Housing Giants - March 1, 2009 - (Page 5) NEWS// MOVES 30% of Builders in One Study in Danger of Bankruptcy — Reuters A review done by Grant Thornton Corporate Advisory and Restructuring Services of 33 U.S. home builders generating more than $10 million in revenue found that more than 30 percent are in danger of filing for bankruptcy. Hovnanian CEO Gets 20% Raise Amid 76% Decline in Company Value — Bloomberg Ara Hovnanian, CEO of Hovnanian Enterprises, received a 20 percent pay raise and a big bonus while the value of the company dropped 76 percent. The Fastest-Growing Towns — BusinessWeek Home Builder Having Difficult Time Clearing Name — The Herald Tribune Dean Rossey Sr., former owner of Ideal Homes, is under investigation by the Charlotte County’s Sheriff Department in Florida for stealing money from the company. The former owner wants to clear his name and put an end to the allegations, but it’s not working out. we’ll give you 20/20/20 VISION. Come see the systems approach to building homes that provides at least 20 percent savings in household energy (based on 2006 IECC) and 20 percent savings in indoor water consumption and 20 percent reduction in CO2 emissions as compared to conventionally code-built homes. GREEN BUILDING, IT’S MORE THAN A HOUSE, IF YOU’RE WAITING to see the BENEFITS of BusinessWeek and Gadberry Group worked together to identify communities in every state that experienced the largest growth. No. 1 on the list is Summerlin South, Nev., experiencing a 618 percent increase in growth. IT’S A SYSTEM High-End Modular Housing Companies Take Green to New Levels — The New York Times Modular companies are catering to the Let Jluxury market with green concepts such entankless hgneas nifer P water heaters, bamboo flooring ws@r o and built-in rainwater harvesting. eed well kn It Could Be Worse; It Has Been Worse — Realtor GOT New home prices have fallen 23 percent since March 2007. However, it was even worse from 1929 to 1932 when new home prices declined 68 percent. environmentsforliving.com NEW Florida Offices Lennar Merges S? — Orlando Business Journal busin ow a ess.c t: om Lennar is merging its Tampa, Fla., and Clermont, Fla., offices to create a central Florida division. The new division will be based in Tampa, Fla. hgne ws@r eedb usine now ss.co m GOT N EWS? Let J ennif er Po well k 05 03.01.09 HOUSING GIANTS www.HousingGiants.com http://www.reuters.com/article/mergersNews/idUSN1043638720090210 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aolQfUCyXdg4&refer=home http://www.reuters.com/article/mergersNews/idUSN1043638720090210 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aolQfUCyXdg4&refer=home http://www.khov.com http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090209/ARTICLE/902090327 http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090209/ARTICLE/902090327 http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/02/0205_boomtowns/ http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/02/0205_boomtowns/34.htm http://www.environmentsforliving.com http://www.realtor.org/RMODaily.nsf/pages/News2009020402?OpenDocument&WT.cg_n=RMO&WT.cg_s=RSSDaily http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/reinventing-modular-housing-as-green/ http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/reinventing-modular-housing-as-green/ http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2009/02/02/daily36.html http://www.lennar.com http://www.HousingGiants.com
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