Posts with tag building permits

The housing market has finally begun to emerge from the winter doldrums, but still trails behind year-ago levels, when the home buyer tax credit was still in effect. Housing starts and permits for future home construction issued in March were higher than expected, according to data released by the Commerce Department... Continue Reading »

Builders are in the process of putting up 1,100 new homes in Las Vegas. Does that mean it's good time to gamble on a new home in one of the nation's most depressed housing markets? Probably not. Las Vegas has been one of the hardest-hit residential real estate markets of the past two years. More than 9,000 new homes are... Continue Reading »