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Shaun Donovan is named Enterprise Community Partners CEO

Housing Wire

Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD ) and former director of the U.S. Donovan, who served during the full eight years of the Barack Obama administration, bring to the role nearly three decades of housing policy and community development initiative experience. Shaun Donovan, the former secretary of the U.S.

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DataDigest: Construction costs easing for homebuilders

Housing Wire

after the initial lockdowns in 2020 before rocketing to almost 206 in June 2022. Transportation and warehousing services peaked around 150 in May of 2022 and has fallen slightly in most proceeding moths, landing at 130 last December. Energy, residential homebuilders’ most volatile net input, nosedived to 49.5

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6 Mixed-Use Development Trends Embracing The Jetsons’ Lifestyle [2021]

The Robert Weiler Company

Mixed-use development in 2021 may not resemble Orbit City, but commercial builders, architects, and real estate investors are undoubtedly re-engineering the proximity of your personal and professional orbit. This type of development provides the “live, work, play, gather” atmosphere in a convenient manner. Demand for Rental Units.

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Robert “Bob” Weiler Honored with the C-Suite Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 from Columbus Business First

The Robert Weiler Company

This year, Columbus Business First chose Robert “Bob” Weiler as an honoree for the C-Suite Lifetime Achievement Award 2020! The 2020 awards and honorees are especially significant due to the changing landscape of business worldwide because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Is the market pivoting ahead of the Fed?

Housing Wire

Employment declined in retail trade and transportation, and warehousing. On April 7, 2020, I wrote the America is Back recovery model for HousingWire, which I then retired on Dec. 9, 2020, as the recovery was on solid footing based on my work. percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. for men and 3.3%

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DataDigest: Water wars in the Southwest

Housing Wire

It’s important to note that as of 2020, 41% of Arizona’s water supply came from groundwater, 36% from the Colorado River, 18% from in-state rivers, and 5% was reclaimed water. The HBACA noted that development of industrial and commercial buildings can continue, but homebuilders are restricted unless they find alternate water sources.

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FHA borrower fee gridlock draws ire of industry

Housing Wire

Income from FHA premiums go into the general Treasury fund when Congress passes a Transportation and HUD appropriations bill. The connection between the upfront, annual and life-of-loan fees FHA borrowers pay and funding for, say, community development block grants, is not immediately apparent. In effect, it’s a tax on FHA borrowers.

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