In the current drive to create more homes, Riba president Angela Brady warns against builders producing "another generation of poor quality homes without adequate space and natural light".

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In mid-July, Raymond James analyst Buck Horne told Forbes it would be prudent for investors to take some profits in the best-performing names in the space, but also said Toll is part of a basket of higher-end builders that are better positioned to withstand any hiccups in the housing recovery.

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It will become harder for golf course builders to deduct for easements on fairways and for developers to deduct for easements on green-space buffers between McMansions.

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