This biodiversity means there will be buyers, even in the most strained markets, at the right price.
Analysts covering the stock emphasize that Texas accounts for more than 50% of the company's total backlog, which should provide some protection against Meritage's more strained markets.
Mr Osborne plans to impose the tax on the sale of homes by non-UK residents in an attempt to ease the capital's strained housing market.
It is unacceptable for universities to continue to flood the already strained job market with PhD graduates hoping for an academic position while at the same time neglecting to nurture a stable stream of post-doctoral opportunities.
Against the background of strained housing markets, economic, social and ecological targets (e.g. energy-based modernization) may conflict with each other.
Mark Begor of GE Capital said Thursday that the unit plans to cut its origination of home mortgages down to $1.0 billion this year, from $13.8 billion due to the increased pressure that the strained British mortgage markets, the largest slice of its mortgage portfolio, is under.
The four-week moving average of initial claims, a less volatile indicator, rose — a sign that the job market remained strained.
Those moves further strained nerves on financial markets after a tumultuous fortnight for the pound.
But on the other side were officials who expressed anxiety that the recovery could slow again because of further weakening in the housing sector, sharp spending cuts and tax increases in states and cities, and spillovers from any further worsening of Europe's strained banking and financial markets.
"Although short-term funding markets remain strained, they have improved somewhat since March," Mr. Bernanke said, reflecting both the intervention of the Fed in offering loans to Wall Street and "ongoing efforts of financial firms to repair their balance sheets and increase their liquidity".
