Leading Builders Of America

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It’s housing, stupid. More precisely, it’s housing finance.

Source: New York Times

Date: December 6, 2011

It’s housing, stupid. More precisely, it’s housing finance. As the Obama administration seeks ways to revive the economy, not to mention win an election, it is becoming clear that the biggest mistake officials made when they took office nearly three years ago was to underestimate the continuing damage to the economy from the mortgage crisis.

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It's Construction, Stupid! It's Home Building, Stupid!

By: Jerry Chautin

Source: The Huffington Post

Date: September 7, 2011

In Thursday's address to Congress, I want President Barack Obama to emphasize that fixing the home-building and construction industries is necessary to jump-start our lame economy. That is because, in my recollection, home building and construction have led us out of every recession since the 1960s, when I financed land acquisition, development and construction of tract homes. "It's the economy, stupid." That was Governor Bill Clinton's mantra in 1992, when he was vying for the presidency. His opponent, the incumbent George H. W. Bush, danced around the edges of our country's economic woes and lost the election. More recently, Clinton offered his suggestions to fix the economy. But resolving the loss of construction and home-building jobs was not front and center.

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5 lessons from the homebuilders' survival

By: Shawn Tully

Source: CNN Money

Date: November 10, 2010

Amazingly, not one or two, but every one of the top ten homebuilders survived the lengthy crisis, and most boast the financial strength to grow strongly as the pace of recovery quickens.

Leading Builders Testify in Congress on Energy Efficiency

Date: July 1, 2010

Read Ken Gear's testimony before the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development.

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Mortgage Activity Climbs with Rates Low

Source: United Press International

Date: May 26, 2010

The Mortgage Bankers Association said its Market Composite Index rose 11.3 percent while the Refinancing Index rose 17 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in the week.

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First-timers, Boomers seen as key in housing recovery

By: Alan J. Heavens

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

Date: May 25, 2010

Although the situation is open to interpretation as well as change, there are growing concerns that the effects of this economic downturn could have a long-lasting effect on the housing market

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Federal Reserve sees slightly better 2010 economy

By: Martin Crutsinger

Source: Associated Press/AP Online

Date: May 19, 2010

Federal Reserve officials have a slightly brighter view of the economy than they did at the start of the year.

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Builder Confidence Jumps in May

By: Teresa Burney

Source: BIG BUILDER Magazine

Date: May 17, 2010

U.S. home builders might not be singing "Happy Days are Here Again," but they seem to be humming a few bars of "I Whistle a Happy Tune."

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Foreclosures down 2 percent from last year

By: Alan Zibel

Source: Associated Press/AP Online

Date: May 13, 2010

Millions of Americans are still likely to lose their homes in the coming years, but the foreclosure crisis is finally showing signs of subsiding.

Inflation tame in 2009, but consumers are squeezed

By: MARTIN CRUTSINGER

Source: Associated Press/AP Online

Date: January 15, 2010

WASHINGTON - Consumer inflation was tame in 2009, with prices rising 2.7 percent. Yet families felt squeezed as their spending power sank in the face of falling wages, job losses and higher prices for energy, medical care and education.