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More supply … now, more demand?

Calculated Risk’s Bill McBride looks week-to-week at inventory for-sale trends, and comments on where we stand vis a vis his view that the supply “bottom” happened earlier this year. Read More

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Different to Its Core Proto Homes’ concept house raises the bar for technology and design.

based prefab supplier Proto Homesrecently relocated to a new factory that can handle the increase in orders it has been receiving for a concept home that the company’s president, Frank Vafaee, believes could establish a new paradigm for a home’s design, … Continue reading

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Supply and Demand The NAHB encourages its members to forge good relationships with suppliers to ease material price volatility.

“Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water” may be a cliche, but it’s also an apt description of the way many builders feel these days as they come to grips with the latest impediment … Continue reading

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Negative equity plummets in local markets The strengthening economy and housing market have boosted the value of high-end homes, which has translated to fewer homeowners who are underwater on their mortgages. The Wall Street Journal‘s Anya Martin reports. The WSJ is a paid-subscription … Continue reading

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Lumber prices drop 25% from recent peak Calculated Risk’s Bill McBride explores plausible reasons for the recent fall-off in lumber prices, conjecturing that some producers have expanded output and that demand from China has ebbed. Rea

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Charlotte home builders – shortage of workers

Charlotte-area homebuilders are eager to build more houses, but after laying off thousands of construction workers during the real estate meltdown, they say they can’t find enough new employees to meet rising demand. Delays are creeping into projects, homebuilders say, … Continue reading

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Lumber Price Plunge Puzzles Pundits

Don’t watch the news on lumber prices too closely: you might get whiplash and mood swings. Houston station KHOU had it one way on May 29: “Housing boom drives up lumber prices,” by Jeremy Desel. “”The supply chain can’t keep … Continue reading

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8 most business-friendly cities 8. Raleigh-Durham is number 8 of 8 Jennifer Dunleavy heads a staffing agency in the Raleigh area.   Entrepreneurs give Raleigh great ratings for its training and networking programs. The city’s greatest asset is the talent it … Continue reading

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Last Week……………

There appears to be plenty of real estate people who believe they can succeed, as last week saw more housing numbers go through the roof. Existing Home Sales were up 4.2% in May to a 5.18 million unit annual rate, … Continue reading

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Are millennial a window of opportunity or a closed door for home builders?

Builders are eyeing the next wave of potential home buyers — the so-called millennials — but whether this rising generation will embrace big mortgage debt remains an open question. These 95 million people ages 10 to 32 outnumber their baby-boomer … Continue reading

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