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Sales

• Spring Selling Season Brings Optimism From M/I Homes CEO

  Higher January sales orders could suggest a busy spring selling season.

• Potential Buyers Flock to Opening of New Home Series

  The Irvine Company and six builders are working in tandem to build and sell nearly 700 homes during the next two years.

• Economy makes selling a home harder; there are tricks to help

  Feb. 2--LAS CRUCES -- Are you trying to sell a house, or do you plan to do so soon?

• Bay-Area Builder Lets Instinct Guide Its Growth

  Regis Homes in Northern California is winning its bet on building to meet pent-up demand.

• Builder Offers Tax Credit Guarantee for Homes Sold in January

  Charter Homes, which offered same benefit for December sales, wants to assuage buyers' fears about missing April 30 deadline.

• Video: Social Media Essentials

  Builder Online’s Alison Rice talks with Dina Gundersen of Monte Hewett Homes about how and why small builders can integrate video into their marketing efforts.

• As Generational Torch is Passed, Industry Experts See Similarities In What Aging Boomers and Millennials Will Want

  Both groups seek authenticity, “excitement,” and a community that reflects their individuality.

• Home Sizes Continue to Shrink

  Survey data from the NAHB and Better Homes and Gardens indicates that builders and consumers are thinking smaller.

• Social Media: An Effective Way For Builders to Connect With Women Home Buyers

  IBS speaker: ‘They joined your Facebook page. They want to talk to you.’

• 6 Ways For Builders to Beat REOs

  Speakers give strategies for competing against foreclosures.

• Housing market mending? Realtors say falling sales, prices boon for buyers

  Jan. 14--Central Virginia home prices dropped 7.8 percent and home sales fell by 6.1 percent in 2009, but area real estate executives say a market rally in the last six months indicates the market is slowly mending.

• Banks Are Impressed With Cornell Homes' Presales Track Record

  As a result, this three-year-old builder is having an easier time obtaining financing for its projects.

• Just like Atlanta, developer W. Harrison Merrill rises again: Recession slows but can't stop developer

  Dec. 14--W. Harrison Merrill might be what you'd call a classic Atlanta man, the kind of character you might see in "Gone With the Wind," rushing to pick up the smoldering pieces after the city was razed.

• Time for the International Builders' Show 2010

  The show will be held in Las Vegas from Jan. 19–22.

• Thawing the 55-Plus Home Buying Market

  Quelling fear and creating must-have products are secrets to selling to Baby Boomer buyers.

• 9 Tough Breaks For The Housing Industry In 2009

  Builders had to deal with new appraisal rules, limited lending, Chinese drywall, and more.

• Sivage Homes Finds Its Market Niche

  San Antonio builder increases sales by offering options that production builders don't.

• Ten Best-Selling Communities

  Here is a collection of successful projects that speak to a wide range of housing solutions that builders can undertake.

• Some Banks Are Choosing Receivership Over Foreclosure For Distressed Assets

  One California receiver doesn't see his role in competition with builders.

• NAHB Research Center's Results From Annual Survey

  Survey shows that improving bathrooms is a great way to create superior value tat is recognized by potential buyers.