacturing and Engineering, Vehicles
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Truck sales get a lift from housing rebound
Surging truck sales paved the way for one of the biggest auto sales months in nearly six years. That's a sign of the housing rebound making its way into new construction, as contractors buy new pickups. Growth in the vital housing and auto industries...
Tags: Chevrolet, Pickup Trucks, Manufacturing and Engineering, Vehicles, Ford Motor Co.
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Dream home: Downsizing to comfortable perfection
Robert and Miriam Stern's condominium in the Annen Woods community in Pikesville is emblematic of their many years together — interesting, colorful, tastefully artistic and comfortably eclectic in style.
This latest chapter in their story finds the...Tags: Pikesville, Layoffs and Downsizing, Condos, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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St. Jude Dream Home: Tour Virginia Beach custom home and enter to win it in giveaway to benefit hospital
The St. Jude Dream Home house in Virgnia Beach opens for public tours Friday, March 22, until April 14. The home is located at 2812 Camarillo Lane in Asheville Park, a planned community. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and noon to 5 p....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, TowneBank
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UCLA economists discuss U.S., California forecast [video chat]
The U.S. economy is ready to stage an earnest comeback this year — led by housing starts and auto sales — and California stands to grab a large proportion of the gains, UCLA economists said Wednesday. Although employment growth slowed at the...Tags: Vehicles, Services and Shopping, Homes, Rentals
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