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NAR: Pending home sales up 5% in March, continue upward swing
on April 29,2011
Home-sales contract activity has now increased six of the past nine months, as the Pending Home Sales Index saw gains in March, according to the National Association of Realtors. The index, a forward...
New-home sales climb 11% in March to 300,000 annual units
on April 25,2011
Sales of new single-family houses in March 2011 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 300,000, 11.1 percent above the revised February rate of 270,000, according to estimates released jointly...
on March 16,2011
Unless it can raise nearly $2 million in the next month, private home builder Estridge Group may have to shut down, IndyStar reported.
Meritage builds ‘deconstructed’ home to demonstrate green features
on February 27,2011
Home-building giant Meritage Homes cut the ribbon last month on its first high-performance, green community in the San Antonio area. To help educate potential buyers on the green homes, Meritage...
Obama’s mortgage-market reform plan calls for winding down Fannie Mae, Freddie M
on February 11,2011
The Obama administration’s long-awaited proposal for reforming the U.S. mortgage market calls for shuttering both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over a period of five years or more. The two agencies,...
NAHB sees challenge to mortgage-interest deduction ahead
on January 31,2011
The mortgage-interest deduction, a pillar of the nation’s long-held support for housing and the American Dream, is under assault, say NAHB observers who make it their full-time job to stay on top of...
7 down payment assistance programs that make home buying easier
on January 17,2011
Mortgage rates are low and home prices aren’t showing signs of going up anytime soon. And now state and local governments are stepping in to help many home buyers with their down payments. SmartMoney...
on January 07,2011
The housing market in Manhattan has slipped slightly, after both the pace of sales and median home prices fell, according to The Wall Street Journal.
on December 09,2010
Bill Saint and Doug Dozier, former executives with recently shuttered Simonini Builders, have launched a Charlotte-area luxury home building company that will take over where their former employer...
on March 31,2010

Home builders that focus on increasing customer satisfaction also get more referrals.

on December 31,2008
These new releases coach you in everything from marketing to creating a business plan
on December 31,2008
Do Your Floor Plan Names Mean Something?
on December 31,2008
Generational expert and author Neil Howe presented the do's and don'ts of marketing to the generations
on November 30,2008
Craigslist? Check out these ideas Eldan Homes uses to close a deal in tough times
on November 30,2008
If you build green and rely on Realtor relationships to sell your homes, you can have a Realtor specifically for your needs
on November 30,2008
Running out of ideas on how to promote your communities? Use videos and flashy photos on your Web site. Does your Web site do everything it can to usher buyers to your communities? Put up a video and...
on July 31,2008

Information for building a better remodeling Web site with SEO; marketing with financing; and going green by reducing, reusing and recycling.

on April 30,2008
A community developer is using a mix of targeted advertising, direct mail, group presentations and guided tours to promote a green live/work project in northern California.
on April 30,2008
Matt Belcher, president and founder of Belcher Homes, offers his home page to be critiqued by a panel of marketing experts.
on September 30,2005
Does knowing about your competitors really make you a better sales person? Can we rely on the Internet to gather data for our competitive market analysis? Is Internet research alone good enough or do...