Early entries from six developers are already in for the 2006 Building Industry Association of Hawaii's Parade of Homes.

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Mariner Commercial Properties has put 1441 Chestnut St., a luxury condominium tower project across from Philadelphia City Hall that has yet to be developed, on the market. While no asking price has been set, the land and the approved project could sell for as much as $60 million, according to one estimate. The building would cost about $300 million to construct.

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The building permit volume for new homes dropped in April for the Albuquerque area, while the monthly averages were up, according to DataTraq, a data base of new housing market information. The city of Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, the village of Los Lunas and the unincorporated Bernalillo and Valencia counties are included in the data.

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Fifth Avenue Apartments in St. Petersburg has been sold to Vision 193 LLC for $16.5 million. The price represents $85,492 per unit and $103.62 per square foot. Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Co. handled the sale for both buyer and seller.

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An economist with the state's home-building industry says the rising price of gas may help boost condominium and apartment construction as single-family home production slows.

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A 42-acre office/warehouse condominium complex has opened for sales in Davie, though it is not scheduled to break ground until the end of summer or early fall.

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The Singapore government has invested $300 million in Campus Apartments Inc. The Philadelphia student housing company will leverage that into $1.1 billion in investments, said its president, David Adelman.

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Angie's List, where thousands of consumers share their ratings and reviews on local contractors and service companies, has opened in metro Orlando.

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In the latest Business Pulse Survey, nearly half of the respondents think the real estate market is showing signs of leveling off. Forty-six percent, or 153 out of 332 responses, signaled a warning to investors and flippers that the boom in residential real estate has peaked.

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Oculus has entered the Atlanta market by buying The Manor at Buckhead from ING Clarion for $57.4 million.

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