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- Blog Post Jan 27, 2016
Brothers and Sisters
Around 2006, I as was judging the SoCal Awards and was struck by some new product created by The New Home Company. The New Home Company was truly “new” at the time, as a collaboration of talent from a recession-beaten, long-time SoCal builder came together under a new banner. What I loved about their product was the way they were…Read More - Blog Post Apr 8, 2009
Is Big Better? Today There’s a New #1!
Below are links of some of the best articles on this news: Bloomberg Chicago Tribune PR Newswire Number Four ranked Pulte just pulled off a stock swap netting for itself #3 ranked Centex to become the new #1, overtaking long-time leader D. R. Horton who slipped to the new #2.Last year, Pulte and Centex combined closed 39,000 sales.To put it…Read More - Blog Post Mar 6, 2009
Seattle in Forbes "Top 10 Home Markets"
David Letterman has hooked us all on "Top 10" lists! (By the way, did you see Bono U-2 all this week on Letterman?). Recently Forbes published their Top 10s for 'best' and 'worst' housing markets in the US. New York City was #1 for best market with values holding strong! Seattle squeaked in at #10. Forbes' source was the S&P/Case-Shiller…Read More - Blog Post Feb 10, 2009
"Are We There Yet" (bottom, that is)?
This morning's Seattle PI (2/10/09) devoted some front page ink to the discussion of whether or not the Puget Sound market has hit bottom. It's fascinating to predict the future. Even more thrilling to put your money on the table while the dice roll. But, really, isn't this kind of speculation what pumped up the bubble in a bunch of…Read More