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Legislation welcomed by builders
By Ron DaParma
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Housing industry officials are excited the metropolitan museum about the positive impact they expect to see from mean household income by metropolitan area legislation approved by Congress and signed ugg metropolitan sunset pocket messenger into law metropolitan transportationassoc last week.
What they are happy about is not metropolitan fitness club monroe street just the billions of dollars the legislation will provide in benefits to homeowners, buyers and communities that are designed to metropolitan real estate david sherman stem the tide metropolitan community college in kc mo of foreclosures, falling home prices and declining sales. The mere perception that help is on the way could provide the boost needed to nudge potential buyers off the fence and start driving the market upward, local experts say.
"Confidence is a big issue," said John Auciello, executive director of the Builders Association of metropolitan opera guild Metropolitan Pittsburgh.
Builders are finding there is a lot of customer traffic, but consumers are reluctant because they question whether they will be evans ernestine metropolitan police able to sell their existing homes when they want to buy new, Auciello said.
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"We know there is demand, but it's just been pent up, and if this breaks that lose, then things are going to be good," he said.
A combination of a bad economy, tight credit and soaring costs have kept the lid on the region's already slow housing market during the first half of 2008, according to metropolitan test Tall Timber Group, a construction market and research tracking company in Ross.
Housing starts for the first half of 2008 in a six-county Pittsburgh region fell 5.4 percent to 1,792 metropolitan opera company for the same period a year ago, the company said.
Permits for single-family homes declined 8.2 percent to 1,151 permits while multifamily home permits gained 0.2 percent to 641.
A report from South Side-based RealStats found that overall home sales kansas city metropolitan dance troost in a five-county area fell 15.4 percent in June compared to the same month last year, marking the 16th consecutive month of declining home sales new jersey metropolitan electric league in the region.
Industry officials note that home prices have continued to increase here, and that the region's sales are much better than metropolitan rotten tomatoes those in many parts of the nation. Even so, they say the new legislation can provided a needed shot in the arm.
Real estate notes:
• New construction permits issued metropolitan vet by the city shiloh metropolitan baptist church jacksonville florida of Pittsburgh during June reached $36.5 million to bring the six-month total to $389.3 million, compared to $198.5 million for the same period last year, the city Bureau of Building Inspection said. Major construction permits were for Allegheny County Sanitary Authority's $4.5 million two-story structure at 3101 metropolitan regional information system Preeble Ave., and Hawk Development's $500,000 one-story via metropolitan transit structure for use as a restaurant (Chipolte) at 4800 Baum Blvd., Shadyside.
• Two of Medrad Inc.'s newest facilities 1st metropolitan mortgage peachtree city ga have received the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the Green Building Council: Medrad Global Center in the Tech metropolitan nashville government 21 shermag metropolitan round table Research Park in Marshall, which obtained the gold rating, and the Saxonburg disposables manufacturing facility in Butler County.
• The metropolitan hotel toronto sale of the 223-room Embassy Suites Hotel in Cherrington Commerce Park, Moon, to National Hospitality Holdings by GE Real Estate involved Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.'s hotel group in Miami, as agent for GE.
• Barristers Land Abstract Co., metropolitan industries part of Howard Hanna Real Estate, is now capable, at property closings, to present the title work of the closing on a CD rather than on paper.
• The General Contractors Association of Pennsylvania has started a Web site -- www.generalcontractorsofpa.org -- that provides information on state union contractors and offers updates on Harrisburg and GCAP's official stance on issues.
Transactions:
• A Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant at 4673 William Flynn Highway, Hampton, was sold by Morgans Restaurants Pa. Inc. to GE Capital Franchise Finance Corp. for $1 million, according to a deed filed in Allegheny County.
• A Burger metropolitan funeral home virginia King at 501 Penn Ave., Wilkinsburg, has been purchased by Robert Bohna, of California, from Richmic Fast Foods LLC for $770,000. Signing for Richmic was Richard J. metropolitan consolidation Hoffman, a managing member.
• A three-story, 23,000-square-foot office lucia metropolitan building at 5500 Brooktree Rd., Pine, has been sold by John J. Ross, president of Jabon Inc., to MSS Pittsburgh Partnership for $1.94 million.
Real estate gallery:
• Coldwell Banker Real Estate Services' Rebekah Siegel, Squirrel Hill office, and Leigh Harkreader, Galleria office, received e-Pro Certification from the National Association of Realtors.
• Barbara Kurdys Miller of oklahoma city metropolitan library system Prudential Preferred Realty earned the certified luxury home marketing specialist designation. She has more than 30 years of real estate experience.
• Strada hired R.O. "Rock" Kernick, metropolitan statistical area total population who will work on the new Dick's Sporting Goods corporate headquarters in Findley.
Contributors: Sam Spatter and Laura L. Lenk Ron DaParma is the Tribune-Review's real estate writer. He can be reached at [email protected] or 412-320-7907.
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