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Dwayne Boggs Inspects Homes Throughout Thurston, Mason, Lewis & Pierce ...
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Syntheo pulls out of NBN NT construction
ZDNet
Syntheo pulls out of NBN NT construction. Summary: One of the key NBN construction partners, Syntheo, has handed back its contract for construction of the fibre network in the Northern Territory. Josh Taylor. By Josh Taylor | March 19, 2013 -- 23:51 ...
NBN Co takes over Northern Territory constructionThe Australian
NBN Co revokes NT construction contractTelecompaper (subscription)

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Help spread the word about green valuation issues
Inman.com
Excellent article to help raise the awareness within the real estate industry to this very important issue of value for the new and emerging asset class of "green real estate." So many home owners (and commercial property owners) have put significant ...

Insulted by agent ratings, certifications
Inman.com
I find the attempts of NAR, Realtor.com or any other entity involved in rating the agents as insulting. Similar with handing out certifications, charging for advertising and trying to compete with local Realtors as abusive and insulting. They serve to ...

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City moves to tighten building regulations
Journaltrib
“By ordinance, we can go in without notice to inspect any commercial establishments,” said Enget, “however, private houses need to receive notice unless a complaint was received from a tenant in the home.” Zakrajsek explained that a structure can't ...

Loan Broker Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy to Fraudulently Obtain More Than $100 ...
Federal Bureau of Investigation (press release)
BALTIMORE—Joon Park, a/k/a “Joon Pak,” and “Joon Paik,” age 43, of Falls Church, Virginia, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit bank fraud in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain business loans guaranteed by the Small Business ...

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Inman.com
Google+ introduces changes to profile page
Inman.com
Keeping up efforts to chip away at Facebook's dominance, Google+ has rolled out some new features to profile pages. So if you haven't signed into Google+ in a while, you may want to pay a visit. Perhaps the biggest change is to the profile "cover photo ...

Inman.com
Housing starts near 5-year high in February
Inman.com
Homebuilders were a lot busier in February than they were a year ago, starting construction on 27.7 percent more units. Aside from the 982,000 mark seen in December 2012, February's seasonally adjusted annual rate of 917,000 home starts was the highest ...

Inman.com
LPS automates PMI orders
Inman.com
Real estate data and technology company Lender Processing Services, Inc. has launched what it says is a new model for ordering private mortgage insurance. LPS now allows lender customers to place automated orders for private mortgage insurance from ...

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Inman.com
Mortgage finance reform back on track?
Inman.com
A flurry of activity among policymakers and influential real estate industry leaders suggests a plan for reforming the nation's mortgage finance system is finally starting to take shape. Whether the plan can pick up enough momentum to win over ...

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Stay Out of Jail, Find a Retail Space
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Finding a retail space can be an ordeal, but a Houston-based online commercial real estate listing site has turned it into a game. “Since the ... The total time to complete the process of searching for a space and passing final inspection is four to 12 ...

Inman.com
HomeServices acquires Prudential Georgia Realty
Inman.com
Editor's note: This story has been updated to accommodate comments from HomeServices Chairman and CEO Ron Peltier. HomeServices of America Inc. has added an 11th brokerage affiliated with the Prudential Real Estate franchise network to its stable ...

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U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Housing Recovery Gains Ground As New Construction, Permits Pick Up
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Builders broke ground on more homes in February as permits for new construction surged to their highest level since 2008, yet more evidence that the housing market recovery is gaining traction. New home construction rose almost 1 percent in February ...
Home construction hits fastest pace in more than four yearsThe Spokesman Review
US home construction nearly 1 million in FebruaryActionNewsJax.com
New home construction up in FebruarySan Antonio Business Journal
Minneapolis Star Tribune -Personal Liberty Digest
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Home Construction Gains Steam; Record Low Mortgage Rates
fox2now.com
NEW YORK, NY – Home construction continued to pick up steam in February as builders filed for the most permits in nearly five years, and housing starts also climbed. Building permits, which are seen as a barometer of builders' confidence in the housing ...

Housing has been booming! Construction jobs haven't. Here's why.
Washington Post (blog)
Here are two numbers that anybody who wants to understand the job market should look at: Builders started work on 27.7 percent more homes in February than they did a year earlier. Yet the number of construction jobs in the United States was only 2.9 ...

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Euro-Zone Construction Output Falls Sharply
Wall Street Journal
But construction output in Germany rose, underlining the strength of Europe's biggest economy even as its neighboring economies stagnate. A separate survey showed that confidence in the German economy among analysts rose in March to its highest level ...
Euro-Area Construction Drops Most in 4 Months on France, SpainBloomberg
Construction spending drops in EuropeUPI.com
Eurozone Construction Output Falls In JanuaryRTT News

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Report: NY construction jobs rise over past year
Wall Street Journal
The Associated General Contractors of America reports that New York had the second-largest percentage increase during that period, 4.2 percent, while adding 13,000 construction jobs. Only Wyoming had a larger percentage increase during the same ...

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Permit issued to build long-awaited Mandalay restaurant in Shaw
Washington Business Journal (blog)
INLE was issued a permit March 15 for the interior construction of the 84-seat Burmese restaurant and commercial kitchen on the first and second floors of the four-story, 6,000-square-foot building at the corner of Ninth and P streets. The developer ...

The Moscow Times
What the Papers Say, Mar. 19, 2013
The Moscow Times
Maksim Ivanov article headlined "Foreign accounts to be covered by all means" says that Russian officials will be not only fined, but also can be prosecuted for violating the would-be law banning them from having property and bank accounts abroad; pp 1 ...

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East Anglian Daily Times
SUFFOLK: Scratch and sniff cannabis warning cards issued
East Anglian Daily Times
Robin Pivett, Controlled Drug Inspection/Drug Reduction and Prevention Officer at Suffolk Police, said: “There are often clear tell tale signs of a cannabis factory, such as the smell of cannabis in the area and members of the public can greatly assist ...

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