Hasn't broken ground yet but will definitely have an impact.

I really appreciate your insights and obviously I have underestimated the impact to a large degree. 

What are thoughts on the impact of this New York Judge's ruling last week?

My general rule of thumb on major foundation work:If the work is visibly obvious to the buyer, it will impact your ability to sell at market price.

Although I or you may not agree with him about some or maybe everything he writes he does raise some interesting points.http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/03/why-i-am-never-going-to-own-a-home-again/But what's the impact on people looking to own houses for investment purposes?

All Pro Foundation Repair 877-MEAN-GREEN has a good reputation locally, but I have not used them.

These are significant investments that in all likelihood will have a meaningful impact on the buyers income, wealth and future. 

A single credit check for pre approval on a potential mortgage should have very little impact on your credit score, maybe a few points.

Account Closed More curious on how they will impact markets rather than being negative.  

(I won;t go into the limited exceptions here)  The CA legislators felt like it was unfair to the tenant to have disputes with the current landlord impair their right to get credit and future housing, so they made essentially sealed these cases from public view.This will have two impacts.