November 23rd, 2011 by Sean Ball | Tags: Housing Starts, September
According to new data, housing starts rose in the month of September, says a report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.Nationally, housing starts were up 15 percent in September over the previous month, and are up 10.2 percent over September 2010. This accounts for a seasonally adjusted rate [...]
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November 21st, 2011 by Caitlin Coppleson | Tags: Foreclosed, Foreclosed Bankruptcy
With thousands of cheap foreclosed houses and to compete with, the new home industry of Indianapolis, Indiana is finding it hard to get a bigger share of the home buying market. Home construction continues to struggle in the region as builders are forced to scale back residential projects due to lack of potential buyers. dominated [...]
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November 20th, 2011 by Caitlin Coppleson | Tags: Commerce Department, Department, Home Construction
The housing market gained some good news and some bad news today with the release of the latest monthly new home construction report, released by the Commerce Department. According to the report, new home starts fell by 0.3% from September to October, coming in at 628,000 – or half of what most experts think is [...]
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November 19th, 2011 by Jackson Mofflin | Tags: Austin, Custom Home, Home Builders
Different custom home builders in Austin fall into one of three categories: Accounting driven, Marketing driven, or Construction driven. It is very important to know which kind of custom home builder you are consulting with in order to know what to expect from them and their building processes. Accounting oriented builders are always fixed on their bottom line. [...]
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November 10th, 2011 by Jackson Mofflin | Tags: Referencing Tenants, Tenants
With so many landlords getting bent over and royally screwed over by tenants getting caught in the arrears trap, I’m still surprised by the amount of landlords that are so cavalier about their tenant referencing methods. Literally, by taking a few extra referencing precautions, which take no time at all, landlords can almost immediately separate [...]
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