Financials
Business financials advice, reports, and trends for professional home builders and remodelers.
When someone makes a purchase, it has to have value to them and that value is based on what they are willing to pay for it.
With the right price and the right location, the numbers on any unfinished house or neighborhood can look like a great deal. But the key to making...
Housing starts declined in the last month of 2010, reaching their slowest pace since October 2009, new Commerce Department data show. On a positive...
Lean implementation requires a new mindset when it comes to measurement of the design and building process. What builders measure, and how, can make...
Union members shut down a Mortgage Bankers Association conference in Washington, D.C., yesterday in protest of PulteGroup Inc.’s use of $900...
The National Association of Home Builders’ Housing Market Index remained steady this month at 16 for the third month in a row, indicating that home...
A survey of homeowners who purchased a home last year found that their primary motivations were affordability and the desire for more living space....
Home buying activity is on the rise to open the new year. The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that the number of applications for home...
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...
Fannie Mae has started testing a foreclosure-prevention program in Florida that is designed to bring banks and troubled borrowers together earlier....
















