Why It’s Time to Buy

Ruth Simon and Jessica Silver-Greenberg, On Saturday June 4, 2011, 2:47 am EDT Back in June 2006, when the housing market peaked, the prospect of a five-year national housing bust seemed unimaginable to most people. And yet here we are, with the latest Standard &...

Banks Sell 3X More Than Builders

Courtesy of Hanley Wood- Written by Jonathan Dienhart and Ken Lee 05.27.2011 Housing remains stuck in the doldrums even with extremely low mortgage rates and despite some improvement in private payroll employment.  Part of the reason for this disconnect is the slew of...

Not the Low Cost Leader? Now What?

I recently had a conversation with an agent who was so proud of the number of sales she produced in the last few months.  “So how did you do it?” I asked.  Her proud response?  “No other builder is building for less.”  Although I shared in her excitement about the...

Time IS Money

Adhering to the adage “Time is Money” is essential to success in this market. Every penny and second counts. So it’s time to make sure we are saving both on the sales floor. It starts in the most important element of Discovery, time frame for moving. If you ask...

Scavenger Hunt

  Interest rates are historically low, home prices are down, and there are buyers looking.  It seems like an ideal time yet the real estate market is still struggling. The key to improving may rest in the most unexpected place – small talk. I like to think of it as a...

It’s Time to Buy Again

Posted by Shawn Tully, senior editor-at-large March 28, 2011 5:00 am Forget stocks. Don’t bet on gold. After four years of plunging home prices, the most attractive asset class in America is housing. A home under construction in Austin. The number of new homes...