Most home builders are busy people with many tasks on their plate and if you tell them they also need to take time for networking, many will find that a difficult task to add. That is, until they better understand the benefits and how home builders can experience increased success by making time for networking. …
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A child?s first steps may come with a lot of fanfare, but they tend to happen on their own, without complex planning in advance. Taking your first steps as a home remodeling company is an entirely different story. Yes, you?ll want a fair share of fanfare so you can fill your calendar with projects, but …
If past economic downturns have taught us anything, it is that you really need to ?make hay when the sun is shining.? By using effective marketing strategies when times are not quite so lean, you can build up capital to tide you over should things head the other way in the future. Custom home builders …
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Whether you are someone who has been in the home renovations business for several decades, are just starting out, or fall somewhere in between, one of the most critical factors in your success is establishing a pricing system that fits your objectives. While it can be tempting to go with intuition and your ?gut feeling,? …
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Being a home construction contractor is not for the faint of heart or for someone looking for a standard 9-to-5 occupation. It takes hard work and you?re constantly juggling your time between sub-contractors, customers, marketing & networking, vendors, administrative duties, and more. With so many responsibilities and duties, it is no wonder you can feel …
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The Lake Norman HBA has partnered with ROC, a nonprofit ministry,?as well as?Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, Goodwill and various local construction companies to bring construction technology training to at-risk high school students on the west-side of Charlotte.? ROC students start the construction program their junior year and receive skills training in advanced …
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AND THE WINNERS ARE… The 15th Annual Lake Norman Home Builders Association – Best of the Lake Awards Gala was held Friday, November 2nd at The Peninsula Club, Cornelius, NC. Southern Cottage Corp was named BEST IN SHOW for the Best Remodel – Existing Home – More than $500K. The Best of the Lake is …
Of the roughly 850,000 single-family homes started in 2017, 58.6 percent included patios, according to NAHB tabulation of data from the Survey of Construction (SOC, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and partially funded by HUD). Among the outdoor features captured in the SOC, this makes patios considerably more common than decks (included on 23.8 …
The Remodeling Market Index (RMI) remained stable with a reading of 58 in the third quarter of 2018, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The RMI has been at or above 50 since the second quarter of 2013, which indicates that more remodelers report market activity is higher than report it is …
The count of unfilled jobs in the construction sector increased in June, reaching a post-Great Recession high level. The rate of open construction sector jobs also matched a prior cyclical high. According to the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) and NAHB analysis, the number of open construction sector jobs increased to 263,000 …
