In 2006, at the peak of the building boom, 1,752 building permits were issued for single-family, multi-family and mobile homes in Highlands County. ...more

February 11, 2009

Home prices in the Tampa Bay area continued to fall in November, posting a 20.9 percent decline, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, released Tuesday. ...more

January 28, 2009

Home prices in the Tampa Bay area continued to fall in November, posting a 20.9 percent decline, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, released this morning. ...more

January 27, 2009

The weakening economy hit area builders extra hard at the end of 2008, when new home starts hit a record low. ...more

January 23, 2009

It may come as no surprise, but Floridians have lost even more confidence in the real estate market. ...more

January 22, 2009

Declining consumer confidence took a bite out of restaurants' sales and profits in 2008, leading to bankruptcy filings at casual-dining chains, such as Bennigan's, and the closure of more than 600 Starbucks locations. ...more

January 2, 2009

A year that started poorly got worse for many of the nation's home improvement retailers, as the housing market meltdown pushed the economy toward recession and financial institutions sparked a global economic disaster. ...more

January 1, 2009

Battered housing developers are a getting a bit more optimistic about their prospects for the next six months, an index of the sector's confidence showed Tuesday. ...more

September 17, 2008

Homebuilders are a little more optimistic about the prospects for home sales in the next six months, but an index reflecting the sector's confidence overall remained at an all-time low, an industry trade association said Monday. ...more

August 19, 2008

last week's 6.3 percent increase in April's pending home sales index, for example - there's a flurry of pronouncements that the residential real estate market has bottomed. ...more

June 19, 2008