Now is the time that prospective home buyers that are going to build their new home this year are getting serious about starting the process. One of the obvious drivers increasing demand this year is the rise in interest rates. Recent home sales statistics show …
Home sales today are off the charts. Interest rates are now at historic lows! Realtors and home builders are all busy. Homebuyers are doing their research and looking at homes on the internet. Four items seem to be at the top of the search list for those investigating building their new home.
Have you ever stopped to think about how many choices you have to make on a daily basis? From the minute you wake up you are faced with an enormous amount of options. What to wear, what to eat, where will we go, what time …
At some point, you will have to consider becoming a homeowner. You can’t rent forever. Who wants to do that? Renting is sometimes referred to as tossing money down a drain because there’s no real investment. Whereas with homeownership, you’re investing. But over the years …
HEADER PICTURE: The Hockey Stick Principles, Flatiron Books Residential construction in the U.S. has changed. While getting skilled and trained labor in many industries is hard, getting it in the construction industry has gotten more difficult than ever with no end in sight. Material prices …
If you can afford a new home, then you can afford a zero energy ready home. There are simple, low cost, steps you can take to significantly reduce your energy use on the path to zero net energy use. The technology exists, coupled with good …
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb This is a great quote because… everyone wishes they started something earlier. I wish I had started exercising back in my 20s. I wish I …
Lemmings are small rodents that have been known to follow each other as they charge to their deaths off the edge of cliffs. This is actually an unsubstantiated myth about Lemmings, but they’ve become a metaphor for people who go along unquestioningly with a group …
You see it on the news and hear about it on the weather reports. Rain, rain, rain. It seems like we have felt its impacts more than ever over the last 18 months. When building a new home, the first thing that has to be …
The enemy of change is the adage, “We have always done it this way”. While using a more efficient method of construction sounds good to the home buyer, the home builder now has to learn a new building process. The new process can cause stress …
