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The Outside View...
Nearly 100,000 Green Homes Certified Through Market-Driven Green Building Nationwide, Says NAHB
from National Association of Home Builders
A new survey of local home building associations reveals that more than 97,000 homes have been built and certified by voluntary, builder-supported green building programs around the country since the mid-1990s, according to the National Association of Home Builders. That’s more than a 50 percent increase from the last survey of green homes: In 2004, the National Association of Home Builders Research Center counted 61,000 green homes in the United States... read more
For Many Retirees, Home's Too Sweet to Leave
from USATODAY.com
Bill and Rosemary Knapp had begun to envision retirement together. But where? During last year's Fourth of July holiday, they made their decision: They would retire close to home. After 29 happy years in the same colonial house in the town of Brick, N.J., the Knapps had decided to move. Bill, 60, who'd retired in 2002, and Rosemary, 59, with plans to retire in the next year, felt their neighborhood had changed... read more
Foreclosures Up 6 Percent in May 2007 According to Bargain Network
One New Foreclosure Filing for Every 772 U.S. Households
from BusinessWire.com
Bargain Network (bargain.com), a leading online provider of real estate foreclosures, pre-foreclosures and for-sale-by-owner property listings and information reported today that the number of properties entering some stage of the foreclosure process in May 2007 climbed approximately 6 percent to 149,000 listings compared to April 2007. This also marks a 38 percent increase in foreclosure listing activity compared to November 2006 when properties in some stage of foreclosure totaled 108,000... read more
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