09/30/2009
Throughout the world RTA or Ready-To-Assemble Cabinets have been sold and advertised for quite a while, but because of manufacturing improvements over the past couple of years, there are now more and more companies manufacturing and selling ready-to-assemble kitchen and bathroom cabinets (hereinafter referred to as RTA), with higher quality standards. Let’s face it, the kitchen is one of the most expensive rooms in a house to build or refurbish.
09/29/2009
Looking for an update on national housing markets with a focus on California’s Inland Empire? On the morning of Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at the Mission Inn in Riverside, I’ll be speaking along with Boyce Thompson, Editorial Director for Builder , Big Builder and Multi-Family Executive magazines for the next HWMI Executive Housing Seminar. Boyce will discuss national trends, whereas I’ll focus on what to expect in terms of new home supply, foreclosures, absorption trends, land acquisition and an overview of which projects are actually selling (and why).
09/26/2009
As reported by the National Association of REALTORS®, the number of Existing Home Sales dipped last month , ending the metric’s 5-month winning streak. Newspaper headlines today are overwhelmingly negative on housing. You’d almost believe this year’s housing recovery had ended. That’s hardly the case. See, the other side of the Existing Home Sales story is that — while the number of units sold did fall by 3 percent — the existing supply fell by nearly an entire month .
