Backers say 25 percent reduction would boost economy. ...more

June 24, 2008

County commissioners today will discuss setting a public hearing to consider reducing impact fees by 25 percent for at least 18 months to meet the requirements of the state's recently passed appropriations act for affordable housing. ...more

June 24, 2008

Chamber says it will stimulate economy. ...more

June 23, 2008

As if home builders didn't have enough to worry about with plunging home prices and rising foreclosures, the surge in oil prices is driving up the cost of key construction materials and further eroding homebuyers' confidence. ...more

June 14, 2008

Despite the downturn in the housing industry, Brooksville engineer Nick Nicholson is telling his developer friends that now is the time to stop sitting on their projects and start building. ...more

January 11, 2008

Despite housing downturn, engineer moves ahead with projects. ...more

January 10, 2008

A decade after setting up shop in west Pasco, Matt Griffin and Dan Geberth decided last year to move out of their cramped manufacturing quarters at the West Pasco Industrial Park. ...more

January 10, 2008

Elected officials in Hernando County need to think twice about raising impact fees on the construction of single-family homes - at least anytime soon. ...more

December 31, 2007

SEBRING – New home construction may be stalled now. According to the state's leading planners, though, significant population growth in Highlands County over the next decade is about as sure as Florida sunshine. ...more

November 8, 2007

Home construction in Florida is dropping off even further this fiscal year than state economists projected last summer, signaling that the market - and the state's economy - are going to take longer to bounce back than previously thought. ...more

November 3, 2007