scholarly journals Housing Crises: A Theoretical Study of the Home Building Industry in Nigeria

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Ugo Joseph Nnanna
Keyword(s):  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
Building Industry ◽  
Housing Sector ◽  
Home Building ◽  
Building Market

The paper examines the housing problems in Nigeria and the home building market on an international viability landscape with special references to the Nigerian housing sector. The paper creates a platform for a global building industry company that is well capitalized through a series of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Furthermore, the emphasis on the establishment of a global building company is imperative because of its role in developing and emerging housing markets where home ownership has just commenced and mortgage financing is rare.

Ergonomic interventions for the reduction of low back stress in framing carpenters in the home building industry

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 397-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary A. Mirka ◽  
Mike Monroe ◽  
Todd Nay ◽  
Hester Lipscomb ◽  
Dan Kelaher
Keyword(s):  
Back Stress ◽  
Building Industry ◽  
Low Back ◽  
Home Building ◽  
Ergonomic Interventions

Housing markets and policy in the UK and the USA

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Jones ◽  
Harry W. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
House Price ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
Detailed Comparison ◽  
Exogenous Shock ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

Purpose – This paper aims to examine how the exogenous shock of the global financial crisis has had a differential impact on the housing markets of the USA and UK. Design/methodology/approach – The paper begins by examining the nature and dynamics of the global financial crisis. It presents a detailed comparison of institutional and housing market characteristics in each country. A particular focus is the differences in mortgage funding and subprime lending trends over the decade leading up to the financial crisis. Findings – The analysis demonstrates the distinctiveness of the recent housing cycles and the geography of the downward price adjustments. Relative unemployment rates play a key role in these outcomes. Despite the different dynamics of the boom and bust, there is a common legacy in terms of the collapse of house building, repossessions/foreclosures and falling home ownership rates. The short-term policy responses by both governments addressed the same target issues in alternative ways but with different outcomes. Longer-term solutions are still being debated in both countries. Originality/value – Innovatory insights are provided by the comparison of the sub-national spatial pattern of the recent house price cycle in two countries.

scholarly journals Standardization In The Home Building Industry: An Empirical Investigation Into The Compatibility Between Accounting And Estimating Cost Codes

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Law
Keyword(s):  
Firm Size ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Number System ◽  
Large Percentage ◽  
Building Industry ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Numbering System ◽  
Home Building

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; mso-pagination: none;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">The purpose of this study was to investigate the utilization of standardized cost codes for the estimating and accounting functions related to the scale of operations by Pennsylvania&rsquo;s home building contractors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Firm size was examined as to its impact on three issues in construction standardization practice:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>1) the use of a standardized number system for estimating, 2) the use of a standardized number system for accounting, and 3) the use of the same standardized number system for both estimating and accounting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Significant differences existed among firm sizes regarding all three items relating to standardized cost codes - a standardized numbering system used for estimating, a standardized numbering system used for accounting, and the same standardized numbering system used for both estimating and accounting functions</span></em><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Overall, however, a large percentage of Pennsylvania home building firms are behind the curve with regard to their knowledge and utilization of standardized cost codes.</em></span></span></p>

Municipal Housing in America

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Garb
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Social Order ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Home Construction

Housing in America has long stood as a symbol of the nation’s political values and a measure of its economic health. In the 18th century, a farmhouse represented Thomas Jefferson’s ideal of a nation of independent property owners; in the mid-20th century, the suburban house was seen as an emblem of an expanding middle class. Alongside those well-known symbols were a host of other housing forms—tenements, slave quarters, row houses, French apartments, loft condos, and public housing towers—that revealed much about American social order and the material conditions of life for many people. Since the 19th century, housing markets have been fundamental forces driving the nation’s economy and a major focus of government policies. Home construction has provided jobs for skilled and unskilled laborers. Land speculation, housing development, and the home mortgage industry have generated billions of dollars in investment capital, while ups and downs in housing markets have been considered signals of major changes in the economy. Since the New Deal of the 1930s, the federal government has buttressed the home construction industry and offered economic incentives for home buyers, giving the United States the highest home ownership rate in the world. The housing market crash of 2008 slashed property values and sparked a rapid increase in home foreclosures, especially in places like Southern California and the suburbs of the Northeast, where housing prices had ballooned over the previous two decades. The real estate crisis led to government efforts to prop up the mortgage banking industry and to assist struggling homeowners. The crisis led, as well, to a drop in rates of home ownership, an increase in rental housing, and a growth in homelessness. Home ownership remains a goal for many Americans and an ideal long associated with the American dream. The owner-occupied home—whether single-family or multifamily dwelling—is typically the largest investment made by an American family. Through much of the 18th and 19th centuries, housing designs varied from region to region. In the mid-20th century, mass production techniques and national building codes tended to standardize design, especially in new suburban housing. In the 18th century, the family home was a site of waged and unwaged work; it was the center of a farm, plantation, or craftsman’s workshop. Two and a half centuries later, a house was a consumer good: its size, location, and decor marked the family’s status and wealth.

Introducing Innovation into the Home Building Industry

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Bowles ◽  
Mike Moore ◽  
Steve Shrader
Keyword(s):  
Building Industry ◽  
Home Building
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