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LED lighting will be in the homes you design and build - maybe not today or tomorrow - but sooner than you think.
Existing-home sales were sharply lower in July following expiration of the home buyer tax credit but home prices continued to gain. Given the rock-bottom mortgage interest rates and historically high housing affordability conditions, the pace of a sales recovery could pick up quickly, provided the economy consistently adds jobs.
In some newly constructed housing developments home builders are including a clause in the contract demanding a 1 percent transfer fee to be paid to them every time the property is sold over the next 99 years. The fee isn’t for improvements or maintenance. It is just a payment to the builder, and not everyone likes it.
Vinyl and fiber cement siding offer benefits such as color variety, low maintenance and green performance
To get a clearer picture of how current economic conditions are impacting builders, the Strategic Alliance, a group of real estate-related companies, conducted a business survey that covered more than 1,000 builders and developers and other industry professionals in the Tri-State and Mid-Atlantic regions. While most builders hoped that conditions would trend up quicker this year, there are some fundamental problems that still need to be resolved before projects can move forward.
Fiberon is changing its corporate name from Fiber Composites LLC to Fiberon, LLC. The corporate name-change is being initiated to create brand consistency in communications and is aligned with an ongoing strategy to expand the overall decking solutions portfolio under the Fiberon brand. Fiberon decking solutions are sold to professional contractors and dealers through a national network of distributors.
Whirlpool launches an easy-to-use rebate finder tool on three of its brand Web sites – Whirlpool, Maytag and KitchenAid brands. By entering a local zip code and appliance type, the online tool instantly informs the consumer of the amount of applicable state rebates through the federal program.
Homeowners are more pessimistic about the short-term future of home values in their local market than they have been in the past three quarters. One-third believe local home values have not yet reached a bottom, while 38 percent believe they already have reached bottom.
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