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Blog Post Feb 22, 2016The 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 -
Blog Post Jan 27, 2016Brothers 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 Aug 5, 2015The Sky is Falling..The Sky is Falling...
Today's Seattle Times featured a story by reporter Nina Shapiro on the effects of Amazon on its hometown. Wow… it was like Chicken Little crying the "sky is falling…." Lot's of talk about traffic congestion and soaring home prices. Horrible, horrible news…. Or was it? As someone who's actively looking for a new home inside the city of Seattle, I…Read More