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SACRAMENTO, CA - August 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing production in California continued to increase in July as a result of strong performance in the multifamily sector, the California Building Industry Association announced today.

SACRAMENTO, CA - August 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The pace of new-home sales across California continued to see lackluster demand conditions in June, the California Building Industry Association reported today

SACRAMENTO, CA - August 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- After posting a slight increase last quarter, housing affordability in California decreased in the second quarter of 2010 with 15 of the state’s 28 metropolitan areas included in the report showing affordability levels creeping downward, the California Building Industry Association said today

SACRAMENTO, CA - August 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- An updated version of The Economic Benefits of Housing report released today by the California Homebuilding Foundation (CHF) in conjunction with the Center for Strategic Economic Research (CSER), confirms that the housing industry’s economic output has fallen approximately 80 percent since 2005, representing a loss of tens of billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of jobs to the state’s economy.

SACRAMENTO, CA - July 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Total housing starts in California continued to gain ground in June and posted the largest monthly total since December of 2008, the California Building Industry Association announced today

SACRAMENTO, CA - July 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The pace of home sales at California new-home communities struggled through a challenging May after the expiration of a federal tax credit, the California Building Industry Association reported today.

SACRAMENTO, CA - June 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- After a slight drop in April, total housing starts in California rose a bit in May, the California Building Industry Association announced today. According to statistics compiled by the Construction Industry Research Board (CIRB), permits were pulled for 3,088 total housing units in May, up 4 percent from the same month a year ago but down 6 percent from April. Permits for single-family homes totaled 1,902, down 19 percent from May 2009 and down 17 percent from the previous month, while multifamily permits totaled 1,186, up 87 percent from a year ago and up 17 percent from April.

SACRAMENTO, CA - June 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The pace of home sales at California new-home communities continued to be notably lower than levels seen a year ago, the California Building Industry Association reported today.

SACRAMENTO, CA - May 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing affordability in California increased overall in the first quarter of 2010, but 13 of the state’s 28 metropolitan areas included in the report saw decreases, the California Building Industry Association said today.

Still below year-ago levels however. SACRAMENTO, CA - May 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The pace of home sales at California new-home communities rose a bit in March from February but continued to be notably lower than levels seen a year ago, the California Building Industry Association reported today

SACRAMENTO, CA - April 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Total housing starts in California continued to climb for the third straight month in March signaling that the worst of the housing downturn may finally be over, the California Building Industry Association announced today

SACRAMENTO, CA - April 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The pace of home sales at California new-home communities was once again notably lower than levels seen a year ago, the California Building Industry Association reported today

SACRAMENTO, CA - March 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- California homebuilders said the $10,000 tax credit for purchasers of new homes and for first-time purchasers of existing homes will help jump-start the homebuilding industry, create jobs and provide a much-needed boost to the state’s economy

SACRAMENTO, CA - March 24, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Total housing starts in California continued to rise in February, but a downturn in single-family permits signaled that a housing recovery has yet to materialize and prompted industry officials to applaud lawmakers for quickly passing a new homebuyer tax credit program, the California Building Industry Association announced today

SACRAMENTO, CA - March 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The pace of home sales at California new-home communities in January continued at moderately lower levels when compared to the same period a year ago, the California Building Industry Association reported today.

SACRAMENTO, CA - February 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- New-home building in California rebounded in January from a year earlier, but homebuilding officials cautioned against calling it a recovery as the numbers for January 2009 were extremely low, the California Building Industry Association announced today

SACRAMENTO, CA - February 17, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing affordability in California continued to fall throughout most of the state during the fourth quarter of 2009, the California Building Industry Association said today.

SACRAMENTO, CA - February 16, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The pace of home sales at California new-home communities was moderately lower than levels seen a year ago, the California Building Industry Association reported today.

SACRAMENTO, CA - February 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A preliminary report released today by the California Homebuilding Foundation (CHF) in conjunction with the Center for Strategic Economic Research (CSER), shows that the downturn in new-home building has resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs and tens of billions of dollars in economic output to California’s economy.

SACRAMENTO, CA - January 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- California homebuilders put up the lowest number of homes for a single year in 2009, beating the previous low that was set in 2008, the California Building Industry Association announced today.