

| Reed Construction Data Releases "Green Home Improvement" (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) KINGSTON, Mass.----RSMeans, a business unit of Reed Construction Data, announces a new book, "Green Home Improvement," which includes 65 full-color projects that fight back against skyrocketing utility costs, health concerns, and environmental damage. |
| Pending Home Sales Rise, Wider Gains Anticipated as Buyers Tap Housing Provisions (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) Some improvement is projected for existing-home sales in the months ahead, with broader gains seen by the fourth quarter as buyers take advantage of new provisions provided through the recently passed housing stimulus bill, according to the latest forecast by the National Association of Realtors(R). |
| New home improvement store coming to county (Livingston County Daily Press & Argus) Plans are in the works to add a Menards home improvement store to Hartland Township's 600,000-square-foot Meijer development, currently under construction along M-59. |
| June pending home sales up unexpectedly (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Home sales contracts signed in June unexpectedly rose, boosting an index of pending sales to the highest level since October, though it was well below the year-ago level, a real estate trade group said on Thursday. |
| Surprise: June pending home sales rise (USA Today) Home sales contracts signed in June unexpectedly rose across the country, but still were well below year-earlier levels, a real estate trade group said Thursday. |
