Archive for the Home Ownership Category
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When should you buy a new home?
According to Shawn Tulley, the senior editor at large for Fortune Magazine, for many people in the know, the answer to this question is NOW! Shawn interviews Mike Castleman, the founder and CEO of Metrostudy, a real estate consulting firm that coll
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Best of American Living Awards …
The National Association of Home Builders have released their "2010 BALA Portfolio", detailing the winners of the 2010 Best in American Living Awards. Rockrose is again a winner. In the category of the Best Single Family Home in the 3,000 to4,0
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Brookfield Homes Selected for Environmental Spirit
At the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce Annual Business Recognition Dinner on Friday, March 4th, Brookfield Homes won the Environmental Spirit Award. That's right, a developer / home builder won the Environmental Spirit award! The award was presen
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FHA Offers New Temporary Guidelines
A significant issue facing many builders has been brewing for over a year. Recently, FHA issued a new Mortgagee Letter (ML 2011-03) that clarifies and extends some of the most challenging changes to the Temporary Condominium Guidelines published N
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The Cost of Regulation on San Diego Home Prices
For a long time, the talk has been about "the cost of regulation" on the price of a new home. Many industry experts have tried to quantify that cost, with varying degrees of success. A new approach has been suggested by a mid-west consulting grou
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