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Construction spending falls to lowest level in 10 years

Construction spending fell 2.5 percent in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $788 billion, the lowest level in 10 years, according to an analysis of new Census Bureau data by the Associated General …

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Silicon Valley market improves as tech firms grow

Silicon Valley’s commercial real estate market is improving as high-tech companies such as Google Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. add employees, The Oakland Tribune reported.

 

Last year, more than 1 million square feet of …

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AIA office space achieves LEED

The Capital Square office space occupied by the Iowa chapter of the American Institute of Architects has achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The remodeled …

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Nonresidential construction spending down in December

Total nonresidential construction spending was down 1.6 percent in December from November, and down 6.4 percent from December 2009, according to U.S. Census Bureau information released by Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC).

Nonresidential construction …

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Home contracts down, prices up

The Des Moines Area Association of Realtors said today that though the number of contracts signed by local home buyers was down to 7,677 in 2010 from 8,522 the prior year, the Des Moines housing …

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Chicago No. 2 in foreclosures last year

In 2010, lenders repossessed more homes in and around Chicago than they did in all but one other U.S. metropolitan area, Crain’s Chicago Business reported. According to a report released Thursday by RealtyTrac Inc., an …

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Planning a tax protest


Tom Knapp is preparing for spring, the season of property tax protests.

Knapp is a property manager for NAI Ruhl & Ruhl Commercial Co. in West Des Moines. He is a former property appraiser with …

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Farmland – they aren’t making any more of it


The good times for corn and soybean farmers are here. That means their business planning should mimic hard times.

So said Jim Knuth, a senior vice president with Farm Credit Service of America. He is …

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Entering a Crossroads


Laying out the strengths and weaknesses of Greater Des Moines and the surrounding region is far from a quick description.

Such was the basis for a 184-page Competitive Capacity Assessment release last week by Market …

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Pending home sales increase in December

The National Association of Realtors’ Pending Home Sales Index, which measures signed purchase contracts but not closed sales, rose 2 percent nationwide in December.

The group forecasts mortgage rates will rise only modestly in the …