The incredibly ambitious, experimental, master-planned community of The Waters, located in Pike Road, Alabama, has brought incredible returns to this formerly tiny suburb of Montgomery. Built along Cameron Lake, a 200-acre manmade water recreation area, The Waters’ experimentation with architectural … Continue reading
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While the signs of a market slowdown for new residential construction have begun to surface, the construction spending numbers for August were still high enough to offset the effects of the slowdown. According to the Federal Savings Bank, Americans increased … Continue reading
HBW subscribers keeping up with the Atlanta area’s residential building permit activity trends have known about the major housing developments that are currently underway in Forsyth County. Last Friday, another winner was added to the mix. This October, SunBelt Atlanta … Continue reading
Many HBWeekly subscribers in the Dallas construction market seeking residential building leads and commercial construction job leads have been following the building activity of Preston Hollow Village, at the corner of Walnut Hill and North Central Expressway, with tremendous interest. … Continue reading
Meritage Homes Corp. is coming to Atlanta. The veteran home building firm has opened a South Region division that will be based in Atlanta. The move is an exciting one for the Scottsdale, Arizona-based Mertiage, which is America’s ninth-largest home … Continue reading
Builder confidence in the 55+ senior housing market, according to the National Association of Home Builders’ 55+ Housing Market Survey. The two major sub-markets for this demographic are the single-family and multifamily condominium home buyer markets. One of the factors … Continue reading
HBW subscribers know that the residential construction employment is skyrocketing in Broward County. Southeastern Florida has always been an enormously popular residential market. During the housing bust, the area suffered tremendously. But with the real estate market recovering and empty-nester … Continue reading
Birmingham’s bustling Crestline Park neighborhood will soon be home to The Gladstone townhome complex, an $11 million dollar multifamily townhome development. The Gladstone will occupy the site of the now-defunct McElwin school at the intersection of Montelvallo Road South and … Continue reading
The National Multifamily Housing Council’s quarterly survey reveals that apartment markets continue to climb. The breakeven level of the NMHC’s Survey of Apartment Market Conditions is 50; the market tightness index rose from 56 to 68 from the first quarter … Continue reading
As HBW subscribers have no doubt already noticed, builders in the Austin metro area have been very busy of late. Multifamily high-rises in downtown Austin join luxury housing communities in nearby Katy in making Austin the fastest-moving and most competitive … Continue reading