Low prices stimulate existing home sales
Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Home sales finally are improving around Milwaukee, but the low prices that are attracting buyers make it difficult for builders to get a piece of the action. Home...
View ArticleMBA director resigns
The Metropolitan Builders Association is looking for a new executive director after Chellee Siewert resigned from the job on Monday. Siewert took over as executive director in April 2008 after working...
View ArticleCommunities dangle density carrot to promote green building (UPDATE)
Homebuilders for years have pushed municipal governments to allow higher-density projects. Now contractors in Waukesha may get their way — but there’s a catch. City of Waukesha officials are...
View ArticleBuilders association loses Oak Grove fee fight
By Paul Snyder A Wisconsin appeals court struck down a builders association‘s challenge to a $3,190 fee the town of Oak Grove charges developers for new projects. In a decision filed Tuesday, the...
View ArticleEverybody loves a green home parade
By Keith Barber It isn’t exactly a real parade where folks line the streets with flags and banners in great anticipation of a marching band or a fire department ensemble. But this year’s Parade of...
View ArticleFamily-owned Delavan contractor to close next month (UPDATE)
By Joe Lanane Debbie Burdick tried to keep her 32-year-old family trucking and excavating company afloat after her husband died in April. But with few signs the struggling home construction market will...
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Let the market figure out the foreclosure mess (with some help)
By Joe Lanane staff writer The temporary suspension on home foreclosures by many of the nation’s largest financial institutions last week was met with mixed reactions across the nation. Some Wisconsin...
View ArticleHigh winds not slowing down construction industry
By Joe Lanane High winds Tuesday are catching the attention of construction crews across southern Wisconsin, but for the most part it’s been business as usual. Many contractors have taken a...
View ArticleFranklin must use or lose development fees
By Joe Lanane The city of Franklin charges development fees that are nearly twice the state average, but the city is not spending the money fast enough. The state requires municipalities to spend fees...
View ArticleWest Allis streamlines building permit process
By Joe Lanane West Allis this week streamlined its process for granting residential building permits, and a construction industry official says he wonders why other municipalities don’t follow suit....
View ArticleRoofers rail against renewed fall protection
The revival of a long-dormant residential construction regulation designed to increase safety is threatening the already-thin margins on roofing jobs.
View ArticleIndustry questions need for prompt payment laws
By Jack Zemlicka As other states look to adopt prompt payment laws, Wisconsin‘s construction industry remains divided on whether there is a need for similar legislation here. Jeff Beiriger, executive...
View ArticleSnake that held up projects to be removed from protection list (UPDATE)
A small garter snake whose protected status has delayed construction projects in Wisconsin was expected to come off the state's endangered or threatened species list, according to the Department of...
View ArticleHomebuilders face land shortage
The Wisconsin Builders Association predicts 14,000 new houses will be constructed in the state this year, but with land development still in a slump, contractors might as well be building castles in...
View ArticleNational rental company dips into Wis. housing market
A California rental company has snatched hundreds of houses off the market in southeast Wisconsin, and homebuilders are trying to turn the void into an opportunity.
View ArticleContractors can help build homes for veterans
A non-profit organization wants Wisconsin contractors to help give wounded war heroes a home.
View ArticleBusiness Digest for April 14, 2017
Miron Construction recently hired Steve Wolters as its vice president of health care construction at its Madison branch.
View ArticleLow prices stimulate existing home sales
Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Home sales finally are improving around Milwaukee, but the low prices that are attracting buyers make it difficult for builders to get a piece of the action. Home...
View ArticleMBA director resigns
The Metropolitan Builders Association is looking for a new executive director after Chellee Siewert resigned from the job on Monday. Siewert took over as executive director in April 2008 after working...
View ArticleCommunities dangle density carrot to promote green building (UPDATE)
Homebuilders for years have pushed municipal governments to allow higher-density projects. Now contractors in Waukesha may get their way — but there’s a catch. City of Waukesha officials are...
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