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Iron County commissioners grant just 7 of 82 prairie dog removal requests (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Posted: 8:27 AM- PAROWAN - The federally protected prairie dog is slowing down development in Iron County. Home builders complain they have to wait as long as three years to obtain a prairie dog removal permit under the rules.

Home builders grow event (London Free Press)
Not just any event can fill the Lamplighter Inn's Crystal Ballroom to its capacity, but the London Home Builders' Association did just that last Thursday when it paid tribute to the outgoing president and welcomed its new president.

Hidden Lake Receives Award from National Association of Home Builders (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
RALEIGH, N.C.----Hidden Lake, a community near Wake Forest, N.C., has received the prestigious "Green Project of the Year" Award from the National Association of Home Builders. Representatives from Crescent Communities, the developer of Hidden Lake, accepted the award at a ceremony in New Orleans on Sunday.

6 signs of an economic rebound (Money via Yahoo! Finance)
By now you've had enough of the endless gloom in today's economic news: record oil prices, slower home sales, deepening loan losses, disappointing corporate earnings. What you're really looking for at this point are a few signs of hope.

Minister lets slips fears over housing (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A minister let slip fears about the state of the country's housing market Tuesday by inadvertently showing briefing notes as she arrived for a meeting.

Home builders to carry more costs from defect lawsuits (Las Vegas Business Press)
Homes in Nevada could end up costing even more as a result of a precedent-setting federal court decision giving insurance companies the right to seek reimbursement from their insured builders for money paid out to settle lawsuits.

Brown to reveal housing market plan (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will set out plans on Wednesday to shore up the creaking housing market as part of a drive to reverse a slide in support for his government.

UK's Brown to reveal plans to help housing market (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Adrian Croft LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will set out plans on Wednesday to shore up Britain's creaking housing market as part of a drive to reverse a slide in support ...

Housing Prices Tumble in Two-Thirds of U.S. Cities (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
May 13 (Bloomberg) -- Housing prices fell in two-thirds of U.S. cities in the first three months of the year as a rise in foreclosures depressed property values and home sales tumbled 22 percent, the National Association of Realtors said.