The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) announced winners of the fourth annual Homes for Life Award on it website. The award program, sponsored by Andersen Windows, recognizes excellent remodeling work for aging-in-place and universal design.

President Obama plans to veto a bill that could make it more difficult for homeowners to fight foreclosures, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The veto comes in the wake of revelations about “robo-signers,” people who signed foreclosure documents without first reviewing them. Blocking the bill could make it more difficult for companies to complete the foreclosure process and paperwork quickly, allowing homeowners more time to resolve loan issues.

Job market conditions have improved from a year ago, but have been essentially flat for the past five months, according to Gallup's Job Creation Index.

Professional Remodeler is looking for the best remodelers in the country

Existing-home sales rose in August following a big correction in July, according to the National Association of Realtors. Existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, increased 7.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.13 million in August from an upwardly revised 3.84 million in July, but remain 19.0 percent below the 5.10 million-unit pace in August 2009.

August home sales in Las Vegas dropped to a two-year low for that month, according to real estate research firm MDA DataQuick of San Diego. Prices remained stagnant on a year-over-year basis but increased when compared with July.

Future prices for lumber rose the maximum permitted by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as a jump in U.S. housing starts revived prospects for construction materials. Lumber futures for November delivery rose the CME’s $10 daily limit, or 4.5 percent, to settle at $232 per 1,000 board feet at 1:10 p.m. in Chicago.

Mortgage performance statistics showed an acceleration of U.S. home loan delinquencies entering the foreclosure process in August 2010, according to Jacksonville-based Lender Processing Services' latest First Look Mortgage Report, derived from a database of nearly 40 million mortgage loans.

Makers of heavy-duty pickup trucks vie for best-in-class payload and towing ratings; exhaust brakes and cab technology rival the big rigs.

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