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Home Builders See More Sales, Higher Prices Ahead
2012-01-19 14:45:00 Homebuilder confidence is soaring, reaching levels not seen in more than 4 years.
Home Builders Experiencing Heavy Foot Traffic And Higher Sales Volume
2011-12-20 14:45:00 In another good sign for the housing market, today's home builders believe that the housing market has turned a corner. Homebuilder confidence is at a 19-month high.
Builders want buyers for undeveloped lots on Lakewood Avenue
2011-03-07 23:33:00 Until recently, the 2700 block of Lakewood Avenue looked more like a moonscape than a Lincoln Park side street, with both sides of the block offering little more than bare, rocky lots ringed with construction fence. That's starting to change, thanks to the construction of the Row2750 townhouses at the southwest corner of Lakewood and Diversey, and judging by their actions, the owners of neighboring lots think this is the time to get building as well. Last Wednesday Jennifer Ames of Coldwell Banker listed two pre-construction homes on the block: 2715 N Lakewood Ave, a 6,100 square-foot home (above left) on a 37.5-foot lot, priced at $2.85 million, and 2721 N Lakewood Ave, a 5,190 square-foot home (above right)...
Home Builders Slowed By Economy, But Seeing More Foot Traffic
2011-01-19 14:47:00 Homebuilder confidence held firm for the second straight month this month, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
Housing Starts Up 21%? Let?s Hope Not
2011-01-18 18:05:00 The National Association of Homebuilders hosted their annual NAHB International Builders? Show this past week. David Crowe, their chief economist had an “optimistic” forecast for 2011: NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe said job growth will provide a stronger stimulus in the housing market than 010′s home buyer tax credits. “This year?s spring selling season will ...
By: HousingDoom
New Jersey Builders and Brokers of Homes Take the Sad State of the Market t
2011-01-12 18:16:00 The condition of the housing market in New Jersey continues to be poor and the brokers and builders here expect the condition to remain same for at least one more year until there is improvement in the unemployment rate and credit standards.Looking Foreclosed Homes? ForeclosureWarehouse.com has the best online resources of foreclosures in California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Texas and all US States - New Jersey Builders and Brokers of Homes Take the Sad State of the Market to Heart
Housing Bust Creating Declining Cities Filled With ?Bulldozer Bait?
2011-01-07 14:49:00 Anyone who’s spent any time in the Rustbelt has seen their share of vacant boarded up houses. As job opportunities diminished, folks pulled up stakes, populations dropped and the market for their houses disappeared. Cities went into decline. Now a new study by James R. Follain, Ph.D., senior fellow of the Rockefeller Institute of Government ...
By: HousingDoom
Tougher times ahead for Plainfield builders?
2010-10-29 00:10:00 Perhaps the most significant factor in dampening new home sales volume will the intense price competition builders are facing from resales, foreclosures and short sales in their own and comparable developments.
Pot Smoking Gov't Motors Car Builders Actually Fired
2010-09-28 02:26:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Monday Government Motors (GM) took a hard line against the drunken, pot smoking union members that became the unwitting star of a news expose in Detroit last week firing the partiers. All 13 employees were fired after being shown on WJBK, Fox 2 News Detroit drinking and smoking pot in a local park on their lunch break. This answers the question of just how much protection the union would be able to afford the employees at least initially. Many assumed that they'd get the typical union slap on the wrist, maybe a suspension, but be back to work like normal soon enough. No word if the employees will appeal this decision. In a statement released today,...
Swimming Pool Builders and Contractors ? 5 Reasons So Many Go Out of Busine
2010-04-18 09:31:00 Unfortunately, many builders and pool contractors on the basis of this industry in recent years. And although the economy certainly had an impact, there are many other reasons why so many, above ground swimming pool, businesses struggle to keep the doors open. Here are my top 5 reasons entrepreneurs from business: # 1. Too ... Further information to read:Swimming Pools – Avoid the Kit Would you like to install a swimming pool on your property, but are not really interested in committing to an... Reasons Why Above Ground Swimming Pools Are the Hottest Picks Of all the pool house, nothing approaching the aboveground pools from the standpoint of serviceability and availability. These alternatives and... Swimming Pool Pump and Filter – The Heart of Water Circulation in a Pool Each pool swimming pool pump and filter for heating and, swimming pools, filtration. This is very important to select the...
Carpet Area vs Super Area vs Plinth Area - Builders Loop to buck extra!
2009-12-23 18:49:00 Today a leading newspaper carried an advertisement on their front page from a builder claiming that they are going to shed a light on the truth and are digging out the fact how the projects from another leading builder are charging Rs 5800/sqft for Plinth Area using hidden costs like Common Areas etc while they charge only Rs 2370/Sq ft for Plinth Area exclusively. read more
Get a million off of asking price
2009-12-19 14:53:00 So how is this for a special- straight from Paradise Valley, AZ- - you can "temporarily" get $1 million off of asking price, and get a 3% cobroke for your agent: [Hat tip M!] Now is the time for your client to become a part of this unique community with prices momentarily adjusted for savings ...
By: HousingDoom
Invasion of the big home builders
2009-12-01 19:26:00 Chicago has long been dominated by smaller, independent local builders. Now that many of them have filed for bankruptcy or face foreclosure, big national players are moving in on the scene and snapping up cheap suburban land to grow their companies. Chicago Business Today December 1 2009...
National developers v/s Local builders
2009-11-19 07:54:00 Indore got flooded with national level developers in last 3 year with projects from DLF, SAHARA, Parshvnath & Countywalk. Today these projects find it difficult to sell and has backed out of there expansion plan. In the mean time local builders who are more flexible and can customize as per requirement and location have flourished. In past 6 months, demand for residencial house has increased which is a bigger advantage for local developers.
It?s right time to buy, say City Developers
2009-08-12 16:53:00 Housing, is affordable and affordable housing is even more affordable. That’s the mantra of Confederation of Real Estate & Developer’s Association of India’s (Credai) — Karnataka chapter. Painting a rosy picture of the industry,...(read more)
Builders need electricians
2009-04-18 07:44:00 We are the builders looking for maintenance electricians to provide outstanding electrician services for all electrical needs. We need person must be licensed and highly skilled electrician and able to attend repairs as well as installing wires etc , We need skilled and professional electrician services for our site needs. Person must be able to estimate the requirements for the work exactly and take full responsible for electrical maintenance for the entire building needs. We will have some more electricians also, so the person to coordinate all the team peoples and to assign the duties and give instructions of the work and give your follow up for the daily work movements. We are looking for young and energetic electrician for this site needs only. Interested freelancers send your details with us.
Builders require Insured painter
2009-04-02 17:01:00 We are the builders and our site is located at Sydney, Australia. Currently we are looking for painters to paint with fifth and sixth floor in our new building. This work includes, paint with metal doors, metal door frames, probably some minor plastering involved. We required person must be insured painter. Person can organize the team people and to provide exact estimation for the work. This is temporary job and probably it will take one month only. We are looking for a painter in around our local area anyone knows a good painter and need a painter for work with few days only. Person should have local reference is essential for the work. Interested someone to do work with few days project, send your details and expectations with us.
Timely Completion of Projects- Builders New Mantra to Encourage Buyers
2009-03-17 11:43:00 When it comes to selling residential projects in a downturn, the promise of ?timely completion of project? has become as good a bait, as any other ? affordability, complementary club membership or swimming pools. With the slowdown in sales and cash crunch delaying real estate projects, some builders have started pitching ?on time completion? as ...
Donation to Political Parties Worries Builders
2009-03-14 07:23:00 They are known to be the largest source of funding for politicians. But with elections barely a month away, Mumbai’s builders are in a bind as fixers and agents representing political leaders from various parties have started calling them up for money. The slowdown in the real estate market has put them on the ...
Frustrated Builders Look Out for Schemes to Attract Buyers
2009-03-13 06:54:00 With real estate prices continuing to fall, builders have been forced to come up with innovative schemes in order to woo buyers. Price guarantee scheme is one such sop being offered by the builders. This scheme ? being offered by the members of Confederation of Real Estate Developers? Association of India (CREDAI), Karnataka ? is ...
Tennessee Builders Take Steps to Prevent Further Foreclosures
2009-01-17 19:09:00 The home builders of Tennessee are pushing congress to formulate laws to revive the housing industry of America. The housing industry was badly affected due to present economic state. Most of the builders want that the new administration should enact and approve a stimulus to minimize foreclosures. Phil Chamberlain, a member of the Home Builders Association ...
Emergent Churches Are Kingdom Builders!
2008-09-18 23:04:00 -By Don Boys, Ph.D. Brian McLaren refers to the kingdom incessantly in his book and someone needs to remind him what Jesus said in John 18:36: ?My kingdom is not of this world.? Brian spends 237 pages to convince us that we can bring the kingdom NOW if we become wimpy, worldly, wacko ?emergent? Christians. Frankly, ...
By: Publius Forum
Loch Alpine Ann Arbor Area Builders Custom Home in Dexter Schools
2008-09-17 13:55:00 4266 Glen Eden Court, Ann Arbor, MIchigan 48103 Bedrooms: 4Bathrooms: 2.5Square Feet: 2400 You’ll find perfection in every detail in this builders custom master piece. Impressions begin with Brazilian Cherry hardwood flooring and nine foot ceilings. Chef’s kitchen boasts a gorgeous natural Cherry center island with elegant brass knobs, ceramic tile flooring and upgraded appliances. Spend time in the spacious family room, complete with lighted built-in shelving surrounding the fireplace. Marble flooring can be found in the half bathroom. Relax in the luxurious master bedroom with two person jacuzzi, dual sinks, body sprayer in the separate shower, and marble flooring. The finished built-in media room, which has been plumbed for a bathroom. All this and a great quiet cul de sac location and play area included. Related LinksSee Extra Photos and a Virtual Tour for 4266 Glen Eden Loch Alpine &-nbsp; &n-bsp;...
NW Indiana home builders waiting for activity to pick up
2008-08-20 14:25:00 By ANDY GRIMM Post-Tribune staff writerwith comments in red A decade-long housing boom in Northwest Indiana has been reduced to a thud. Nice how they take every bit of data and turn it drastically negative. The number of permits for new homes on file in Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties has dropped 46 percent from last year, statistics from the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission show. I would have expected more of a drop, I wonder if cities and towns will drop the $5,000 impact fees they were exacting so they can help out? » Click to enlarge image Midgett Concrete employee Jeremy Allen of Merrillville marks an area while installing a concrete driveway at a new home in Crown Point.(Michael McArdle/Post-Tribune) RELATED STORIES ? Your thoughts? How soon will the market turn around? Census statistics show the number of new housing units built last year dropped to 22 perc...
By: Synergy Thoughts
Builders get break from O.C. sewer agency
2008-08-05 03:42:00 The Orange County Sanitation District becomes the latest local agency to offer a builder bailout: deferring connection fees. OCSD will allow the 25 cities in its service area to let builders wait to pay until a structure is occupied before collecting sewer hookup fees. OCSD joins the county of Orange and the cities of Orange, Irvine, Anaheim and Mission Viejo in offering builders various payment delay on construction fees. Kristine Thalman, CEO of O.C.’s Building Industry Association said, “this common sense plan will provide much needed economic stimulus to the local business community.” But, sadly, OCSD finance chief Lorenzo Tyner confirmed that no OCSD customer — consumer or commercial — was getting any sort of deferral of the annual fees they must pay the agency. And you wonder why consumers are cranky these days. Check out July’s hottest stories on this blog: 1. Builders shave $430,000 off new O.C. house prices 2. Walk 150 feed, save $25 mill...
World professional Greenhouse builders list
2008-07-30 07:04:00 I built a worldwide directory of professional Greenhouse builders. Professional means here Greenhouse builders for commercial production. Below you find a list by country, I know there are many more. Do you have any suggestions please let me know I will be happy to add them. Please don’t post hobby greenhouse builders since I like ...
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit for System Builders [DVD] (DVD-RO
2008-07-29 06:07:00 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit for System Builders [DVD] (DVD-ROM)By Microsoft Software Buy new: $134.61$89.997 used and new from $85.99 Customer Rating: First tagged “microsoft” by Zachary Petit Customer tags: defectivebydesign(51), ...
By: Code Zapper.com
In Other Words: Builders
2008-07-22 07:48:00  Afew days ago,  I had this converation with my five year old daughter at the laundry line: Daughter: “Mama, when I am a mom, can I tell my kids what to do?” Me: “Yes honey.”   slight pause . . . Daughter: “When I am a mama, I am going to let my kids have a popsicle whenever they want.” Me: “Really?” (not knowing what to say . . . and another longer pause.) Daughter: “Mama? . . . can I have a popsicle now?” Me (knowing I would win the meanest mom award of the day): “No honey, your room is still not cleaned up.”   Daughter leaves with a long sigh. It didn’t work. But my husband and I sure got a chuckle out of it . . . one of those treasured little moments we tuck away in our hearts and will hopefully remember when she is a mama. (But then “I” will be the grandma and give her children popsicles whenever they want!) As moms we have a lot of building to do. I am in the p...
Back in 2006 the desperate builders were giving away FREE PIZZA with a home
2008-06-04 08:28:00 Here's a classic HP post from November 2006 (thanks paul e.) many of you may remember, where the f'd builder was offering FREE PIZZA if you made the biggest financial mistake of your life.Compare that to the post yesterday offering the "BUY ONE HOUSE GET ONE FREE" deal.Man, think of the sucker who bought a home because of a free pizza party... Think of the suckers who bought with ANY of the incentives these past few years. Hope they enjoyed the "FREE" granite countertops, or the "FREE" Hawaii vacation. And what do you want to bet they've now found out that nothing in life is free...
By: Housing PANIC
Summer Air Travel - Beauty Baggie Builders
2008-06-04 07:01:00 You’re headed somewhere by plane, you bought your ticket and have the barcode to prove it. You want to avoid costly fees to check your bag and the fun that can be had when they lose it. That’s what brings you to Beauty Baggie Builders, carry on and control your beauty! The Beauty Baggie Builder for today comes from Banana Republic! Mini versions of your favorite large size Banana Republic fragrances. Minis are 2 for $15.00 or 1 for $10.00 and are available now only at Banana Republic stores nationwide. The 7.5mL size is perfectly portable. Alabaster Description: A delicate blend of wild musk and natural florals. Fragrance Family: Floral-Floral Key Notes: Lotus Flower, Wild Rose, Musks Color: Champagne Rosewood Description: A sensual blend of rare florals and rich amber. Fragrance Family: Floral-Oriental Key Notes: Bergamot Champagne, White Tea Leaves, White Amber Color: Blush Post from: Steeping Beauty Summer Air Travel - Beauty Baggie Builders Shar...
By: Steeping Beauty
High PR sites, EDUs, Directories, still a link builders best friend accordi
2008-06-04 05:06:00 So, I recently got called a black hatter for encouraging people to start their link building efforts out at directories, high PR sites and .edu sites instead of what many other industry pundits recommend. Well, surprise, surprise... a whole panel of SEOs at one of the biggest SEM conferences out there (SMX) are on my side of the fence (could it be because I stay up to date on what SEO/SEM industry people say?). So, imagine my shock when I found out my advice was well researched and not, indeed, black hat... That was what sarcasm looks like on the web, for those of you playing along at home. Read also: Is Mary McKnight a Black Hat SEO? SMX is one of the biggest Search Engine Marketing conferences with events in many major cities across the world. This event particular is SMX Advanced (Advanced means this info is from Big Boys for Big Boys) and is being held in Seattle as I type... OK, right now all the leading SEOs are out buying each other beer and laughing ...
Summer Air Travel Post Two, Carry-On Products, Beauty Baggie Builders
2008-06-02 09:00:00 By far the most challenging part of Air Travel these days for beauty enthusiasts is fitting your entire beauty regimen into one little baggy. Our mother’s and grandmother’s were spoiled with their spacious vanity cases, a la American Tourister. Women are having to do more with less and still look as beautiful, so we have to adapt and look for great products in small sizes. This trend is going to continue so get used to your carry-on beauty baggie. Here are some ideas as beauty baggie builders… Bath & Body Works Travel Size items are only 4 for $10. Check out the Enchanted Orchid Body Splash for starters. MD Skincare, a great brand you know and trust is now offering EZ4U skincare, packaged in little packettes so you can Leave Acne Behind once and for all. They come in normal and Dry/Normal and Normal/Oily options. and the cornerstone of this Beauty Baggie Builder is Lisa Hoffman Packette system. Choose from: Spa Shower Packette (Cleansing Gel, Body Scru...
By: Steeping Beauty
Builders: ?Agents Drag Your Customers Way Out Here, We?ll Pay Your Gas?
2008-05-31 15:37:00 For developments far from the center of town, apparently the potential of a large cobroke isn’t enough to entice agents any more. More and more often, the builders are offering to kick in with gas money- this D.R. Horton offer being the most I’ve seen so far. Usually the builders just offer a one trip ...
By: HousingDoom
Art-Builders.com - Custom Art Development and Art Shop
2008-05-26 10:11:00 Art-Builders.com that is the pioneer of Custom Art Development has released its brand new Web2.0 look and feel and features. We launched our art shop . From now, it is possible to buy vector and and big size of raster clipart for only $2.45 and $0.95 accordingly. Small size is free of charge still. We also updated ...
By: Web TemplateCast
Stonehenge builders had geometry skills to rival Pythagoras
2008-05-26 09:03:00 Stone Age Britons had a sophisticated knowledge of geometry to rival Pythagoras – 2,000 years before the Greek "father of numbers" was born, according to a new study of Stonehenge.Five years of detailed research, carried out by the Oxford University landscape archaeologist Anthony Johnson, claims that Stonehenge was designed and built using advanced geometry.The discovery has immense implications for understanding the monument – and the people who built it. It also suggests it is more rooted in the study of geometry than early astronomy – as is often speculated.Mr Johnson believes the geometrical knowledge eventually used to plan, pre-fabricate and erect Stonehenge was learnt empirically hundreds of years earlier through the construction of much simpler monuments.Read the rest of this article...
Friday Fun - Builders at work
2008-05-23 18:32:00 This is a great picture of some builders at work but they aren't your normal type of builder. In fact, they are probably the most skilled builders on the planet ...
UPDATE 2-NY revives rail yard project with new builders - Reuters
2008-05-21 20:39:00 NEW YORK, May 19 (Reuters) - New York's Metropolitan Transit Agency on Monday said it reached an agreement to develop a major tract of land on Manhattan's West Side with a new development... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
Builders Use Gift Money Loophole to Provide 100% Financing
2008-05-15 22:15:00 If you're looking for a no money down loan for financing a mortgage, the gift money loophole still exists. An article by Forbes discusses the practice when it comes to FHA loans -You probably thought nothing-down mortgage loans disappeared in the wake of the American subprime lending crisis, which has ensnarled much of the world in a credit crunch.They didn't. Even more surprising, many Americans can still buy homes with nothing down thanks in large part to the federal government and a legal loophole that lets builders and bankers ensure a steady stream of asset-challenged borrowers for taxpayer-insured loans.FHA allows gift funds from certain sources to be used by borrowers to cover the down payment. The upfront mortgage insurance premium (MIP) is automatically added to the loan. Closing costs can be rolled into the loan as well through seller paid concessions. This is a strategy builders in Colorado used for some time and now it's being utilized all over the country.Gift fu...
Critics say China?s builders cut corners
2008-05-15 05:53:00 As the death toll soars from the powerful earthquake that ravaged central China’s Sichuan province, the scale of the devastation is raising questions about the quality of China’s recent construction boom. “This building is just a piece of junk,” one newly homeless resident of Dujiangyan yelled today, her body quivering with rage. Her family salvaged clothing ...
By: 1913 Intel
Will Builders be Giving Away Homes Next?
2008-05-15 03:02:00 Can You Guess the Builder on this Promotion? Everyday I get millions of blast emails, well, not quite that many, but way too many to read. Don't most people know they only have an opening rate of 5%? Anyway, I do pay attention to all the builders promos all over the city and watch the additional incentives to bring in a "live" buyer. Who? YOU! Buy a New Home Now and The Drive is on the House. What? They keep giving more and more away, this time a $25. gas card***. Free gas is good. What all all the asterisks? The first asterisk is you have to pre-qualify with their lender, the second doesn't say in the ad, but I'm sure you need to buy a house...before they pay for the gas. The third asterisk is for the special financing you get that expires in days. Wonder what the rate is? Oh, you also get a refrigerator or blinds or washer and dryer. Be Brave, ask for all three. Or wait until they are actually giving the houses away. Starts with an "L&quo...
By: Plano Blog
Will Builders be Giving Away Homes Next?
2008-05-15 03:02:00 Can You Guess the Builder on this Promotion? Everyday I get millions of blast emails, well, not quite that many, but way too many to read. Don't most people know they only have an opening rate of 5%? Anyway, I do pay attention to all the builders promos all over the city and watch the additional incentives to bring in a "live" buyer. Who? YOU! Buy a New Home Now and The Drive is on the House. What? They keep giving more and more away, this time a $25. gas card***. Free gas is good. What all all the asterisks? The first asterisk is you have to pre-qualify with their lender, the second doesn't say in the ad, but I'm sure you need to buy a house...before they pay for the gas. The third asterisk is for the special financing you get that expires in days. Wonder what the rate is? Oh, you also get a refrigerator or blinds or washer and dryer. Be Brave, ask for all three. Or wait until they are actually giving the houses away. Starts with an "L&quo...
By: Plano Blog
O.C. aids builders. Why not small fry?
2008-05-14 09:21:00 Joining the growing roster of government agencies helping housing-ravaged fat cats (say, perhaps, Bear Stearns?) … O.C.’s Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved deferring certain development fees for builders in what the board is calling — now get this — “an economic stimulus package.” For the next year, the county will now charge developers when they actually build a home, not when they file building plans. (Fees waived include some road, library, park and other development taxes.) To read more, CLICK HERE! Your blogger dialed up John Moorlach, chair of the Board of Supervisors who dreamed up the builder break. Not that we begrudged builders any help, I was asking when the county’s small fry might see county financial aid. Moorlach did note that builders employ people who’d be considered small fry, and what’s good for the building companies might be good for their worker bees. And Moorlach was fairly cool to my consu...
Builders gets 24% less in March deals for new homes
2008-05-08 14:28:00 Hanley Wood Market Intelligence reports that O.C.’s median selling prices fell at a 24% annual rate for all types of new home contracts signed in March. The median price for townhomes and small complexes of one-to-four units fell the most, declining 16.5% from contracts signed the same month in 2007, the real estate research firm reported. The single-family home median fell 11.4% and the median price for contracts to buy new condos declined 5.2%. Overall, the median price paid for a new Orange County home declined 24% to $553,000, Costa Mesa-based Hanley Wood reported. Many of these contracts won’t complete escrow and close in the three-to-six months it typically takes to finish a new-home deal. Hanley Wood says the cancellation rate in March was 18.4%, up from 16.8% in March 2007. The numbers provide more insight into the latest DataQuick figures that showed declining new-home prices, confirming that the declines aren’t due merely to a change in the mix of sales t...
Parkway Builders Luxury Homes in Denton
2008-05-07 18:23:00 I am trying to come up with a good marketing message for Parkway Builders in Denton Texas. Everyone has a different interpretation of luxury homes. Parkway Builders is building homes in Denton from the $140's and in Carrollton from the...
Exciting New Training For Builders
2008-05-07 07:00:00 We all know there’s a shortage of builders and tradesmen in the UK. Well now the Government and the industry have got together to tackle the problem in a progressive way that should reap rewards for everyone involved. The National Skills Academy for Construction is addressing the need for well trained builders by establishing training programmes ...
By: Resources zone
Sun Bids For Rich Internet App Builders With JavaFX
2008-05-07 03:20:00 Sun Bids For Rich Internet App Builders With JavaFXA mobile version of JavaFX for developers for use in building applications for smartphones, handhelds, and other mobile devices is expected soon.http://www.informationweek-.com/news/showArticl...
Computer makers push device builders for Linux-compatible hardware
2008-05-03 11:41:00 For years, device and peripheral builders could get away with ignoring the Linux desktop market. It was too small to matter, they would say. Things have changed. At the Linux Foundation meeting in Austin, Texas, last month, major PC vendors ASUS, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Lenovo said they would be telling their chipset, component, and peripheral OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) that they were going to demand Linux-compatible hardware from them. It's one thing when Linux users ask for support; it's an entirely different thing when multi-billion-dollar companies demand it. This is an offer that the OEMs can't refuse.
By: Server Tales
Computer makers push device builders for Linux-compatible hardware
2008-05-03 11:41:00 For years, device and peripheral builders could get away with ignoring the Linux desktop market. It was too small to matter, they would say. Things have changed. At the Linux Foundation meeting in Austin, Texas, last month, major PC vendors ASUS, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Lenovo said they would be telling their chipset, component, and peripheral OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) that they were going to demand Linux-compatible hardware from them. It's one thing when Linux users ask for support; it's an entirely different thing when multi-billion-dollar companies demand it. This is an offer that the OEMs can't refuse.
By: Server Tales
Builders’ home pricing at ‘02 levels in mid-April
2008-05-02 15:42:00 Fresh DataQuick stats show how hard O.C. developers are working to sell homes: Median selling prices for the 22 business days ended April 14 of $499,500 is 42% below the new home market’s 2005 peak. If such pricing holds for the entire month, it would mark the second cheapest builder pricing since June 2002; and only the second time under a half-million bucks since then. (Prices briefly dipped to $469,000 in January ‘06.) Sadly, builders’ steep price cuts were seemingly not enough: Only 156 new homes sold, a stunning 60.5% below a year ago. The rest of the O.C. market in the same period fared not much better, with weak sales and soft pricing. Here’s how it broke out by key slice: Slice Price Vs. ‘07 Sales Vs. ‘07 House $565,000 -20.5% 1,220 -35.0% Condo $374,000 -18.7% 450 -46.7% New $499,500 -21.2% 156 -60.5% All $505,000 -19.8% 1,826 -41.4% |
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