If you have followed our site since the beginning you have shared our ups, downs, and in-betweens regarding the development of our new home marketing site: spechomes.com.

The past 6-12 months have been difficult for the home building industry, and for us too!

Every day I find stories online exemplifying the challenges that our industry and fellow home builders face, and because I look for it...

I also find hope... I believe that we are beginning to see a solid turn-around in the new home market.

Those of us who have made it this far have an arduous task ahead... changing, adapting, and essentially re-building our industry from the inside out.

People still need shelter - many prefer new homes over resales, but the approach to attract and retain our fellow Americans attention and trust will require a new type of effort.

Without giving the farm away, (I've done that before btw,) I'd like to share with you some of the "re-building" and adapting that we plan to implement here at spechomes.com.

Social media seems to all be the rage online these days, but without falling into wanderlust over the idea, here are some features that you might see upon re-launching:

• Wordpress has a fantastic code base nimble, yet strong enough to start any online social platform!

With the help of some of the most talented wordpress plugin developers we aim to deliver to you a multi-user blog network centered around the Spec Home Network.

• Each user on our network will have an individual blog community, contain a blog directory, user avatars, and private forum.

More news will be posted on the site soon, follow our progress of our pre-launch development at:

http://twitter.com/lancesonka 

Thank you for your continued support, we look forward to continuing to help you exceed your online home marketing goals!

"Feature your Inventory Homes on SpecHomes.com and drive an overwhelming response from active home buyers on the internet!"

A Featured SpecHomes.com listing will appear in some of the most prominent sections of the site as well as appearing highlighted in our inventory home search results. Your featured listing will get premium visibility and increase the audience for your ready to move spec homes. The more prospects that see your inventory homes, the better chance you have of finding a buyer.

What are the Key Benefits?

• High Visibility. Featured Inventory Homes are highlighted in the Search and on other content pages. This increases the chance of your listings getting noticed by active and passive property seekers.
• More Click-Through. Your listing will get more detailed views from Real Estate Professionals by being a featured listing on SpecHomes.com!
• More Exposure. Call more attention to your inventory house listing, your organization, and your opportunities by going featured, and take advantage of extra spec home web traffic through our online distribution partners.

How Does SpecHomes.com Syndication Work?

"Behind the scenes, we distribute your listings via automated XML feeds to major internet classified and search engine destinations such as:

•          Google Base

•          Oodle

•          Vast

•          Backpage

•          Propsmart

•          Edgeio

•           Lycos

•         Zillow

•         Trulia

•         Local.com

•         FeedBurner.com

And many more... syndication partners are updated frequently...

We also supply automated notification of new page contents to Yahoo!, Google, & MSN daily.

In order for your spec home inventory to appear as a featured SpecHomes.com listing, you must first submit your data via your easy to use account control panel. Once your spec home ad is live, it will be rotated throughout the site with other featured listings in your local region or area.

"Syndication is a term we use to define the most unique part of our service."

Basically you create your spec home listings once on SpecHomes.com via our easy to use control panel, and we do all the heavy lifting behind the scenes of sending your classified listing information to other high traffic websites. So you can potentially have dozens of websites advertising your inventory all across the internet!

SpecHomes.com is consistently on the first page of search results for nearly 900 keywords, cities, states and search terms related to:

Spec homes, inventory homes, home builder inventory, new home community events, and home builder directory on Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, and many others as well!

These FREE Extra Features make you Local Internet Marketing Experts!

•         Create and submit new home community events relative to your new homes and communities for free to our online New Home Community Events Calendar - perfect for extra exposure online!

•         Find out what the competition is up to - sign up for free automated email alerts in your area! When another home builder posts a listing in your city, will send you a notification to check out their offerings.

And We Never...

•         Sell, Rent, or Share your confidential information!

•         Charge you for individual leads. Your listings = Your customers!

We want you to dominate your local marketing area on the internet and we provide you the latest tools available on the internet today to do just that.

Contact Us Today!

If you are wondering... spechomes.com is a team blog about building, buying, and selling new homes.

That being said, there are guidelines one should follow when readying a blog post to be published on our site. The following are a "living" set of principles or guidelines for posting:

Content

Each blog post will be a minimum of 300 words of original new home related content. Every blog post submitted will be subject to any current editorial policies or guidelines.

Currently, home listings are NOT allowed on the spechomes.com team blog.

Links

Each blog post will contain a maximum of 3 external links per published blog post, one of which must link to a page on spechomes.com, (We recommend linking to us with each blog post title as the link.)

Example: "Guidelines for Posting" in the first paragraph of this article

• Linking to ActiveRain is NOT permitted.

Tags

Tagging every new home blog post to be published on spechomes.com is encouraged, and should be limited to no more than 3 keyword phrases per post.

Example: new house,home builder,inventory homes

Groups

There are NO restrictions syndicating your content to groups on AR.

• Linking to groups on AR is NOT permitted.

Localism

There are NO restrictions syndicating your content to Localism.

• Linking to Localism.com is NOT permitted.

Channels

To be determined...

Beautiful Two-Story Home with Media & Game Room - Inventory Home

	$180,416.00 4 Bed 2.5 Bath 2,647 Bldg. Sq. Ft. 2150 Fair Weather Dr. Lancaster, TX 75146 MLS 10850798 Lot Size 60 Sq. Ft. Schools Lancaster Year Built 2007 View Property Website

Description

Spacious home with 4 bedroom, 2.5 baths, formal dining, game room, media room & covered patio.

 

Additional Details

Ceramic Tile Covered Patio Fireplace Full Sodded Yard Ready to Move In Energy Star Certified Landscaped Sprinkler System

 

Seller Profile

Kimball Hill Homes Brittany Garritson 3010 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1100 Dallas, TX 75234 972-481-2215 brittanygarritson@khhcorp.com

Model Home with Game Room and Wet Bar! - Model Home

	$234,307.00 4 Bed 3.5 Bath 2,748 Bldg. Sq. Ft. 2123 Fair Weather Dr. Lancaster, TX 75146 MLS 10939478 Lot Size 60 Sq. Ft. Schools Lancaster Year Built 2007 View Property Website

Description

2 story brick home with 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, formal dining and living, master downstairs, game room, media room & covered patio.  The home is in a beautiful master planned community with neighborhood pool, hike or bike nature trail path, park & picnic areas.

 

Additional Details

Ceramic Tile Covered Patio Fireplace Full Sodded Yard Guttering Wood Flooring Ready to Move In Energy Star Certified Landscaped Sprinkler System

 

Seller Profile

Kimball Hill Homes Brittany Garritson 3010 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1100 Dallas, TX 75234 972-481-2215 brittanygarritson@khhcorp.com

Great Two-Story home in time for Spring Move-in! - Inventory Home

	$228,463.00 4 Bed 2.5 Bath 3,400 Bldg. Sq. Ft. 710 Cliffmere Arlington, TX 76002 MLS 10937211 Lot Size 50 Sq. Ft. Schools Mansfield Year Built 2008 View Property Website

Description

Georgeous two story with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, formal living, formal dining, game room, media room with raised platform and sconce lighting, granite counters, covered Patio, ceramic tile throughout, wrought iron staircase. Many more upgrades. Ready March or April. Photos, elevations & or computer generated images are for illustration purposes.

 

Additional Details

Ceramic Tile Covered Patio Fireplace Full Sodded Yard Granite Surface Guttering 50% Complete Energy Star Certified Landscaped Sprinkler System

 

Seller Profile

Kimball Hill Homes Brittany Garritson 3010 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1100 Dallas, TX 75234 972-481-2215 brittanygarritson@khhcorp.com

Wonderful 1 Story Brick Home with 3-Car Garage! - Inventory Home

	$188,971.00 3 Bed 2 Bath 1,963 Bldg. Sq. Ft. 9123 Maple Canyon Court Arlington, TX 76002 MLS 10937174 Lot Size 50 Sq. Ft. Schools Mansfield Year Built 2008

Description

3 bedroom, 2 bath, formal dining, 3 car garage, ceramic tile throughout, covered patio, rounded corners. Ready April or May. Photos, elevations & or computer generated images are for illustration purposes.

 

Additional Details

Ceramic Tile Covered Patio Fireplace Full Sodded Yard 50% Complete Energy Star Certified Landscaped Sprinkler System

 

Seller Profile

Kimball Hill Homes Brittany Garritson 3010 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1100 Dallas, TX 75234 972-481-2215 brittanygarritson@khhcorp.com

3 Bedroom Home with Stone Elevation and Covered Patio! - Inventory Home

	$228,463.00 3 Bed 2 Bath 2,166 Bldg. Sq. Ft. 711 Cliffmere Dr. Arlington, TX 76002 MLS 1093714 Lot Size 50 Sq. Ft. Schools Mansfield Year Built 2008

Description

1 story home with 3 bedrooms, 2 dining, 2 living (family room and owners retreat), Granite counters, ceramic tile throughout, covered patio, stone elevation, rounded corners and many more upgrades. Ready March or April. Photos, elevations & or computer generated images are for illustration purposes.

 

Additional Details

Ceramic Tile Covered Patio Fireplace Full Sodded Yard Granite Surface Guttering 50% Complete Energy Star Certified Landscaped Sprinkler System

 

Seller Profile

Kimball Hill Homes Brittany Garritson 3010 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1100 Dallas, TX 75234 972-481-2215 brittanygarritson@khhcorp.com

Beautiful one story in Master Planned Community! - Inventory Home

	$172,560.00 3 Bed 2 Bath 1,963 Bldg. Sq. Ft. 808 Cliffmere Arlington, TX 76002 MLS 10937129 Lot Size 50 Sq. Ft. Schools Mansfield Year Built 2008

Description

Granite Counters, covered patio, ceramic tile throughout and many more upgrades. Ready in April. Photos, elevations & or computer generated images are for illustration purposes.

 

Additional Details

Ceramic Tile Covered Patio Fireplace Full Sodded Yard Granite Surface 50% Complete Energy Star Certified Landscaped Sprinkler System

 

Seller Profile

Kimball Hill Homes Brittany Garritson 3010 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1100 Dallas, TX 75234 972-481-2215 brittanygarritson@khhcorp.com