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Jenkins Custom Homes Named 2009 Texas Custom Home Builder of the Year Texas Association of Builders has named Jenkins Custom Homes as the 2009 Custom Home Builder of the Year for Texas

October Housing Starts Plunge as Tax Credit Expires Housing starts dropped in October but this does not change the housing outlook for next year

EPA Announces New Energy Star Requirements for Audio/Video Equipment The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing new requirements for audio/video (AV) products to earn the Energy Star label

J.D. Power: Satisfaction With Primary Mortgage Lenders Declines J.D. Power and Associates reports that satisfaction with primary mortgage lenders declines as time from application to closing increases

Fifty Percent Increase in Green Building Programs Since 2007 Local policies to promote energy-efficient buildings continue to thrive despite prolonged economic downturn

Metrostudy: Housing Starts To Increase in 2010 Metrostudy has concluded that the recently enacted extension and expansion of the tax credits for home buyers will continue to buoy sales somewhat

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Industry News

• FHA Considering Changes in Wake of Reserve Losses
  With massive loss damage hammering away at its capital reserve fund, the Federal Housing Administration is considering a variety of changes, says the FHA Commissioner. Those changes don’t look very friendly or inviting to the home buying public, which has been looking to the FHA as their only source of home financing. Here’s a look at the changes under consideration.
• Will Housing Market Go Back Into Winter Hibernation?
• “Passive House” Seen as Growing Trend in Architecture
• Homebuilders Hunt for Land

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