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Making Home Affordable Program on Pace
Here's an update on the government's Making Homes Affordable program -
Pace of Stimulus Spending Picks Up
One-hundred-sixty-eight days after the $787 billion bill passed, Americans have been wondering: Where are their new bridges, their new sewers, their extra police officers, the solar panels on the government buildings? Most of all, where are the new jobs? For Ohio, like other states, it's a mixed answer. -
Homebuilder's Survival Strategy – Stimulus
Here’s a look at how one homebuilder is looking to Uncle Sam, not for a bailout, but for a piece of the economic stimulus pie. Find out how he has put his creative strategy in place to keep his business going. -
New Laws Proposed to Boost Home Sales
Political leaders are proposing new legislation to help solve housing and mortgage problems for families who have experienced a job loss or other serious financial difficulty. Such proposals are often good politics, good for troubled families and good for the country. One proposed bill would create a $2 billion loan program for unemployed homeowners who don't qualify for other mortgages because they no longer have a steady income. The proposal, introduced by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., resembles a 1975 program that provided credit to Americans who had lost jobs so they could keep their homes, reports DSNews.com. -
Automatic OSHA Injury Recordkeeping
ZeraWare safety management software has produced a new addition to its computer based safety management system: automatic OSHA injury recordkeeping. -
Reed Construction Data Launches SmartBIM
Reed Construction Data (http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/), a leading provider of construction information, announced the launch of SmartBIM solutions for the architecture, engineering and construction communities. -
NAHB Releases Accounting Tool For Housing Industry
BuilderBooks, the publishing arm for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), has just released the fifth edition of Accounting and Financial Management for Residential Construction, a complete reference guide on accounting for home builders, remodelers and land development companies. -
3-D Software Improves Building Design Process
To demonstrate the building design software his firm uses, structural engineer Andrew Gayer dragged his computer mouse along a building's floor plan. By using building information modeling, or BIM, software, he saw three-dimensional images of the structures. Gayer, who works at St. Louis-based Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Inc., and others in the design and construction process say this software is the next big thing. -
Small Firms Turn IT Over to an Outside Company
Michael Byrd is an architect, not an information technology guy. And the 10-person Clayton, Mo. firm he co-owns, Core10 Architecture, isn't big enough to hire an IT guy. Here’s his solution to the IT dilemma that many smaller firms face. -
Some Internet Users Buy Homes Without Visiting
A real estate columnist questions a growing trend where people are buying homes over the Internet sight unseen. -
BuilderMT Offers its Software to Canadian Markets
BuilderMT, a provider of production management software for residential home builders, announced that it is moving aggressively into Canadian housing markets with new sales initiatives. -
Architects, Engineers, and Builders Utilize Remote Staff for CAD
By utilizing the expertise of a remote staff to handle technical and CAD work, architectural companies, builders, and engineers are able to do the work of much larger firms, and are able to accomplish enormous tasks while still maintaining a manageable manpower size. -
Green Building Studio Releases V3.0 with Carbon Neutral Design Tools
Green Building Studio, Inc., announced the release and general availability of Green Building Studio V3.0. This release of the award-winning web service features ground-breaking capabilities for assessing carbon neutrality potential, total PV & wind energy, emissions, total building energy, and water consumption for commercial and residential building design alternatives, interacting seamlessly with leading BIM design tools from Autodesk, Graphisoft, and Google. -
BuilderMT and AVID Ratings Ink Deal to Integrate Their Systems
BuilderMT, the nation's leading provider of production management software for residential home builders,
announced that it has inked an exclusive deal with AVID Ratings to integrate and co-market their systems and services. -
Builder Homesite Delivers Comprehensive New Home Listings on Yahoo! Real Estate
Yahoo! Real Estate, one of the Web's leading online real estate resources, has collaborated with NewHomeSource.com, the most complete new home marketplace, to provide consumers the ability to search new construction homes listings from across the country.
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