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January New Home Sales dipped slightly
January New Home Sales dipped slightly, but only because the past month’s sales were revised higher. Together, December and January new home sales were the best they’ve been in a year, up 3.5% in that time frame. The median sale … Continue reading
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Warranty benefits from buying a new home
Buying a new home comes with several benefits. When building a new home, it is built based on current codes and standards. It is also built with the latest energy efficiency guidelines and most up to date materials are being … Continue reading
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Tougher Energy Codes Push Framing Forward
One of the primary goals of the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) is to increase the energy savings in residential and commercial buildings by 30% compared to the 2006 code. This latest version builds upon the 2009 IECC, which … Continue reading
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Fed Chair Urges Swifter Action to Strengthen the Housing Sector
Chairman Ben Bernanke used the International Builders’ Show on Friday to restate the Fed’s contention that the pace of the U.S. economic recovery is linked inextricably to how quickly and sustainably the housing market improves. Addressing a large audience of … Continue reading
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Gut Feelings and Graphs Point to Market Improvement
The evidence is beginning to mount that the housing market has stabilized and is improving. While 2011 was the worst year for new single-family construction since World War II, a ray of sunshine erupted in the last quarter that is … Continue reading
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FHA Could Run Out of Money in 2012
The Federal Housing Administration could run out of money over the next year and require a $700 million cash infusion from the Treasury Department to stay afloat, according to the Obama administration’s budget request sent Monday to Congress. But Obama … Continue reading
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Home Building Outlook: Most Local Markets to Improve in 2012
Although new-home building isn’t likely to go gangbusters in the next 12 months, the worst seems to be over, according to the Home Building Outlook, a new quarterly report from Hanley Wood Market Intelligence (HWMI)—a division of Builder’s parent company Hanley Wood, … Continue reading
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Home Sales Tips by the Dozen
The tips came flying so fast Wednesday morning at the first sales and marketing session of the International Builders’ Show that it was hard to know if there were indeed 115 of them as the brochure promised. Most likely there … Continue reading
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Sales Manager Survey Finds Gap Between Perception and Performance
A new survey of sales managers for home builders finds a serious disconnect between how they think their sales teams are performing and the actual results those sellers are producing. Shore Consulting, a sales and marketing consulting firm based in … Continue reading
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Strive to Exceed Expectations
You should always deliver on your customers’ expectations, but you can achieve even greater success if you exceed those expectations. Stay in touch before, during and after a job and inform customers about deliverable dates and any delays. These actions … Continue reading
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