Category Archives: Warranty Service

You’ve no doubt heard of the 80/20 rule. It’s the old adage that says 80 percent of your business comes from 20 percent of sales. What you might not know is that this philosophy can be applied all across your … Continue reading →

RALEIGH —Home sales in the Triangle area are on the rise; however, supply is not keeping up with the demand. Triangle Multiple Listing Services’ (MLS) recent data shows more than 6,000 homes were on the market in the area in February, … Continue reading →

In January, NAHB produced a study on the impact of home building – the income, jobs and taxes generated — in the nine-county Kansas City metropolitan area.  It was the 800th such customized report NAHB has produced for various metropolitan … Continue reading →

How many of you live in a home built before May 1, 2013? Sorry to be the one to tell you, but your home is not built to the current National Building Code of Canada. May 1, 2013 is the … Continue reading →

Thinking about the competition is enough to keep a small business owner tossing and turning all night. And based on what you know, this seems understandable. After all, how are you supposed to go up against larger, well-established competitors? What … Continue reading →

Towards the end of each year I collect some housing forecasts for the following year, and it looks like most analysts are optimistic for 2015. Here is a summary of forecasts for 2014. In 2014, new home sales will be … Continue reading →

“When you look at a house as a complete system, you make better cost/energy performance trade-offs that you just can’t make when looking at a single component in isolation,” says Ekotrope founder and CEO Ziv Rozenblum, “We give builders a … Continue reading →

LATEST NUMBERS FOR RALEIGH SHOW NEW HOME CLOSINGS AND PRICES RISE In the Raleigh, NC market, closings of new homes gained year-over-year in July, and the market seemed to be signaling strengthening with a percentage lift more robust than June … Continue reading →