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Housing Starts
Residential building activity levels off after surge
June 18, 2010
Scott OlsonThe number of building permits filed in the nine-county metropolitan area has been flat the past two months following a flurry
of activity leading up to the expiration of federal home-buying tax credits.
MoreLugar Tower project delayed by lack of tax credits
March 26, 2010
Scott OlsonRenovation of apartment building owned by the Indianapolis Housing Agency will have to wait, after it failed to receive the
necessary federal backing to fund it. Three other IHA projects, including Caravelle Commons, will move forward, however.
MoreDelta Faucet cutting 40 more jobs at Greensburg plant
March 10, 2010
The Carmel-based company said its decision to consolidate machining activities at a plant in Tennessee is driven by weak retail
sales and a sluggish housing market.
MoreJudge signs off on Hansen & Horn liquidation
March 4, 2010
Scott OlsonA court-appointed receiver can begin selling the assets of troubled home builder Hansen & Horn Group Inc., after a judge approved
its liquidation on Wednesday.
MoreWestfield lumber company part of acquisition
February 16, 2010
Hall & House Lumber Co. in Westfield will become part of one of the largest distributors of lumber and building materials
in the nation, once the purchase of its parent is completed next month.
MoreFarmland once targeted for housing still being plowed
January 23, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinFarmers who might have worried about losing their livelihood
to new homes or retail have gotten a little breather.
MoreF.C. Tucker predicts modest rally for residential market
January 19, 2010
Cory SchoutenCentral Indiana's housing market is on track to notch gains in the number of homes sold and the average sales price in 2010.
MoreCincinnati-area builder Fischer expands to Indianapolis
January 12, 2010
Cory SchoutenHome builder hopes to sell as many as 200 houses in region this year. Fischer, which entered the Columbus, Ohio,
market in 2008 after buying subdivisions from retreating builders, is using the same strategy to establish a foothold in Carmel,
Westfield, Zionsville and Avon.
MoreFewer home-building permits signal weakness ahead
October 20, 2009
Associated PressApplications for home-building permits, a gauge of future construction, fell in September by the largest amount in five months.
MoreArea building permits fall for 23rd straight month
October 16, 2009
The number of building permits issued in the nine-county Indianapolis area fell 20 percent in September from the same time
last year, marking 23 consecutive months of declines.
MoreBuilders challenge park fee in Zionsville
November 17, 2008
Zionsville Town Council members have until Nov. 17 to decide whether to appeal a judge's decision last month that invalidated
the town's park-impact fee.
MoreDeveloper betting on cottage homes
September 1, 2008
Cory SchoutenBuyers in Seattle, Milwaukee and even Bloomington have snapped up new cottage homes in developments that turn the McMansion trend on its dormer-decorated head. But will Indianapolis buyers have a similar appetite for the tiny energy-efficient homes clustered around community greens? A local developer is betting they will.
Local builders slash jobs, offices to survive housing slump
January 28, 2008
Cory SchoutenAt the market's peak, builders churned out more than 12,000 new homes a year in central Indiana. In the current slump, new-home
production has dropped to fewer than 7,000 per year, leaving builders with no choice but to slash prices, eliminate hundreds
of jobs, and look to unload huge chunks of office space.
MoreCarrier carrying on in cool housing market
November 19, 2007
Chris O'MalleyWith steep declines in new-home construction and existing home sales, market conditions in the Indianapolis-based North American
residential business of Carrier Corp. "are clearly challenging," according to George David, CEO of Carrier's parent, United
Technologies.
MoreTo weather downturn, housing industry rolls out incentives
October 1, 2007
Sam StallFor most of this decade, the Indianapolis residential real estate market enjoyed a very good run. But now it's muddling through
the doldrums just like the rest of the country, and builders are pulling out all the stops to avoid getting stuck with inventory.
MoreShoopman ready to build again
December 11, 2006
Jennifer WhitsonPaul Shoopman put 33 years into Dura Builders Inc. before selling his residential construction firm to national player KB
Home Inc. as the local housing market boomed. Two years later, he's getting back into the business even as KB and others retrench.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.