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Business financials advice, reports, and trends for professional home builders and remodelers.
Reaping the rewards from rebates
Not fully using manufacturers’ rebate programs is like burning your hard-earned money. Yet many builders don’t utilize these programs to their...
Toll Brothers, third quarter 2012, growth, revenue, stock, home prices, increase
Toll Brothers reported strong third quarter results Wednesday, with net income rising 46 percent year-over-year and revenue up 41 percent, according...
What ‘taxaggedon’ would mean for home builders
Economists at the National Association of Home Builders recently analyzed the impacts of the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts (or “Taxaggedon,” as...
More than 700 home builders made their way to Capitol Hill this morning to meet
More than 700 home builders made their way to Capitol Hill this morning to meet with their representatives and senators on several key housing issues...
Appraisal tips: Getting the value out of green homes
As green homes become more prominent, builders are experiencing growing pains when it comes to appraisals. Builders share their secrets for getting...
Category management for builders: bid less, save more
By adopting the principles of category management, builders can greatly simplify the bidding process and achieve considerable savings.
Up to 3 million homeowners could save on mortgages under administration plan
Cleveland, demolition, settlement, lawsuits, vacant houses
A large portion of a multibillion-dollar settlement between the state of Ohio and several large mortgage lenders will go toward demolition of...
student debt, housing recovery, rising, Bloomberg
A new report from Bloomberg indicates that first-time homebuyers are having difficulty securing loans thanks to student loan debt totals nearing $1...
foreclosure, savings, December 2011, Business Insider, RealtyTrac, rate
As of December 2011, Oklahoma sports the highest foreclosure savings rate, according to a Business Insider story based on RealtyTrac data.
 

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