More than 800 builders from across the nation marched on Capitol Hill today for the annual National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Legislative Conference to call on Congress to make housing and homeownership a national priority and to support policies that will keep
the housing recovery moving forward.
«Together, these findings should serve as an urgent wake - up call for policymakers to do their part to ensure a full - fledged
housing recovery moves forward to restore the balance sheets of tens of millions of home owning families, create jobs and spur economic growth,» says Rutenberg.
Not exact matches
The government's
moves to streamline and speed up planning, fast track and fund infrastructure and fund more
house building will not yield immediate results, but they are the building blocks necessary to ensure a sustainable
recovery for construction.
Donovan, who also served as Obama's
Housing and Urban Development secretary through the mortgage crisis
recovery before
moving into his current job, has been quietly talking up the idea of running for years in private, and those conversations had picked up recently, according to several people who've been involved in them.
The faster you
move somebody into stable
housing, the faster, more accelerated, and more durable their
recovery will be.
«The faster you
move somebody into stable
housing, the faster, more accelerated, and more durable their
recovery will be,» he predicts.
March 29, 2013 • The
housing recovery is well on its way, economists say, and Americans are becoming more comfortable spending on things like remodeling,
moving, gardening and furniture.
James begins a miraculous
recovery shortly after
moving into the
house, and Belle is suspicious.
By allowing loan sizes of up to $ 625,000 in certain high - cost cities, the agencies» High - Balance Conforming Loan program kept the
housing market
moving and played a role in its
recovery, which began in late - 2011.
Con: Each time you plan on
moving, you have to update your information with the
recovery database so that in the event your pet does go missing, he or she isn't returned to the wrong
house!
1 The Rochestown
House flats prior to the refurbishment; 2 aerated concrete blocks were chosen to form new build elements, including a new third storey that allows for more generous apartment sizes; 3 new triple - glazed windows were installed outside the masonry layer so that the external insulation could wrap around them, and help prevent thermal bridging; 4 the airtightness layer was
moved to the outside of the structure by taping the joints of the existing concrete panels, then extending that tape up onto the aerated blocks in the new floor; 5 Aerobord platinum EPS external insulation being fitted to the original concrete panel walls; 6 & 7 the new window frames visible here in the external insulation layer, including Rockwool fire breaks; 8 openings for exhaust and supply intakes for the new Zehnder heat
recovery ventilation system, seen here prior to being insulated and airtightened; 9 installation of the Bauder bitumen roofing membrane.
I got myself into a state - funded rehab (this time based on the cognitive behavioral therapy model of
recovery),
moved into clean and sober
housing, and found work as a housekeeper at a Victorian bed and breakfast on Seattle's Capitol Hill.
This pro-
housing legislative and regulatory agenda will spur job growth and keep the
housing and economic
recovery moving forward.»
«Clearly, the long - term needs in Texas far exceed this allocation, so I anticipate this down payment will be targeted to address damaged
housing to help Texans
move forward with their own
recovery,» said HUD Secretary Ben Carson in a statement.
A sustainable
housing recovery requires that policymakers
move forward with the difficult decisions regarding the future of the mortgage market, Federal Reserve Board Governor Elizabeth Duke told Realtors ® at a joint Real Estate Services and Regulatory Issues Forum May 15.
While the
housing market is just in the beginning stages of a
recovery, it's still possible to successfully sell your home by making sure you're catering to the kind of buyers in the market today, and by making sure that you — and your home — are ready to
move as quickly as these buyers are.
This past year marked a transitional period in
housing as the market
moved through quickly escalating prices to a sustainable, long - term
recovery, comprised of reduced delinquencies and foreclosure starts as well as rising home values.
The
housing crisis is finally in the rear - view mirror as the real estate market
moves down the road to a complete
recovery.
The
housing crisis is finally in the rearview mirror as the real estate market
moves down the road to a complete
recovery.
MCLEAN, VA --(Marketwired - Jan 16, 2014)- Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) released today its U.S. Economic and
Housing Market Outlook for January showing that four of the key housing indicators are all moving in the right direction, which bodes well for an ongoing re
Housing Market Outlook for January showing that four of the key
housing indicators are all moving in the right direction, which bodes well for an ongoing re
housing indicators are all
moving in the right direction, which bodes well for an ongoing
recovery.
The NAHB / Wells Fargo
Housing Market Index rose 6 points to 57, the highest since November 2005 and up 16 points in three months, the largest 3 month positive
move since the
recovery of 1991.
With the
housing market struggling to regain its footing, such a short - sighted
move would be extremely counterproductive and threaten the fragile economic
recovery.
«Today's report is a good sign that builders are cautiously
moving to replenish their depleted inventories of single - family homes in response to increasing buyer demand,» says Barry Rutenberg, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Gainesville, Fla. «In certain
housing markets across the country, the momentum toward
recovery is gradually building, though tough credit conditions and inaccurate appraisal values continue to weigh down that progress.»
Efforts to spur Gulf Coast rebuilding through an independent development entity
moved forward with passage of legislation by the U.S.
House Financial Services Committee to create the Louisiana
Recovery Corp..
«This fifth consecutive month of improvement in builder confidence provides further assurance that the
housing market is
moving in a positive direction, but there's still a long way to go on the road to
recovery and several obstacles are slowing our progress,» says NAHB Chairman Barry Rutenberg, a home builder from Gainesville, Fla. «In particular, unnecessarily tight credit conditions are preventing many builders from putting crews back to work — which would create needed jobs — and discouraging consumers from pursuing a new - home purchase.»
These
moves support the American dream of home ownership, help distressed families avoid foreclosure and promote a sustainable
housing recovery.
«While interest rates and overall
housing affordability remain very favorable on a historic basis, the decline in the latest HOI is a positive development because it is another signal that the
housing recovery is starting to take root, and it lends needed confidence to prospective buyers and sellers who have been reluctant to
move forward in the current marketplace,» says NAHB Chairman Barry Rutenberg, a home builder from Gainesville, Fla..
However, as fiscal drags wane, growth should continue to
move in the positive direction amid an ongoing
recovery in
housing, rising household wealth, and expanded energy production.
A strengthening labor market, low interest rates, improving mortgage availability and growing pent - up demand will help to significantly boost single - family
housing production in the year ahead and
move the
housing recovery to higher ground.
Consumer attitudes about the ease of getting a mortgage today are at their highest level in the survey's three - and - a-half-year history, which should help offset the current higher interest rate environment and support a continued but measured
housing recovery as we
move through 2014.»