“At the trough of the downturn last year, Chattanooga got a major boost with the announcement that Volkswagen would build a $1 billion auto assembly plant at the Enterprise South Industrial Park.

That’s only a couple of miles from the largest subdivision Bell has built — Hamilton on Hunter — which is now in its 17th phase of development. The subdivision has grown to include nearly 1,500 lots…”

via Chattanooga Times Free Press | Developer Jay Bell looks for better year.

“You’ll never guess the latest builder to wade into the troubled Tampa Bay housing market: Los Angeles firefighters, teachers, cops and trash collectors…”

Pension fund becomes home builder in Pasco.

Contrary to housing value trends nationwide, the Carlsbad market has seen a 7 percent increase in…

via Residential housing values still going up in city – Carlsbad Current-Argus.