new homes: New Home Builder Customer Satisfaction Results - The J.D. Power List is Out - 09/12/08 01:26 AM
J.D. Power conducts surveys to help potential customers gain insight into the level of satisfaction that consumers have with regard to companies with whom they have experience. They cover the gamut of commodities, from vehicles, to electronics, financial services, health-care, travel, insurance, telecom and yes... even homes.
They've announced the results … (12 comments)
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new homes: Gilbert Arizona Spec Homes... Luxury at an Entry Level Price - 04/20/08 04:58 PM
Arizona has many new
homes available.
Home Builders, both large and small, have noticed the valley's wild
population growth patterns, and have set up stakes in this area.
It's quite the task to keep up with all the developments... but it's
very much worth it, as many new … (2 comments)
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new homes: Top Builders in America - A Sortable List - 04/09/08 06:25 PM
Last September I posted a blog which presented a Sortable List of America's Top Home Builders of 2006 & 2007.
The blog reading community was underwhelmed.
Chalk it up to inexperience or a paucity of information- but the link to Builder Online's research was a big eye-opener for me.
For those who specialize … (11 comments)
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new homes: Mesa Arizona Gains New Home Community- Pent Up Demand Exists - 03/15/08 07:32 PM
It's peculiar.Mesa Arizona is one of the largest cities in America.And it's sprawling.Yet it's very short on new single family homes.This is being addressed in north east Mesa as a builder is opening a master planned community with 18 different models and prices ranging from the mid $200s to the high … (0 comments)
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new homes: Active Rain Success Story- First Time Home Buyers Found Me - 02/21/08 08:42 PM
Can I admit to favorites?
Here's the story.
First time home buyers used the net to find someone to help them.
I was a first time blogger.
I had posted new home buying tips on Active Rain.
They found me ... I give them advice … (29 comments)
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new homes: Is this a Good Deal? New Homes as an Investment - 02/05/08 05:34 PM
"Is this a good Deal?" The investor asked me as we looked at a model home. I replied that it is and then did the research to back it up. Here's a simple way to verify the "deal" status of a new home.The investment buyer will want to know two things: … (1 comments)
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new homes: A Guide to Purchasing Inventory Homes vs. New Builds - 01/28/08 07:51 PM
Buying a new home? You have two choices:
New Build- a home based on a basic floor plan that is built to your specifications. Inventory Home- a home either under construction or already finished. (a.k.a. "Spec Homes")Why purchase a new build?
You pick all the upgrades: Colors (within a builder's palette), Elevation (variable … (2 comments)
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new homes: They Ding You On The Upgrades - 01/17/08 01:27 PM
Who wants a cookie cutter house? It's like asking "Who likes urban sprawl?"
To avoid the cookie cutter look, builders offer amenities and upgrades. Amenities are unique attractions that are neighborhood specific. The upgrades pertain to the lot and the house. Optional upgrades allow the buyer to customize the exterior and … (5 comments)
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new homes: SilverLinings: New Home Inventories Declining - 12/28/07 03:42 PM
What's a real estate investor to do?
Applying the "buy low sell high" rule to today's market is a simple task. One must glean the good news from the bad. Sometimes it's easy... as is the case in today's Wall Street Journal (Dec. 28, 2007, C1). The Title? "New Homes Sales Data … (1 comments)
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new homes: Questions For The First Time Home Buyer - 09/24/07 12:17 AM
Every buyer is different. Each buyer has specific wants and needs but the first time home buyer will tend to have as many questions as requests. Here are the questions I usually seek to answer for the first time buyer:Do you want a new or existing home?When do you need to … (3 comments)
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new homes: The Housing Giants - Sortable List of Builders - 09/12/07 07:03 PM
As a buyer's rep whose clients very often desire new builds over existing homes- I'm often asked who the biggest builders are. This is an ever changing list as no one builder "owns" the top seller designation. One builder may sell the most units while another builder garners more revenue. Which … (0 comments)
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new homes: What is NewHomes.com ? - 09/10/07 08:31 PM
I'm an agent with New Homes Realty. Were a nationwide assemblage of real estate agents who represent buyers who are looking for new homes. We also help people find land and homes from the existing market. We don't do listings- we only help buyers. This helps us keep a narrow focus … (0 comments)
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new homes: Here Come the Investors? The phone is ringing again, but it's not Mom & Pop - 09/10/07 02:41 PM
In Arizona, residential-investor interest went from tepid to warm to hot. This cycle began at the turn of the millennium and lasted deep into 2005. The past two years have seen a decline. That is until recently.
Why the renewed interest?
It appears that interest rates, after a chain of rising and … (1 comments)
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new homes: Arizona's Top 25 "Quick Close" New Homes- September Edition - 09/04/07 08:38 PM
New Home Builders have many homes on the market that are in some stage of readiness. These homes will close quicker than a pure new build because the construction process has already begun. These homes tend to come with added builder incentives. I have ranked them by cost per square foot.
For … (1 comments)
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new homes: Arizona- the Greater Phoenix Area Real Estate Market Overview - 09/04/07 02:57 PM
With the nationwide real estate market in flux I'm often asked how Phoenix is doing. Home prices have come down; existing homes remain on the market longer and large builders are weathering an earnings decline storm... resulting in their offering of significant incentives.
Still, there are areas of the country that appear to … (0 comments)
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new homes: Builder's Lender vs Outside Lender - 09/03/07 06:31 PM
Across the nation new home builders are offering incentives... especially of the buyer uses the builder's lender. In many cases the builder's lender is owned or affiliated with the builder. There was a time when General Motors was losing money on cars- yet they were still profitable. That's because they owned … (0 comments)
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new homes: Builder Incentives- Paying the Agent More than the Buyer - 09/03/07 03:26 PM
Under certain circumstances a builder will offer higher than traditional commissions to buyer's agents.
Here are some of the circumstances under which a builder may offer such a premium:
Builder is approaching close-out. The builder may be ready to deploy the selling agents at a newer community. By offering higher incentives the … (0 comments)
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new homes: Is the Buyer's Agent a Salesman? - 09/03/07 02:38 PM
When showing homes I'll often have a buyer asking me what my incentive is to sell them a house. I'll spend a little time discussing "fiduciary" explaining that my interests are in helping them find the best house for them. Also, when I'm acting as a buyer's agent, I don't consider myself a "salesman" … (1 comments)
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