That makes four months now of about flat new home sales and, like the ten month stretch of relatively flat existing home sales, it’s possible that sales volume has gone about as low as it’s going to go.
Of course, that doesn’t mean sales are likely to go any higher anytime soon and, with foreclosures setting [...]
Gontina Building & Design in Clawson is going for platinum certification, the highest U.S. green building level, on a home in Bloomfield Township.
The structure started going up this week on the 3,700-square-foot European estate-inspired home. The 4-bedroom, 4-bath home, when finished early next year, is to feature bamboo flooring, structural insulated panels, a geothermal heating [...]
An economist might deem the opportunity cost of building versus buying a house right now to be unacceptably high. And judging from emails I have received, so do some of my readers.
With the U.S. in a housing slump there’s an ever growing array of homes for sale at lower prices. Meanwhile, prices for supplies like [...]
U.S. home builders, struggling under sinking demand and a credit crisis, now face a fresh obstacle: competition from a flood of homes in foreclosure.
Grappling with the worst U.S. housing market downturn since the Great Depression, home builders have curbed their building activities. They’ve also been slicing through their inventories of unsold homes by slashing prices [...]
Home builders Hovnanian Enterprises and Toll Brothers Inc. have had a tough week, reporting quarterly losses amid the suburban housing slump. But home builder Lennar Corp. was granted a gift from San Francisco voters on Tuesday night.
City voters soundly supported a measure that will allow the Miami-based builder to develop a sprawling, 770-acre property into [...]
High inventory of new homes has prompted the local home builders association to roll out its first-ever incentive program - giving real estate agents a chance to win $50,000 - in an attempt to increase home-buying traffic and sales.
With decreasing new-home prices, increasing inventories and low demand, the program is designed to [...]
The owner and operator of Stanley Steemer air duct cleaning is a Grand Rapids native, so you are not referring work to some out-of-area contractor. The company is highly experienced in both Commercial and Residential air duct cleaning. With 23 trucks, it is the largest carpet cleaner/air duct cleaning company in West Michigan.
* Licensed HVAC [...]
After squabbling over prices for decades, the nations big-box retail chains are ready to battle in a new arena: the environment.
Home Depot today will introduce a label for nearly 3,000 products, like fluorescent light bulbs that conserve electricity and natural insect killers, that promote energy conservation, sustainable forestry and clean water.
The initiative [...]
Question: Allison, we’re thinking of remodeling our Summit Cove home to be able to sell it for more money. Can we get all the money we put into it back out when we sell?Answer: Good question. Many sellers are in your shoes and wonder how much they can re-coup from remodeling. Remodeling [...]
One of Tarion’s responsibilities is to educate consumers and builders about new home warranty coverage. This is accomplished in several different ways. Advertising describes Tarion’s mandate and encourages consumers to visit the website or to call for more information about warranty protection. Tarion also publishes a variety of helpful brochures which can be downloaded from [...]