Homebuilders

Urban infill housing is becoming a major part of business for large homebuilders, even those building modular homes.

A U.S. Court of Appeals has upheld a 2008 District Court ruling allowing a regional air quality district to manage land use for the improvement of air quality. CA's Central Valley Air Dist. now has a lawful Indirect Source Review or sprawl fee rule.

Large homebuilders, including Pulte Homes and Hovnanian Enterprises, will recieve hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars under the recently passed Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009.

The housing crisis may be coming to an end, according to some nationwide indexes. And though prices are likely to continue to fall for about a year, some homebuilders are un-pausing their projects and moving forward.

Fewer teardowns and new home starts back up the perception that the age of the McMansion is coming to an end.

Homebuilders have been removed from the language of a transportation funding bill that would have required developers to pay for new roads.