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- Blog Post Jan 17, 2017
Shut The Front Door: Surprises About Cross Cultural Buyers
Cross Cultural buyers can be tricky. In a recent issue of Builder Magazine, correspondent Jennifer Goodman related how home buyers from other countries sometimes don't shut the sales office front door when they enter, which can catch the sales personnel off guard. There's a lot to think about when dealing with home shoppers from non-US cultures. Open more doors.…Read More - Blog Post Jan 11, 2017
Where Are The Women in New Home Construction?
We keep looking for more women in new home construction. And we're always surprised when this resource is overlooked. "Widely reported is the fact that people skilled at various parts of the process, and management of residential construction are in short enough supply that both the cost predictability and the time-to-deliver homes add up to one of every home building enterprise's…Read More - Blog Post Jan 6, 2017
Fusionhappens, LLC & Vortex Managers: A New Partnership to Better Serve the New Home and Destination Industries
Synergy (Two are Greater Than One) Synergy represents the magic when the combined effect of a combination is greater than the sum of their separate effects. Fusion is what happens when differing elements come together to create something remarkable. Synergy has always been one of Fusion's favorite concepts. Over the past several months, the teams of Fusionhappens, LLC and Vortex…Read More - Blog Post Dec 1, 2016
2016 TRIBUTE AWARD WINNERS
Meet the Superstars of the New Home Industry! We love the new home industry and the Tribute Award Winners who worked so hard to make it one of the best ever. As one of the founding members of the New Home Council, we have worked hard to make the competition meaningful for the 2016 Tribute Award Winners. Here's our toast…Read More - Blog Post Oct 3, 2016
Farm-To-Table: Is This The Land Planning Paradigm We've Been Waiting For?
It's refreshing to discover that I'm not the only one hooked on the idea of a Farm-to-Table Community. A few weeks ago, I noted The Culinary Cottages on the Baja Peninsula won a 2016 Gold Nugget Award, and today I want to tell you about The New Home Company's community The Cannery in Northern California. Builder Magazine just featured The…Read More - Blog Post Jun 28, 2016
A NEW HOME WITH HARVESTING RIGHTS WINS GOLD NUGGET
2016 Gold Nugget Award winner. A luxury cottage as part of a working farm. Today, I was reviewing the winners of the 2016 Gold Nugget Awards, from the Pacific Coast Builders Conference. I knew something quite different was up when the tab on a homebuilders website reads “Harvesting Privileges.” So, of course, I clicked the tab and what…Read More - Blog Post Mar 7, 2016
THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE OF THOSE PESKY GEN “wh”Ys
It’s kind of fun when a Portland commercial developer opens our eyes to insights into the new home market. Portland’s Vanessa Sturgeon, President of TMC Development, shared some of her thoughts in today’s Portland Business Journal. It’s particularly fun for me, as I have been spreading this message for the last ten years… at least. The core message is “pay…Read More - Blog Post Feb 22, 2016
The MPC! It’s Back – and Better Than Ever
Recently IDEAS magazine, published by the National Association of Home Builders, featured an article on the return of the Master Planned Community. Here’s a link. I got excited reading about the possibilities. While Western Washington has not seen the kind of MPC development Southern California has, often the results here have been very encouraging. Back in 2002 and 2003, when…Read More