As much as rousting bears are a rite of spring, so is the rousting of construction equipment.

Despite federal agencies taking steps to tweak and adopt the qualified mortgage and ability-to-repay rules set to go into effect in January 2014, private industry officials are nervous about the impact they will have.

Cook Inlet Regional Inc. has plans for at least two new projects to add to its real estate portfolio.

Anchorage could see another major construction project in the near future if the Gov. Sean Parnell approves a plan to add a residential housing facility at the Alaska Native Medical Center.

U.S. builders and the subcontractors they depend on are struggling to hire fast enough to meet rising demand for new homes.

Cook Inlet Region Inc. will build new office buildings in Anchorage and is proposing a major new shopping mall in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Sophie Minich, CIRI’s new CEO, said May 2.

U.S. sales of new homes rose in April and nearly matched the fastest pace in five years, driving the median price to a record high. The gains suggest the housing recovery is strengthening.

As much as rousting bears are a rite of spring, so is the rousting of construction equipment.

Cook Inlet Regional Inc. has plans for at least two new projects to add to its real estate portfolio.

Passage of House Bill 50 by the Alaska Legislature would allow the Inlet Tower Hotel to continue operations that currently appear to violate its Alaska Housing Finance Corp., or AHFC, loan terms, but has not resolved ongoing legal and financial review of the activities.

JUNEAU — A legislative hearing on a bill allowing the Alaska Housing Finance Corp. to start lending to developers of multi-unit housing projects that include commercial businesses prompted an investigation of the Inlet Tower apartments in Anchorage for what appear to be very public and advertised violations of two provisions of its loan agreement.