Buying, selling, financing, and furnishing your new home is a fun and exciting challenge. Look at the articles, columns, blog posts, radio shows and videos for advice on new construction home building. With these helpful home construction tips, building a new home is a whole lot easier.
New Construction Problems
New Construction Problems Builder forgot to frame basement windows when pouring foundation in new construction home Q: We enjoy reading your real estate column each week. Our daughter is having her dream house built in Maryland for around $800,000. They picked a “flat” lot to build the house. They paid a premium for that lot. [...]
Open Floor Plan: Not Everyone’s a Fan
Open Floor Plan: Not Everyone's a Fan What if you want to find a traditional house that isn't one big room? Q: I know this isn't your usual type of question, but when on earth are people going to stop tearing down supporting walls in their houses in the quest for an open floor plan? [...]
Where Are People Moving in 2020?
Where are people moving in 2020? Americans are moving away from big cities, building new homes in smaller cities, suburbs and more rural areas. In 2020, Americans are looking for a reprieve from expensive, crowded mass metropolitan areas by relocating to smaller cities, suburbs and more rural areas, according to the latest quarterly Home Building [...]
What Will Homes of the Future Look Like?
Real estate research predicts what new construction homes will look like twenty years into the future based on historical housing trends. Hello, central air conditioning and two-car garages. Goodbye basements and fireplaces! A recent real estate study from Porch analyzed census data from 1999 through 2016 to forecast new construction home building trends in the [...]
A New Report Shows Housing Market Strengths and Weaknesses
It’s been a decade since the housing market collapsed, and home prices have finally regained their previous peak. According to the State of the Nation’s Housing 2017 report, released today by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, U.S. home prices rose 5.6 percent in 2016, beating out their pre-recession highs. Across the [...]
Rising Interest Rates On The Horizon With Trump Presidency
Rising interest rates are on the horizon, according to Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. And, it doesn't look at though Donald Trump's election will change the interest rate forecast. In Congressional testimony, Yellen said that the Federal Reserve plans an interest rate increase "relatively soon." But, mortgage interest rates are already rising sharply. According to [...]
New Construction Or Addition To Current Home On Property
Is tearing down a home and beginning new construction, or building an addition to a home owner's current home on 32 acres of property better for the value of the home? New construction on a large piece of property could increase the value of the property itself as opposed to building an addition. Getting a home equity loan can help you with a home improvement project, whether its building an addition to the current home or deciding to go with new construction.
New Green Remodeling Website From NARI:
Who says it's not easy being green? It seems like everyone is getting more environmentally conscious and so is the remodeling industry. The National...
Most Seniors Want To Stay Put
A recent survey commissioned by AARP found that 79 percent of baby boomers want to stay in the home they are currently living in. Less than 10 percen...