Sentences with phrase «forcing house builders»

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You're not obligated to finance your purchase with that lender, and no builder or seller can force you to use an in - house or preferred lender.

The town board has been working with business and housing advisory committees, Ms. Burke - Gonzalez said, on possible code changes that would clear the way for work - force and seasonal housing in downtown or resort areas, and is seeking proposals from builders for temporary seasonal housing units in the Montauk dock area.

«If this problem continues, SME house builders may be forced to build with alternative materials such as render or risk stalling sites for the rest of this year,» FMB chief executive Brian Berry said.

Worse: because of the builder's profession, this gain could actually be considered business income by the CRA, which eliminates the capital gain tax treatment on the sale of the house and forces the builder to pay his full marginal rate on the $ 200,000 profit.

We bought a house last year and after the building was done my wife forced me to buy the blinds through the builder, claiming I wasn't going to buy any and put the up myself which I told her I would.

It is one of the lunacies of housing in America that builders pay no attention to orientation or window placement, then have to oversize the air conditioning unit to compensate, forcing the homeowner to pay more up

We've been joined by couples, singles, families, grandparents with their grandchildren, a group of 8 wood - shop instructors, building officials, newlyweds, professional tiny house builders, armed forces service men and women, retirees, tiny house bloggers, and everything in between.

Paul Doran also says that it was the toughest project he's ever worked on from an energy efficiency point of view: «Enerphit is special forces training for passive house builders, and this one was particularly tough.»

For a start, the plans won't come into force until next year, so there's plenty of time for builders and developers to get to grips with the technical side of the passive house standard, and to ensure tradespeople have the relevant skills.

«The rising student loan debt problem is another consequence of the housing downturn,» says NAHB Chairman Barry Rutenberg, a home builder from Gainesville, Fla. «As more and more parents face tighter budget restraints as a result of lower home values, this is forcing an increasing number of students to take out loans for tuition, essentially shifting some of the burden of paying for college from parents to students.»