May 9, 2013
IBJ StaffSingle-family building permits filed in the nine-county Indianapolis area rose again in April, the 10th straight month of
year-over-year increases.
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March 30, 2013
Scott OlsonUltra-cheap residential land is disappearing quickly as home-building activity rebounds from the Great Recession.
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March 29, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisA local developer is moving forward with plans to build a 144-lot subdivision in Noblesville—the first such project
city officials have OK’d since approving another proposal for the same property in 2007.
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March 13, 2013
Purchase agreements for existing homes totaled 2,034 in February, up from 1,882 in the same month a year earlier, Indianapolis-based
real estate agency F.C. Tucker Co. Inc. reported.
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March 13, 2013
Area home-building activity continues to improve as the number of single-family permits filed in February jumped 30 percent
from the same period last year.
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February 12, 2013
Area home-building activity continues to improve as the number of single-family permits filed in January jumped 55 percent
from the same period last year.
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January 9, 2013
Scott OlsonThe number of home construction permits in the Indianapolis area jumped 16 percent last year, marking just the second year-over-year
increase in filings since 2005.
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December 7, 2012
Scott OlsonThe number of single-family building permits filed in the nine-county area climbed 43 percent in November, the fifth straight
month of year-over-year increases, according to the Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis.
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November 20, 2012
The city will use the funding to establish a Community and Economic Loan Pool to provide financing for economic development
and housing rehabilitation initiatives to benefit people of low and moderate incomes.
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November 8, 2012
The Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis said October's jump marked the biggest year-over-year increase this year.
Activity was strongest in Hamilton and Hendricks counties.
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November 1, 2012
PulteGroup Inc. has purchased 24 acres in the Anson development near Whitestown in Boone County and plans to build 36 homes.
Long-range plans call for 255 homes on 145 acres.
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October 27, 2012
Cory SchoutenNew-home construction is on track to rise more than 10 percent this year in the nine-county Indianapolis area.
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October 10, 2012
Home builders in the Indianapolis area filed 339 permits in September, bringing the total to 3,191 through the first nine
months, an 11-percent increase from the same period last year.
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September 11, 2012
Builders in the nine-county Indianapolis area filed 408 construction permits in August, a 15-percent increase from the same
month a year earlier, according to the Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis.
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August 9, 2012
Scott OlsonBuilders in the nine-county area filed 373 construction permits in July, a 21-percent increase from the same month last year,
according to the Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis.
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July 16, 2012
Home builders filed fewer building permits in the nine-county Indianapolis area last month, but filings are still up through
the first six months of 2012.
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June 21, 2012
California-based Ryland Group Inc., the Indianapolis area's third-largest home builder, said it bought the Indianapolis-area
lots from Westport Homes.
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June 12, 2012
Scott OlsonIn May, pending sales of existing homes in the Indianapolis area increased 7 percent from the same month last year while building
permits for new construction rose 20 percent.
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June 11, 2012
IBJ StaffNew-home construction in the Indianapolis area rebounded last month from a poor April to post a big year-over-year increase.
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May 19, 2012
Cory SchoutenDuke Realty Corp. has retrenched at its massive Anson development in Whitestown—focusing on the most promising sections,
rearranging some of its site plans, and letting land-purchase contracts expire on about 300 acres where development prospects
are likely several years away.
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May 9, 2012
Scott OlsonPermits filed last month in the nine-county area totaled 352, a 2-percent year-over-year decrease. But activity through the
first four months remains stronger than it was during the same time last year.
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April 24, 2012
Tom HartonPulte is tossing out the prior builder's playbook, which called for duplexes aimed at buyers 55 and older. Pulte rezoned
the land to allow for single-family homes on larger lots. The resulting 123 home sites will accommodate ranch-style homes
starting in the low $100,000 price range.
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April 14, 2012
Cory SchoutenNewly confident buyers seeking to capitalize on low mortgage rates have discovered there’s a scarce supply of well-maintained
existing homes for sale and are turning in larger numbers to new homes.
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April 12, 2012
New-home permits in the Indianapolis metropolitan area rose 13 percent in the first three months of 2012 compared with the
same quarter last year, bolstered by stronger activity in February and March.
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March 21, 2012
Associated PressResidential building permits are being filed nationally at about half the rate considered healthy by most economists, but
builders have grown more confident over the past six months after seeing more people express interest in buying a home.
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Who makes Tater Tots? They would be a good sponsor, because $3 Million for the alleged "Greatest Spectacle In Racing" is taters. Tiny, tiny taters. But at least they are making up something of the losses accumulated over the years in this dying sport. Buttock in seat is certainly not doing it, nor eyeball on TV, as evidenced by the lack of both.
We loved lakehouse and think the Arbor Village would be a great location. It is less than 2 miles from over 1000 rooftops in the 225,000 to over 1 million range. Many people could use the great fishers trail system to bike or walk there. Just an idea Scotty -- but maybe something closer to 3 Wiseman would good. The only microbrew in area is Ram (boring)
True, it's an ESPN production, but ESPN is just another name for ABC Sports, or what used to be ABC Sports since ABC Sports no longer exists as a name. ESPN=ABC Sports= ESPN. ESPN is, according to Forbes "the world's most valuable media property" worth $40 billion. Despite that, they fired 400 people this week.
The Prestige was a great flick.
Larry - even though the race is on ABC, ESPN does all of the work, so that is why ESPN is mentioned. Most sports on ABC are called something like "ESPN on ABC."