Housing Giants - September 24, 2008 - (Page 10) Moves News & Moves By Jennifer Powell, Staff Writer centex leavinG cOlOradO Centex Corp. announced it will cease its Colorado operations because of the struggling housing market in Denver. The company plans to close by spring of 2009. Centex has been calling home buyers with homes under contract that they will be closing their doors next year. The home builder has been in Colorado since 1981. OriOle HOmes GOes Belly-Up One of the latest victims of the housing downturn is Boca Raton, Fla.-based Oriole Homes. The company plans to liquidate its assets instead of filing for bankruptcy, reports the South Florida Business Journal. The company started in 1963 and since then have built more than 25,000 homes in more than 70 Florida communities. new divisiOn president FOr taylOr mOrrisOn Taylor Morrison has named Phil Bodem the new division president for the Southern California division. Bodem was Phil Bodem recently division president in the Central Valley division for Morrison Homes. He will be responsible for all Southern California operations. FBi investiGates HOme BUilders On incentives Home builders offer incentives to home buyers to get them to buy a home. It’s common practice, and builders are required to disclose the information to their lenders. But the FBI is questioning whether companies defrauded the lenders into writing artificially inflated loans, The Wall Street Journal reports. Officials from the bureau have not released names of companies or individuals they are investigating but said they are looking into cases where there were large incentives offered to the home buyer. 10 HOUSING GIANTS.9.24.08 www.HOUSINGGIANTS.cOm http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/play/689398 http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/09/01/daily5.html http://www.taylormorrison.com http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121884641242946145.html http://www.housinggiants.com
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