http://RealtyTimes.com/ en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 6:0 GMT webmaster@realtytimes.com Real Estate News and Advice http://img.realtytimes.com/rtimages/rt4images/$file/logo.gif 141 67 http://RealtyTimes.com/ http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20091120_greenbuilding.htm According to a new study from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Booz Allen Hamilton, construction in the green-building industry will support 7.9 million jobs over the next four years while pumping into the American economy $554 billion. Currently, 2 million American jobs are supported by the same industry and more than $100 billion in gross domestic product and wages is generated. Front Page Fri, 20 Nov 2009 6:0 GMT http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20091120_greenbuilding.htm http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20091120_investorreport.htm HUD just changed its condominium rules again, and there's both good news and sobering news for investors and developers tucked away in the revisions. Front Page Fri, 20 Nov 2009 6:0 GMT http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20091120_investorreport.htm http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20091120_rates.htm Freddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.83 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending November 19, 2009, down from last week when it averaged 4.91 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 6.04 percent. Front Page Fri, 20 Nov 2009 6:0 GMT http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20091120_rates.htm http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20091120_react.htm A Champion realizes it's not what happens but how they react to it that counts. Front Page Fri, 20 Nov 2009 6:0 GMT http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20091120_react.htm