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National Association of Home Builders honors Atlanta's Ron Terwilliger (Atlanta Business Chronicle)
The National Association of Home Builders has put Atlanta developer Ron Terwilliger in the National Housing Hall of Fame.

Big home builders not so green, study finds (The Palm Beach Post)
Americans may be trying to live greener these days, but none of the nation's biggest home builders has fully embraced sustainable design or construction, according to a study released Tuesday.

Mortgage applications drop to 2008 low (USA Today)
Applications for home mortgages slumped last week to their lowest since December in another sign the housing market is far from recovery, according to data reported by an industry group Wednesday.

Developer gets prison for stealing housing money (Miami Herald)
Oscar Rivero, the developer at the center of Miami's affordable housing scandal, will serve 21 months in prison after pleading guilty Friday to one count of grand theft.

HBA elects chairman for new commercial builders group (Orlando Business Journal)
The Home Builders Association of Metro Orlando kicked off its latest committee for commercial builders by naming its inaugural chairman, the organization announced Wednesday.

Roseville allowing home builders to defer development fees (The Sacramento Bee)
Single-family home builders in Roseville now can delay paying thousands of dollars in development fees, thanks to two new programs aimed at stimulating the local housing market.

Home Builders' Association of Northern California Opens Urban Division (BuildingOnline)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- The Home Builders Association of Northern California (HBANC), the Bay Area's largest association of home builders has opened an urban division at 660 Mission Street in San Francisco.

Duo hope for quick turnaround on homes bought from Cape Coral's Comfort Home Builders (The News-Press)
Greg Jarrett and Larry Smith are buying 72 houses from down-on-its-luck builder Comfort Home Builders in Cape Coral — the plan is to offer them for...

Vacant homes for sale reach a record 2.28 million (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
WASHINGTON -- The percentage of vacant homes for sale reached a record high in the first quarter, the government said yesterday. The Census Bureau reported that 2.9 percent of U.S. homes, excluding rental properties, were vacant and up for sale, compared with 2.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007. It was the highest quarterly number in data going back to 1956.

Over 2000 Homes Open On 'Super Sunday' (WLWT-TV Cincinnati)
CINCINNATI -- The slumping housing market has many houses for sale in Cincinnati just sitting there. In an effort to boost sales, real estate agents banded together on what they called "Super Sunday." They opened the doors to more than 2,000 homes for sale in the Cincinnati area.

Housing inventory rises again in April (CNN Money)
The number of homes for sale was on the rise again in April, according to figures from Zip Realty, a California-based real estate broker.

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