Tag: builder alliances
Top 10 signs of a good builder
Building a new home can be fun and relatively stress free if a person has chosen #1 a good builder and # 2 if they are a good buyer! Here are the top 10 signs of a good builder: Has experience. Find out how long your builder has been in business. It says something if [...]
CEO of CB/USA Bill Smithers Interviewed on Fine Homebuilding
Fine Homebuilding interviewed CB/USA CEO Bill Smithers who has taken his company’s innovative purchasing concept to custom and independent builders nationwide, providing them with powerful business systems, superior knowledge and market strength that they could not have enjoyed on their own. In the interview he talks about the benefits of joining CB/USA as a builder [...]
American Voters Value Homeownership
Taken from: NAHB (National Association of Home Builders) Voters Place High Value on Homeownership, Oppose Policies That Make It More Difficult to Own a Home By an overwhelming margin, American voters strongly value homeownership and would oppose efforts to weaken or eliminate the mortgage interest deduction or diminish a federal role to help qualified home [...]
5 Tips on How to Deal with Difficult Clients
The contributing Editor for HousingZone.com, Susan Bady posted an article on how to prevent problems with clients by helping them set their expectations right from the beginning. In her article, she explains that all custom builders encounter difficulties with clients at one time or another. Unfortunately, since the housing crash, clients are getting aggravated about [...]
12 action steps for new home sales techniques for 2012
Taken from HousingZone.com: By Bob Schultz, President and CEO, Bob Schultz & The New Home Sales Specialists Generating new-home sales revenue and reducing unnecessary costs are not all that complicated — when you have a clear and concise action plan. Here are a dozen action steps for boosting your business in 2012.
Optimism High for Home Building in 2012
In an article posted by HousingZone.com, it seems that despite the obstacles and challenges, a large number of builders are feeling optimistic about their prospects for 2012, according to Professional Builder’s 2012 Market Outlook survey. The article goes on to say that no other U.S. industry has been impacted as negatively by the Great Recession [...]
CB/USA Members Continue to Outperform
CB/USA Builder Members continue to outperform against budgeted performance in a sluggish housing market, despite the challenges that the industry is facing at local and national levels. Reporting was recently finalized for Q2 2011 purchasing purchase volume, and the results show a very positive trend. CB/USA’s volume continues to track ahead of annual projections. Q2 [...]
10 Builder Business Trends Forecasted for 2012
According to an article published by BuilderOnline.com – we can expect more energy-efficient construction, social-media marketing, and foreign-based developers and builders. Here are 10 Business Trends identified by BuilderOnline they believe might spill into 2012 and influence how builders adjust to compete profitably:
