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Category Archives: Home Building
Housing In 2015: Four Reasons For Optimism (And One For Worry)
Six years ago, homebuilders and Realtors were facing brutal business conditions: millions of Americans were losing their jobs and homes. As 2015 begins, hiring is strong and economic indicators are pointing up. Could this be the year when the housing … Continue reading
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FAA Allows First Real Estate Company To Use Drones For Aerial Photography
Douglas Trudeau of Tierra Antigua Realty in Tucson, Ariz., today became the first real estate agent who can legally use a drone for real estate photography. If you have recently looked at the listings in your local MLS (or on … Continue reading
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Fly Ash Forever
Fly Ash Forever The use of fly ash as an ingredient in concrete steadily increased for many years, mostly due to the benefits fly ash imparts to the qualities of hardened concrete—higher strength, reduced permeability, lower heat of hydration, and … Continue reading
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TOP FIVE MOST TROUBLESOME CALLBACKS
TOP FIVE MOST TROUBLESOME CALLBACKS Zero in on recurring issues that haunt the service department. By: Jennifer Goodman Our step-by-step illustrations show how to prevent issues that lead to customer dissatisfaction. A significant reduction in callbacks can save money and … Continue reading
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Compete Where it Counts
Thinking about the competition is enough to keep a small business owner tossing and turning all night. And based on what you know, this seems understandable. After all, how are you supposed to go up against larger, well-established competitors? What … Continue reading
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More 2015 Housing Forecasts
Towards the end of each year I collect some housing forecasts for the following year, and it looks like most analysts are optimistic for 2015. Here is a summary of forecasts for 2014. In 2014, new home sales will be … Continue reading
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DREES OPTS IN ON EKOTROPE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN TOOL
“When you look at a house as a complete system, you make better cost/energy performance trade-offs that you just can’t make when looking at a single component in isolation,” says Ekotrope founder and CEO Ziv Rozenblum, “We give builders a … Continue reading
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LATEST NUMBERS FOR RALEIGH SHOW NEW HOME CLOSINGS AND PRICES RISE
LATEST NUMBERS FOR RALEIGH SHOW NEW HOME CLOSINGS AND PRICES RISE In the Raleigh, NC market, closings of new homes gained year-over-year in July, and the market seemed to be signaling strengthening with a percentage lift more robust than June … Continue reading
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Home Warranty Complaints Top Popular Online Resource
Most people know Angie’s List as a straight-up and popular resource for getting the scoop on service providers: which ones are good, and those you may want to avoid based on member reviews and other criteria. And members have a … Continue reading
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50 Ways You Can Use Evernote To Manage Your Real Estate Business
Because Evernote can search within PDF files, and uses OCR to search text in images, just about anything you can get into Evernote from your computer, cell phone as text, or cell camera is searchable later. It’s a really efficient … Continue reading
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