Council dishes out discounts to builders (Barrie Examiner) bi13061108 The hammer has finally come down on new development charges Barrie. It isn't the development community, however, could bear the brunt of these increases -- but city property owners of all stripes. By giving a discount last night to retail development charges, combined breaks []..

Home builders offer discount packages (NZPA via Yahoo!7 Finance) bi13061108 Home are offering discount packages that cut the cost of building a new home, as weak economic conditions hit the industry

Briefs (The Times of Northwest Indiana) bi13061108 Find out all the events going on your community, and plan your week's activities The Times

Hardware store making new home Kosciusko (The Star-Herald) bi13061108 Five weeks have passed Home Hardware, Kosciusko?s newest home improvement center, opened doors

Date Book (The Fox Valley Villages Sun) bi13061108 'Art City Hall': The Aurora Public Art Commission presents Art In City Hall, Spring 2008, through August 29 at Aurora's City Hall, 44 E. Downer Place. This exhibit feature two-dimensional works by 22 members of the Batavia Artists' Guild

Education Calendar: 06/10/2008 (Traverse City Record-Eagle) bi13061108 The Education calendar published weekly. To submit information e-mail awidmer@record-eagle.com ; fax (231) 946-8632; or mail to 120 W. Front St., P.O. Box 632, Traverse City, MI 49685-0632. Items should be received at least two weeks advance

Community: 06.06.08 (Corpus Christi Caller-Times) bi13061108 The sixth annual Third Coast Fishing Tournament, to benefit Young Life of Corpus Christi, was held May 24. More than 340 fishermen participated the event

11 face justice today mortgage fraud (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5) bi13061108 On a one-block street Northwest San Antonio, five properties all fell foreclosure 2003. When federal investigators began poking around, they tied the properties on Meadow Field near Grissom Road to an Austin-based house-flipping ring

Date Book (The Beacon News) bi13061108 Blackberry Farm's Pioneer Village: Pioneer Village a living history museum on 54 acres. Admission includes unlimited rides on the train, hay wagon, carousel and ponies. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends and holidays

Property Finance (June 1-7): Getting a Piece of Bank Asset Sales (CoStar Group) bi13061108 In week's issue: Look for more and more banks to outsource loan sales; JPMorgan agrees to let Indalex sell and leaseback more assets; Plus we give you new property finance deals a valuable leads list of loans maturing the next 12 months..

Luxury condo developer reopens D.C. sales office (The Washington Examiner) bi13061108 Many new condominium projects are feeling the effects of the slow housing market, and even high-end condo projects aren't immune. An 11-story luxury high-rise project D.C.'s West End, called 22 West, had to shut down sales center for a year during construction

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A Changing Way of Thinking Leads to New Residential Spaces (Multi-Housing News) bi13061108 As environmental consciousness, economic prudence and social responsibility become ways of life for many, more developers and are drawn to the trend of New Urbanism to suit residents? lifestyles

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