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Category Archives: Warranty Service
Is there something about being small and smart that drives up warranty costs?
While RIM’s costs rise, Apple’s costs fall. And while other smartphone makers have reported high warranty costs, Nokia’s are only half as high. Is there something about being small and smart that drives up warranty costs? While handheld mobile computers, … Continue reading
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Data-Driven Home Aims to Test Which Green Features Work
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is putting the finishing touches on a net-zero-energy demonstration home that the federal agency hopes will identify green and energy-efficient strategies that transfer well to the real world. “We saw the need for a … Continue reading
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Triangle Housing Market Strong All Around May 2012
The Triangle Multiple Listing Service (TMLS) reports the following information pertaining to the housing industry in the greater Triangle Region during May of 2012. The data shown reflects information on properties located in the 16 counties of the greater Triangle … Continue reading
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Two Fights for Freedom, and a Home for the Brave
After rescuing three little boys, a wounded veteran and his family were in need of a new home. Credit: Coutesy Building Systems Councils Enlarge Credit: Coutesy Building Systems Councils When Staff Sergeant Vincent Gizzarelli was medically retired from military service … Continue reading
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Small businesses hire fewer workers in May
Small businesses hired fewer workers in May and cut hours for those on their payrolls, an independent survey showed on Wednesday, raising prospects of another disappointing employment report. Businesses added 40,000 new jobs, after increasing payrolls by an upwardly revised … Continue reading
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Private Equity Still Probing for Next Housing Deal
As banks slowly work their way back into becoming builders’ financial partners again, private equity investors say their capital will continue to play a role in bankrolling the housing industry’s land acquisition and construction projects. For example, Mountain Real Estate Group, … Continue reading
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Betting on the bottom
Amid a tricky balance of uncertain demand flow, ever-menacing distressed supply, and global economic concatenation stretching from Madrid to Beijing, economists find consensus in their belief that America’s housing market has reached its lowpoint. Will it thud along, creep steadily … Continue reading
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APRIL HOME SALES, EXISTING AND NEW…
APRIL HOME SALES, EXISTING AND NEW… The big economic news this week covers the full read on April home sales, starting with Existing Home Sales on Tuesday, expected UP to a 4.65 million annual rate. Wednesday we’ll see New Home … Continue reading
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The census reported the median size of a new home in 2010 was 2,169 square feet, down from the 2007 peak of 2,277 square feet.
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New Guide Helps Appraisers Factor Energy Efficiency into Valuations
In collaboration with the Appraisal Institute, the Institute for Market Transformation has released the second edition of a comprehensive guide to factoring energy performance into commercial and multifamily real estate valuation, Recognition of Energy Costs and Energy Performance in Real Property Valuation. … Continue reading
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