Real estate blog entries tagged with homebuilding

Blog entries tagged with "homebuilding":

homebuilding: Housebuilding progress - 08/13/08 10:44 PM

This is what I've been doing everyday for the last 2 weeks and it will take probably another 2-3 weeks before we're finished. Installing cedar shingle siding must be one of the most labor intensive types of siding to use. We use clear verticle sawn cedar #1 shingles. We have a source for these shingles … (0 comments)

homebuilding: Space Planning: Making the Most of Your Home - 08/07/08 02:45 PM

Attractive and functional Family Rooms accomodate media in an unobstrusive manner if you have planned well. Plan and anticipate the location of entertainment equipment and computers when building, remodeling or moving to minimize visible wiring and provide sufficient circuits and outlets.
If space is an issue, maximize it by using built-ins … (0 comments)

homebuilding: Homebuilding Trends are Changing - 08/07/08 02:43 PM

According to Ilyce Glink, who recently attended the National Home Builders Convention, the latest trends in homebuilding show that new homeowners prefer a traditional look that accents a home's natural beauty. This "traditional" includes hand-carved doors, hand-made stained glass, and hand-finished wood floors. The home must also be wired such that the latest technology … (0 comments)

homebuilding: Georgia Builder license starts today - 07/01/08 02:02 PM

For those of you who might not be aware of yet. Today marks the start of the new state license that is in effect for builders and contractors in the state of Georgia. If you are a builder or contractor and have not been grandfathered in or taken the state licensing exam then you … (1 comments)

homebuilding: What Spyders can tell us about the Phoenix, Arizona Real Estate market!! - 06/16/08 11:40 PM

First, what do I mean by spyders ??
There are Wall Street public investments in a specific sector of the economy such as biotech, oil, Home Builders etc, called SPDR's; industry insiders call Spyders traded on the American Stock exchange.
The SPDR (spyder) for the Home Builders is traded under the … (3 comments)

homebuilding: A New Home for $2.37 per sq. ft.! - 06/04/08 11:09 PM

My primary hat is as real estate broker,but I have an unending love and respect for home building. Our family has been building for a long time. My grandfather started building in our area in the 1930's and we still operate a small home building company today.
We found an estimate … (10 comments)

homebuilding: Cedar shingle siding- one of my favorite things - 05/27/08 11:48 PM

I am serious. I absolutely love the way cedar shingle siding looks, feels and even smells while installing it. Installing cedar shingle siding is truly one of my favorite construction tasks and I have installed a lot of cedar shingle siding over the past 17 years. The price for clear #1 shingles has at … (1 comments)

homebuilding: ¡Vivir en tranquilidad!…Una parcela de tierra residencial. ¡Solo $55,000! Localizado en el vecindario de Sixteen Acres en Springfield, MA - 04/29/08 04:55 PM

Agente: Bernadine Pellicier, REALTOR® (413) 263-3811
¡Buen precio! Si usted quiere más información en español, favor de llamarme o escribirme por email.
Nunca seré demasiada ocupada para ayudarle. Para más información, favor de llamar: (413) 263-3811.
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homebuilding: Our Local Home Products Trade Show Was a Real Success! - 02/24/08 09:40 PM

Our booth at the local Home Builders Association Home Products and Garden Show this weekend in Bryan/College Station, Texas was busier than we have ever seen it. One vendor told us that this show had more visitors than one they just did in Houston! I also understand that a lot of the … (6 comments)

homebuilding: HOMEBUILDING-OLD OR NEW? - 02/22/08 10:24 AM

Homebuilding is a lot of work whether you build new or rebuild an old house. Many people don't realize how much work it is to build a house. It can be even more work to rebuild a house. My husband and I have been building and restoring homes for the … (1 comments)

homebuilding: Building a Custom Home and Staying Married - 02/10/08 09:17 PM

Sometimes you just gotta turn off the cell phone and emails and stop. We have been so busy the last month that we almost forgot we have a Home too. Oh yes I don't just sell them but live in a home. 7 years ago we ended a 10 year search … (9 comments)

homebuilding: From CNN...bout AHomebuilding and WaMu - 01/18/08 08:51 AM

"Homebuilding: Sharpest drop in 27 years
"Steeper than expected plunge in December ends year that saw homebuilding, permits post declines not seen since past recessions.""
By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.com senior writer January 17 2008: 6:46 PM EST
Click here to see more about this article
"WaMu takes $1.9B loss
Country's biggest savings and loan bank … (1 comments)

homebuilding: Green Homebuilding... - 12/19/07 04:39 AM

The ‘…For Dummies’ family of books have plenty of titles that could help you with moving, selling, DIY and staging. Heck, they could probably put open heart surgery into Laymen’s terms if they felt like it. This month they launched ‘Green Building and Remodelling For Dummies’, and it looks like a … (7 comments)

homebuilding: Eco-Friendly Materials and Life Style Choices for Homeowners and Homebuilders - 08/16/07 02:39 PM

Environmentally conscience homeowners and homebuilders are concerned with global warming and are searching for ways that they can help reduce the affects of this problem. Homeowners and homebuilders have looked at this problem from two perspectives. They look at conditions in the home that can be controlled by the homeowner. They … (0 comments)

homebuilding: Attention Builders! This is not the '80's! (Or why I don't have big hair and wear bows) - 05/31/07 10:50 AM

I am a homebuilding marketing addict and I can't resist touring builder's model homes. As a homebuilding marketing executive for a number of years, a member of the NAHB, and now the president of my own company (we provide professional real estate services to the general public as well as sales and marketing … (1 comments)

homebuilding: Homebuilding Going Green in New Mexico! - 05/13/07 06:14 PM

"Green-built" homes are becoming very trendy, in New Mexico and nationwide, as is illustrated in a recent article in the Albuquerque Journal.
In 2004, The National Association of Homebuilders initiated a program that set guidelines for builders and created an independent certification process, and, last year, the Homebuilders Association of Central New Mexico, … (5 comments)