While raw new home construction data shows that Houston issued the most construction permits in 2011, a recent analysis by Trulia looked at the number of permits issued per 1,000 existing housing units in 100 metropolitan areas.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed a new regulation, Injury and Illness Prevention Program, or I2P2, which would compel employers to find and fix safety hazards.
Seventy-four housing markets across the nation saw median home prices increase in the first quarter of 2012, the National Association of Realtors said in a report released Wednesday, which is slightly more than half of all the markets it surveys.
Sitting at the head of Realtor.com’s Top Turnaround Towns for the first quarter of 2012, the Phoenix-Mesa market is one of many areas hit hardest by foreclosures that are now showing signs of recovery.
Fannie Mae reported a first quarter profit of $2.7 billion Wednesday, and will not require Treasury Department funds to balance its books for the first time since 2008, according to Business Week.