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City of Cibolo Sets the Higest Stndards in Texas |
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Sunday, 10 February 2013 |
Cibolo approves stricter home standards
City Manager Robert Herrera said the new homebuilding standards, approved Jan. 8 by Cibolo City Council, are among the strongest in the area and will help improve the quality of homes being built in the city. I think that speaks well of the city of Cibolo,â Herrera said, âin trying to protect the largest asset most of our residents will have when they live in our community.â The stricter standards require homebuilders or developers to conduct geo-technical tests on each lot and disclose to the city and home buyers the locations of home sites that are constructed on 24 inches or more of fill. |
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Foundation Failure Epidemic |
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Friday, 08 February 2013 |
Faulty Foundations: Homebuilders exploit loophole
SAN ANTONIO - How solid is the house you are sitting in right now? For thousands of people in San Antonio⦠that's a troubling answer. Cracked walls and broken concrete are often blamed on the shifting soil of south Texas. But there is often another reason: shifty homebuilders. Your home's foundation may be crumbling underneath you right now. And that may be because your homebuilder took a shortcut when constructing the foundation.
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Thursday, 07 February 2013 |
BR home builder booked on felony theft, misapplication of payments
Quinn Martin, 7912 Willow Grove Blvd., Baton Rouge, was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison by state attorney general investigators on 54 counts of misapplication of payments by a contractor and four counts of felony theft. Martinâs Baton Rouge-based company, QMI Custom Homes, entered into homebuilding contracts, worth a total of $1,865,477, with four different parties in 2012, the warrants say. |
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Contaminated Drywall Safety Act of 2012 |
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Saturday, 22 September 2012 |
CONSUMER ALERT:National Association of Home Builders
NAHB and its lobbyist want to make sure Congress does not empower the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) with regulatory powers over its industry. Their objective is to assure limitations of builder responsibility for use of defective products. In a letter drafted with the usual building industry political style to the Speaker of the House over concerns with H.R. 4212, Contaminated Drywall Safety Act of 2012, which seeks to prevent the introduction of unsafe drywall, ... |
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Homeowners left with defective homes |
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Thursday, 12 July 2012 |
Home builder files for bankruptcy, homeowners left with few options
The dream of buying a Medallion Home is what pushed John Chadwick through college and several odd jobs. After six years of saving, that dream finally became a reality. "We knew there were issues around here,â Chadwick noted. âBut, in my mind, I thought it's a Medallion Home, we're not going to have problems." Johnâs home was built in a new neighborhood off I-35 and FM 1103 in Cibolo. The soil it was built on is known as âblack gumboâ. It's a clay make-up that expands and shrinks like a sponge when water is added. After just the first eight months inside the home John noticed doors wouldn't close and cracks started to show up in the walls.
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New Building Sinks 5 Feet |
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Saturday, 16 June 2012 |
$3 million building sinks just weeks before
completion
The future home of the
Cajun Coast Visitor's and Convention Bureau that was built on a swamp, is now
sinking. St. Mary Parish invested more than $3 million on the bonded and
insured project.
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Senate Hearing on HUD Budget and Housing Defects |
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Friday, 02 March 2012 |
Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee (Chairman Murray)
22% of homeowners are under water. Oversight by HUD is important. Senator Collins: Homelessness is a priority is a top priority. Troubling Codes, cases of code violations, substandard property... HUD has an obligation to oversee the use of federal funds... It's appalling...
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Home prices fell to fresh lows |
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Friday, 02 March 2012 |
Home Prices Hit New Depths
Home prices fell to fresh lows in December, but
economists say that a drop in the number of homes listed for sale could
help stabilize prices in parts of the country this year. Home prices
fell by 4% last year, according to the Standard &
Poor's/Case-Shiller index that tracks 20 metro areas. Prices dropped by
1.1% for the three-month period ending in December compared with the
same period ending in November.That was slightly better than November's
reading, when prices were down 1.3% from October. |
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Unregulated and Uncontrolled Development the Freedom to Rob Someone |
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 |
$200,000 bought nothing but trouble
Dominguez and two dozen other buyers shelled out more than $200,000 apiece for spacious, 11-acre-plus residential lots. They had big plans to start building custom homes quickly on their rustic properties near Leon Creek and move in. That was seven years ago. Today, the dream homes are just that â a dream...Clearwater Ranch totaled $4.3 million, according to deeds filed at the Bexar County Courthouse. |
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Bexar County's 121 Substandard Streets and County Engineer Green Feel No Pressure |
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Saturday, 17 December 2011 |
Quail Run developer goes bankrupt
Just 70 lots, but lots of headaches. Residents also blame the county, saying it's holding them hostage... Quail Run's roads still have not gotten needed repairs nor passed inspection with Bexar County engineers, steps required before the county will accept the roads for maintenance. ... âAt this point, he's still a viable developer with a presence in the community,â said County Engineer Renee Green. âThe street issues in Quail Run came to light as part of a review in the spring of 2010, when the county identified 121 subdivisions in unincorporated areas whose streets and drains had been out of warranty for at least two years. ... Green said county officials have not made a policy decision about how to deal with street problems... Green said the county does not feel pressured to decide immediately how to deal with Quail Run's streets. âThe streets are what they are,â Green said. âThey're not going anywhere.â |
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Lashing out at Gov. Rick Perry |
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Friday, 23 September 2011 |
Medina calls Perry a 'capital crony'
An old foe is lashing out at Gov. Rick Perry, as he continues his campaign for president. Debra Medina - a GOP opponent in 2011's gubernatorial race - and a handful of tea party activists pointed out what they call âcrony capitalismâ formed under Perry's reign in Texas. ...âWe want to take the opportunity and say it's not an HPV mandate but across all areas of public policy in Texas we've seen those sorts of practices,â Medina said. "We do all we can to inform the public about what's going on politically.â... "The stagnant economy is a predictable outcome of government picking winners and losers in businesses and industries that they will favor," Medina said. |
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