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December 2010

Column

Craig Durosko: Finally! The Silver Lining ...

There are huge successes as the remodeling market rebounds. Craig Durosko share some of what he is seeing.

Feature

Remodeler of the Year: Marrokal Design & Remodeling

With a strong focus on marketing and sales combined with smart management, San Diego-based Marrokal Design & Remodeling has maintained profitability even as revenues dipped in 2009 before rebounding this year. Because of that success and the way...

2011 Forecast: Remodeling market poised for growth

While challenges persist, remodelers are more optimistic about the 2011 remodeling market than they’ve been since the housing boom.

2011 Kitchen/bath trends: Fusion of contemporary and traditional

Today’s homeowners want everything from their kitchens and baths – pampering comfort, useful features and dazzling design

2011 Remodeling Forecast: Three Reasons for Long-Term Optimism

Corner Office: HighCraft Builders stays strong with smart choices

Careful diversification has paid off for the Fort Collins remodeler.

Corner Office: Online Project Management

HighCraft Builders is using technology to make sure the company, its clients and its trade partners are all communicating clearly.

Cultivating solid trade contractor relationships

Some remodelers have been known to take an adversarial, lowest-price-is-best mentality when it comes to dealing with their trade partners. They still view trade contractors as subcontractors. The good news is that most of these ultimately fail in...

People You Should Know: Michael Luzier

NAHB Research Center is helping remodelers and builders find ways to incorporate smart practices

Project Spotlight: The Element of Surprise

mackmiller design+build capitalizes on surprises to make a successful remodel.

Project Spotlight: The Financials

Remodelers Exchange: Positioning for the expiration of energy retrofit tax credits

Professional Remodeler's Tom Swartz talks to remodelers Howard Chermak and Tom Panek about how the credits have helped their businesses and how they are positioning their companies for a post-credit market.

Remodelers Exchange: Positioning for the expiration of energy retrofit tax credits

The Challenging Future for Housing

The truth is we probably need to come to grips with a new reality. Housing and the attitudes toward it have drastically changed. As I’ve written many times over the past few years, I think we’re in the middle of a seismic shift.

Tips on tracking the effectiveness of remodeling marketing

For full-service remodelers it’s rare that a single marketing tool generates leads by itself. Over time an accumulation of good impressions — from referrals to classy promotion pieces to a good website and a healthy crop of job signs — makes the...

News

CoreLogic: ‘Shadow inventory’ of homes tops 2 million

The residential market’s “shadow inventory” is up more than 10 percent from a year ago, according to real-estate research firm CoreLogic. That puts overall inventory at more than 6.3 million unsold homes on the market, nearly a third of which are so...

NAHB: Housing affordability stays strong

Housing affordability remained near its highest level nationwide for the seventh consecutive quarter

Product Review

American Standard High Efficiency Toilets

Behr Premium Plus Ultra Exterior Enamel

CertainTeed Highland Slate Roofing

Danze Cobalt

Danze Corsair

Delta Contemporary Shower Systems

Dewalt 12 Volt MAX Lithium ION line

Dreamwalls Color Glass

Fulcrum Composites Drywall Curved Corners

Generac EcoGen

Glidden Premium Interior and Exterior Paint

Graff Immersion Floor Mounted Tub Filler

Green Glue Noiseproofing Sealant

Hanwha Surfaces Solid Surfaces

HEWI Range 805

James Hardie HardieTrim Crown Moulding

HardieTrim Crown Moulding from James Hardie is a durable, dimensionally stable trim accessory that can be used as window ornamentals and to enhance the design of the roof line.

Kaldewei Conoflat Shower Tray

Kelly-Moore Zero VOC Paints

Kohler Loure

Laticrete Hydro Ban

Laufen Lb3 Bathroom Suite

Mastic Cedar Discovery

Moen 90° Collection

Moen Method Collection

Nora Lighting LED Diamond Series

Orbit Fans

OSI TRIMTeQ cellular PVC trim installation system

OSI’s TRIMTeQ is the industry’s first fastening and sealing system developed specifically for the installation of cellular PVC trim.

Paslode Fuel-Powered Cordless Roofing Nailer

Perlick ADA-Compliant Refrigeration Products

PIN138 nailer

Porter-Cable introduces the first ever maintenance-free pin nailer with its new 23GA, 1-3/8” Pin Nailer Kit.

Porcher Bathroom Furniture Collection

Quik Drive decking nose clip

The Quik Drive PRO300S auto-feed screw driving system by Simpson Strong-Tie includes a new decking nose clip that ensures a clean finished appearance.

Radianz Quartz

Rheem gas-fired water heaters

Ridgid 5” Fiber Cement Saw

RRP Lead-Safe Practices DVD

SawGear

Screen Tight FASTtrack

The Shower ClearMirror

Thermique Heated Glass Towel Warmer

THG Bagatelle Collection

TimberTech Earthwood Evolutions

TimberTech's Earthwood Evolutions is the industry’s first fully capped plank and is backed by a 25-year fade and stain warranty.

Trex Deck Lighting

Variform Vortex Extreme

Versatex Versawrap PVC cladding system

The latest addition to the Versatex line of PVC architectural components, Versawrap is a one-piece, PVC cladding system for pressure-treated columns.

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Professional Remodeler's 2013 Market Leaders

Professional Remodeler’s annual Market Leaders list, which identifies the top...

15 design trends for kitchens & baths

With demand for custom design, remodeling, and renovations at its highest level since 2005, ...

Project Spotlight: Kitchen countered

Normandy Remodeling converts confined kitchen into sprawling galley.

5 bathroom design trends for 2013

Each year, the National Kitchen and Bath Association surveys its members to identify the latest...

6 kitchen design trends for 2013

Each year, the National Kitchen and Bath Association surveys its members to identify the latest...

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