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North Dakota seeing big growth in hotel construction
In-Forum
FARGO – Hotel development in Fargo and North Dakota, like in the rest of the country, is seeing an upward swing. Charley Johnson, president and CEO of the Fargo-Moorhead Convention and Visitors Bureau, says increased hotel construction appears to be ...

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Price gains lift 1.7 million homes above water in 2012
Inman.com
Rising prices helped lift 1.7 million homes above water in 2012, including 200,000 in the final three months of the year, according to a report released today by real estate data and technology firm CoreLogic. An estimated 10.4 million homes remained ...

Home Construction Starts in US Probably Climbed in February
Bloomberg
New residential construction probably increased in February, pointing to more progress in the housing industry that's helping power the U.S. expansion, economists said before a report today. Builders broke ground on 915,000 houses at an annual rate, ...

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Messer Construction lands high-profile projects
Dayton Business Journal
Messer Construction is looking forward to a healthy 2013, with several high profile jobs beginning soon. The company, based in Cincinnati, reported that total project volume for 2012 grew 16 percent compared to the year before. For 2013, the company is ...

Farm leader dismayed over 'illegal quarrying'
Visayan Daily Star
A farm president yesterday expressed his dismay against the government after a quarrying operation was permitted allegedly within their association's property and with the operators using the name of their land in official documents. Jerome Ramos ...

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China Daily
Combined with the new renminbi fund, Siemens Financial Services' VC business will be able to invest the local currency into purely domestic companies to further enhance Siemens' capabilities in VC investment through renminbi onshore deals, in addition ...

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Lockyer seeks legal opinion on school construction bond campaigns
Los Angeles Times
California Treasurer Bill Lockyer sought a legal opinion Monday to determine if some local education officials and the municipal finance firms they employ are violating state law by campaigning to get school construction bonds passed. In a letter to ...

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Onvedeo syndicating video to listing portals
Inman.com
A new real estate-focused video-hosting company wants to make videos a part of every listing by syndicating the videos it hosts to large real estate portals on behalf of agents, and connecting brokers and agents with videographers vetted by the company.

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Kentucky construction employment down 1.7 percent
Business First of Louisville
Construction employment in Kentucky was 67,400 in January, a 1.7 percent decrease from the 68,600 employed in January 2012, according to a new analysis of U.S. Department of Labor statistics by the Associated General Contractors of America, ...
Arizona among leaders for new construction jobsPhoenix Business Journal
Kansas loses construction jobs in latest surveyWichita Business Journal
Construction Employment Expands in Two-Thirds of States in JanuaryModern Distribution Management
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Survey shows most desired home features
Inman.com
Of all the compromises homebuyers are willing to make when it comes to features, the two features they seem either least willing to give up or most able to find are central air conditioning and cable-, satellite TV-, or Internet readiness, according to ...

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Construction worker recovering after fall into trench
Burbank Leader
Just after 10:30 a.m., the man – who works for J.F. Shea Construction, an independent contractor hired by the city – was repairing a 24-inch underground water main when he fell into the dirt trench that stretched across Sunset Canyon Drive, said ...

Weather delays Route 22 construction in Easton area to next week
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
View/Post Comments. Inclement weather and an anticipated drop in temperature has postponed to next week nighttime road construction on Route 22, a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation official said today. PennDOT officials had planned to close ...

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Tom Morgan, Sound Home Inspections, Earns ASHI Continuing Education Credits
TheDay.com
Sound Home Inspections has some of the most advanced instruments for evaluating radon levels and provides some of the most detailed home and commercial property inspection reports in the industry. The ASHI website is the definitive resource for ...

Verisk Insurance Solutions - Underwriting Announces LOCATION Sinkhole ...
Investor's Business Daily
However, other than costly inspections, insurers don't have a reliable way to accurately determine the true risk of sinkholes. ... LOCATION Sinkhole Service provides two sinkhole hazard indicators applicable to both residential and commercial ...

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Homeowners Wants Home Inspection Laws Changed Reports COU Miami
SBWire (press release)
Beadles believes that the evidence is enough and she did everything properly and within her power when hiring a professional home inspector to assure the Woodbury home would not be a money pit. She now feels the inspector most certainly should have ...

Baton Rouge Realtors revamp website with Rapattoni
Inman.com
The more than 2,200 members of the Greater Baton Rouge Association of Realtors now have a website that integrates with its association management software. The trade group launched the website using Rapattoni Corp.'s Integrated Website Service.

Origins of Malu gameplay vid shows house construction
Joystiq
Origins of Malu gameplay vid shows house construction. by Jef Reahard on Mar 18th 2013 10:00AM. Betas, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Video, Game mechanics, MMO industry, New titles, News items, Sandbox. 0. Origins of Malu - Player house construction. If you've got ...

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Keystone Property Inspection Implements Advanced Technologies on Atlanta ...
SBWire (press release)
Keystone Property Inspections is an Atlanta home inspector team dedicated to providing invaluable information to clients to turn them into knowledgeable consumers. By referring to the home inspection reports of the company, homeowners and investors in ...