Credit-rating agencies are betting that the housing downturn will deepen well into next year, dragging out homebuilders' woes. ...more

June 11, 2008

Zephyrhills City Council postpones Lennar Homes' appeal of the city's new sprinkler regulations ...more

May 12, 2008

The city's controversial sprinkler law is facing its first major challenge. ...more

May 12, 2008

TAMPA - Shares of homebuilder WCI Communities Inc. fell 28 cents by midday today as investors weighed analysts' reports hinting at bankruptcy. ...more

May 9, 2008

Confidence among U.S. homebuilders rose for a second straight month, the first back-to-back increase in almost a year, as signs emerged that lower house prices attracted more buyers. ...more

February 20, 2008

At what point does a homebuilder's delay in fulfilling his contracts become a criminal offense? ...more

February 13, 2008

Homebuilder Beazer Homes USA said Friday that it will no longer originate mortgages and will offer its buyers mortgage services through Countrywide Financial Corp. ...more

February 2, 2008

Purchases of new homes in the United States unexpectedly fell to a 12-year low in December, ending the worst sales year since records began in 1963 and signaling little prospect for a recovery in residential real estate. ...more

January 28, 2008

In the face of rising inventories of vacant homes and declining orders for new ones, Tampa Bay homebuilders slashed construction 59 percent in 2007, according to preliminary data released Thursday by Metrostudy, a Houston-based housing research firm. ...more

January 18, 2008

A more robust effort at involving the public has led to improvements in a proposed update of Hillsborough County's growth plan. ...more

November 8, 2007