Latest ArticlesUnderstanding The Modular Home Building ProcessGenerally, manufactured homes are designed to be initially better than site-built dwellings for example by replacing nails with screws and adding glue to joints. This helps the modules to maintain their structural integrity as they are transferred on trucks over major highways to the structure site. | |
Bluegreen Communities Launches Real Estate Web Site Showcasing Land for SaleBluegreen Communities®, a division of Bluegreen Corporation (NYSE: BXG) and the nation's premier master-planned community developer, has launched a new destination web site that utilizes advanced technology and the latest social networking tools to showcase the company's land for sale in Texas, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. | |
New Model Home from Bellamy Homes Attracts a Wave of New CustomersNew Home Builder, Bellamy Homes, hosts Grand Opening in a gorgeous Golf Course Community and 300 people showed up. As a result they had 4 sales and more pending. | |
Windsong Properties Launches Build on Your Lot and Renovation ServicesWindsong Properties, the award winning Active Adult Atlanta area home builder, is pleased to announce that they now offer renovation services and build on your lot opportunities in addition to age restricted new home communities in north metro Atlanta. | |
Centex and Pulte Homes to Merge, Creating America's Largest Home BuilderPulte Homes, Inc. (NYSE:PHM) and Centex Corporation (NYSE:CTX) have recently announced that their respective boards of directors have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which Pulte and Centex will combine in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at $3.1 billion, including $1.8 billion of net debt. | |
Cyberhomes.com: Says There Are Hopeful Signs In Housing MarketsHome prices are still falling, but yet another report is showing some recovery in home sales, writes the story published in today's Cyberhomes.com. | |
Lennar Reports First Quarter ResultsLennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN and LEN.B), one of the nation's largest homebuilders, today reported results for its first quarter ended February 28, 2009. First quarter net loss in 2009 was $155.9 million, or $0.98 per diluted share, compared to first quarter net loss of $88.2 million, or $0.56 per diluted share, in 2008. | |
KB Home Declares DividendThe board of directors of KB Home (NYSE: KBH) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.0625 per share on the Company's common stock, payable on May 21, 2009 to stockholders of record on May 7, 2009. | |
Utah Approves $6,000 Grant to Home BuyersThe Home Run Grant is a mortgage assistance program that grants $6,000 to home buyers who purchase a newly-constructed, never-occupied primary, single-family residence in Utah. | |
Harth Builders Recognized as 2009 Guildmaster with Highest DistinctionHarth Builders, a leading design-build remodeler in Lower Gwynedd, PA, announced today that the company has been awarded a 2009 GuildMaster Award with Highest Distinction for exceptional customer satisfaction. Harth Builders was one of 95 homebuilders, contractors, developers, and home services companies throughout North America recognized for their superlative performance. | |
Kelly Fink of Bowen Family Homes Named 2008 Marketing Director of the YearOn Jan. 20, 2009, Kelly Fink of Bowen Family Homes (www.bowenfamilyhomes.com) was named Marketing Director of the Year at The Nationals award ceremony held during the National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) annual International Builders' Show (IBS). The Nationals is the nation's largest competition for new-home sales and marketing professionals and communities. It pays tribute to superior new-home sales and marketing achievements by individual sales and marketing professionals, homebuilder | |
Richport Properties Sees Award-winning Final Quarter of 2008Metro Atlanta homebuilder receives eight awards in recognition of quality design and customer satisfaction | |
Chatfield Farms Named Best 55+ Community by the Home Builders Association of ConnecticutTop industry association selects Wyndham Homes resort style active adult community as the Best in Connecticut. A trademark Flexibuild System provides extraordinary homebuyer choice at Chatfield Farms, and a selling solutions program guaranties the sale of Chatfield Farms buyers' existing homes. | |
Americas Watchdog Warns Florida & Virginia Homeowners About A Quick Fix For Toxic Chinese Drywall &Americas Watchdog & Its Homeowners Consumer Center have been the leaders in a national, and state by state investigation of toxic Chinese drywall in Florida, Virginia and numerous other US states. Americas Watchdog is now warning homeowners in Florida, Virginia and other states; "do not accept a homebuilders offer to re-drywall their home, until we have had a chance to see if the toxic gasses emitted by the Chinese drywall have not penetrated your studs, your plywood, your trusses, and your furn | |
You Need Country House Plans If Building a Non City HomeAre country house plans for you? Most people love the city life because it offers so much excitement. However, there are times when they crave the tranquil surroundings of the countryside. Some people plan to move to the country after their retirement so they can enjoy the natural beauty and peace when they no longer are attracted by life in the fast lane. | |
Feng Shui House PlansFeng Shui house plans can help you have cozy dwellings that emit a distinct aura. The plans are based on a certain type of science that relates the universe and the life of the people. There are different tips and techniques that are used to decorate the house. The science makes use of different energies that originate from materials used to make the housee. | |
Finding Hidden Room in Your Existing Home PlansIf you own your own house, you likely want more space. It seems no matter how big or small our families are, we always need more room. Whether it's another bedroom or storage space, there are always enough people and enough stuff to fill a house to the brim. But before you start looking through colonial house plans on a mission to build a bigger home, perhaps you should take a step back and look at your existing space. While building a bigger house would certainly solve your space problems, it w | |
Having a Home Plan That is Right For YouIf you are looking to build a home then you are probably beginning to realize how difficult things really are and what the options are out there. There is really so many decisions that have to be made that you might not even know where to start. This article might help you get started and think about what you really need to do to get serious and start building. There are so many things to do but one of the first things that you have to do is decide what your house is going to look like. You firs | |
Bungalow House PlansWhat does the word bungalow mean for you? When I hear the word bungalow, it conjures up images of a summer camp I used to live next to while growing up in upstate New York. Pods of quaint single level, wide, simply designed houses that offer easy access to major living areas like the living room and dining area. Everything that was needed for day to day living was compacted into these relatively small style homes. | |
Different Home Plans For Different PeoplePeople are all very different and if we have learned one thing about Americans is that they pride their selves on difference and uniqueness but also desire to fit in and meld into a group. That is really interesting when you think of it because it is kind of backwards. Of course there is always that saying that says that opposites do attract and those two opposite ideas often go together. One thing that can make individuals stand out is the home that they live in and whether that home is or is n | |
