• Builders Counting on Lower Rates to Break the Traffic Jam,Matthew Graham

    Builders Counting on Lower Rates to Break the Traffic Jam

    Builder confidence levels continued kicking a sad little can down the same long and lonesome road. The September National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) held flat at 32, extending the streak to 17 consecutive months below the key 50 mark that separates exp

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  • Big Drop in Building Permits, But Construction Pace is Still Fairly Steady,Matthew Graham

    Big Drop in Building Permits, But Construction Pace is Still Fairly Steady

    The Census Bureau’s latest Residential Construction report showed a mixed picture for August, highlighted by a sharp drop in building permits. Total housing starts (the groundbreaking phase of construction) fell 2.3% to a 1.398 million annual rate, led by a 3.4% decline in single-family starts to 90

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  • Newborn surrendered safely under Daniel’s Law to hospital in Greenville County,Tyler Scott

    Newborn surrendered safely under Daniel’s Law to hospital in Greenville County

    GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The South Carolina Department of Social Services reports Prisma Health - Greenville Memorial Hospital accepted an infant that was surrendered on Tuesday. A baby girl, born on Sept. 3, weighing 4 pounds, 9.4 ounces and measured at 17.3 inches long at the time of birt

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