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Wall Street Journal: Lehman’s Land Legacy

Lehman's Land Legacy Wall Street Journal September 9, 2014 Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. continues to sell prime California land left over from its ill-fated partnership with SunCal during the boom years. The failed investment bank...

BLM auction will test Vegas land market

BLM auction will test Vegas land market By JENNIFER ROBISON LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL August 12, 2014 A big real estate auction could soon test the local development industry’s recovery. The Bureau of Land Management has...

PCBC Conference Commentary

Pacific Coast Builders Conference San Francisco, California June 25-26, 2014 "Take-away" commentary provided by Bob Sharpe of Sharpe and Associates. Pacific Coast Builders Conference My son Jeremy and I recently attended the Leader to Leader...

Vegas Builder Hits the Jackpot

Vegas Builder Hits the Jackpot 'New American Home' Will Be Listed for $5 Million Wall Street Journal By DAWN WOTAPKA and KRIS HUDSON February 4, 2014 HENDERSON, Nev.—It has been nearly three years since builder...

2014: The Year We Have Long Awaited

2014: The Year We Have Long Awaited By Greg Vogel, CEO, Land Advisors Organization Builder and Developer magazine January 2014 The Land Advisors Organization recently held its 5th annual Metro Phoenix Land and Housing Forecast. ...

Cycling Challenges of Real Estate

The ups and downs of the Real Estate Industry for 2013 By Greg Vogel Builder and Developer magazine November/December 2013   Real estate is a cyclical industry, and we are just at the beginning of...