new home builders: Should I use a REALTOR for New Construction? - 09/03/08 04:01 PM
The only way to truly provide peace of mind to the buyer is for the buyer to have full representation from their own REALTOR.
Many buyers wonder if it is a good idea to hire a REALTOR when purchasing new construction. Some buyers believe that they will get a better deal
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new home builders: builders filing for BK in record numbers - 08/31/08 02:23 PM
A big wave is hitting as a result of the housing crisis....
owners of smaller and mid size builders are becoming casualties.
Three years ago, at the peak of the maket, builders borrowed from regional banks to start developments across the country.
We know about the drop i home prices as the home market turned cold.
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new home builders: Signs of Life For Luxury Home Builder - 08/13/08 10:40 AM
I just posted a new article on my mortgage website called...
Toll Brothers Inc Report Offers Ray Of Hope
which discusses the new revenue report on the US largest luxury home builder Toll Brothers...it has a few surprises ....so click over and read...
Toll Brothers Inc Report Offers Ray Of Hope
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new home builders: New Home Builder Created Ghost Towns - 08/12/08 12:53 PM
I just finished an article on my mortgage blog about the dangers of buying new construction homes in this credit crunch market called...
Kirkway Estates Exemplifies Dangers In Buying New Homes
It demonstrates all the dangers using development outside Detroit called Kirkway Estates....click over and read this article if you are
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new home builders: AVERY RANCH SUBDIVISION - ROUND ROCK TEXAS - REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY JULY 2008 - 08/09/08 03:38 PM
AVERY RANCH SUBDIVISION is located in Round Rock just Northwest of Austin, on either side of Parmer Lane North of RR 620. It is a master planned golf course community with 4000 homes on 1800 acres. Nestled up to Avery Ranch Golf Club, this neighborhood has everything to
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new home builders: Working with New Home Builders....Know the Ropes. - 07/31/08 09:33 PM
I used to work for a production new home builder for a while. What I learned is how they needed realtors as much as realtors needed them. Each week we were required to make constant contact with area realtors and brokerages. It was a way to get the realtors familiar with
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new home builders: New Home Builders - Year end savings - 07/10/08 12:42 PM
Builders especially publically traded home builders have fiscal year ends to their calender years. I bet you can guess what times of the year within their fiscal year they are giving the most discounts and incentives, right? Even smaller builders have fiscal year ends. Not all builders year ends on
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new home builders: Building lots in Dunwoody, Metro Atlanta best address. - 05/27/08 09:10 PM
Setup a time to go outand view this listing firsthand
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new home builders: "required use" to ban tying arrangements - 05/13/08 06:58 PM
While HUD seeks to clarify the definition of "required use" to ban tying arrangements, the federal courts continue to dismiss cases against builders where discounts are offered as long as they are optional. A judge has recently ruled to dismiss a case pending against D.R. Horton for offering buyers a discount
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new home builders: Building Lots for sale in Dunwoody GA (North Atlanta-close in) - 05/08/08 02:17 PM
Building Lots for sale in Dunwoody GA
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new home builders: Builders I would recommend around Gwinnett County Georgia - 03/24/08 04:53 PM
There are very few builders I would recommend to a client for then to have a new home built to meet the client's needs. The builders I list here have an eye for detail and like to put extra quality into their homes. I have worked in one capacity or another for
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new home builders: M/I Homes Beats Lennar's Deal - 02/22/08 02:47 PM
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about a great deal being offered by new home builder Lennar. Apparently, M/I Homes has decided to go one better. Lennar offered a 30 year fixed rate mortgage at 4.875% - M/I is offering 3.875% for the first year, which adjusts to 4.875% in
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new home builders: Announcing 2 goals reached in 2007 - Broker Associate & Mortgage Broker - 02/01/08 08:49 PM
Two licenses in one month - Nov 2007 - a goal I am pleased that I achieved - Broker Associate & Mortgage Broker. The 5 weeks devoted to taking the two course and taking the tests was difficult. Passed with flying colors - For one stop shopping for all your Northeast & North
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new home builders: Antelope Valley New Home Builders - 11/23/07 04:26 PM
Many home buyers do not realized that as a local real estate agent I can still represent them in the purchase of a new home direct from the builder. I just wanted to take a moment and recognize the builders in the Antelope Valley and offer my services to any buyers looking
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new home builders: Florida Builders Says... "It May Not Survive The Housing Slump" - 11/17/07 12:39 PM
WOW, I was really surprised yesterday to read in the Florida Realtors Early Bird News that another builder is considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. I attended a luncheon hosted by Engle Homes (New home bulder in Central Florida) at the end of last month to announce the launch of their new 2008
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new home builders: Neighborhood Warhead Removal To Begin - 10/15/07 06:09 PM
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new home builders: The real solution is in the supply - 10/03/07 02:13 AM
One-way to rebuild a healthy real estate market is to decrease the amount of homes available for sale. Our recent efforts have been geared towards increasing the demand to buy homes. It's pretty obvious that several experts, and the media, aren't going to stop highlighting every negative aspect in the
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new home builders: How to Choose a Builder for your New Home - 09/25/07 10:14 AM
I have been in the building and development practice for quite a number of years, which we won't discuss because it may give clues as to what my age is. Throughout these years, there has been one question, or a variation thereof, that I hear repeated over and over again: "How do
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new home builders: Cheap Money and New Home Building to meet an Artificial Demand - 09/14/07 04:22 AM
Supply and demand determines any and every real estate market.... period. It's not hard to find an article that blames the current meltdown in real estate on the cheap and easy loans available and I somewhat agree on this but in a different light. Cheap money enabled new home builders to build developments
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new home builders: List of Austin Area Home Builders - 08/02/07 12:20 AM
Here is a small list of builders. If you have any favorites or would like to add some please feel free. J. For a more complete list of builders in Texas see my webpage at http://www.rebateontexashomes.com/html/builder_search_.html
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new home builders: Housing Starts Up and Permits Down - 07/27/07 02:16 PM
It seems the housing market is at odds with itself. While housing starts are up, building permits are down. "Building permits fell 7.5 percent in June to a pace of 1.406 million units. That's just above the 1.402 million unit rate seen in June 1997 and below the 1.48 million unit rate
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new home builders: Extra Special new-build condos in Southern Delaware County - 05/27/07 07:41 PM
I recently previewed a new condo complex in southern Delaware County for out-of-state clients. While there are numerous complexes in the area, I was especially impressed with this one. Often condos are used as a "buffer zone" between a road and single-family homes and therefore, don't have very good views or
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new home builders: Impact of New Builder Slowdown? - 04/17/07 12:42 PM
In Western Loudoun County, the new home builders are really getting aggressive on their pricing to attract every buyer they can...and that is really putting downward pressure on the resale market just few miles, or even a few blocks, away. builders simply have better pricing power than nearly any homeowner that
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new home builders: NEW builders in the Valley? - 04/16/07 11:52 PM
NEW builders in the Valley?by Kaushik Sirkar, Chandler REALTOR®Chandler AZ Real Estate With record inventories in the Phoenix metropolitan area and slower sales throughout many parts of the country we see reports of builder earnings and profitability suffering. Large number of spec homes sit unsold gnawing away at the bottom-line of builders
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new home builders: 3 New Builders enter Phoenix Market - more signs of a rebound! - 03/31/07 01:09 PM
Hello! There is a great article today on http://www.azcentral.com/. It details that 3 new home builders are entering the Phoenix market. They are national builders, who see now as a great time to enter what was an impossible market to break into the past few years. The builders are: Mattamy Homes out of
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new home builders: KB Homes Hemorrhaging Money...$50 Million in the Last Quarter! - 02/22/07 03:13 AM
I've got no love loss for home builders like KB Homes with their shoddy workmanship, their iron clad, seller favored contracts, and their open disdain for agents and mortgage brokers. They pump up inventories without regard for local conditions and when they've over build, fire-sale the remaining inventory plummeting values for home owners
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new home builders: Vacant "For Sale" Homes Have Doubled in the Last 24 Months - What's Next? - 02/12/07 09:23 PM
Vacant homes as a portion of all homes for sale have virtually doubled in the last 24 months. The slide in real estate values will be prolonged and could easily be exacerbated if this trend continues or worsens. The surge in resale listings, completed new homes, and cancelled new home contracts
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