Author: Lindsay Tingler

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What home buyers want from home builders in 2018

WHITE PAPER: What Do Home Buyers Want from Builders?

To buy or not to buy? That’s the question many prospective homeowners are grappling with in a challenging market. It’s a confusing time for home ...
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New Home Builders Use Innovative Land Buying Strategies

New Home Builders Use Innovative Land Buying Strategies

The lots weren’t pretty. Filled with rocks, they’d proved nearly unbuildable, prompting previous builders to pass them over. But they were affordable and located in ...
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California solar panel requirements

CA to Require Solar Panels in All New Residential Construction

Often at the leading edge of government mandates and bans, California has just become the first state in the nation to mandate solar panels for ...
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Maryland Holds That General Contractors Owe Subsequent Homeowners a Non-Delegable Duty of Care

In MD: General Contractors Owe Non-Delegable Duty of Care to Comply with Building Code

The Spring, 2018 issue of The Construction Lawyer, a Journal of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Construction Law, reports that the Maryland Court of ...
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Custom Home Building

Do You and Your Builder Have the Same Definition of “Custom Building”?

When I hear the word “custom”, I think of an item that has been created or built specifically to my ideals.  A product created specifically ...
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Spring 2018 Home Building Market

Warranties Help Drive New Home Sales in Spring 2018

Homes sold for thousands of dollars above the asking price. Sellers were deluged with competing offers. Buyers plunked down cash. Houses flew off the market ...
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Is Investment Property a Smart Choice for You?

Is Investment Property a Smart Choice for You?

Looking back at the last few years in the housing industry, we have experienced an influx of extraordinary market values and minimal return on our ...
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2018 tax break + new construction

How Could 2018 Tax Cuts Affect New Home Builders?

Real estate and taxes—the two go hand-in-hand for homeowners. That’s why a $1.4 trillion tax cut like the one enacted this year can have a ...
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PWSC Bitcoin and Home Sales

Bitcoin & Home Builders: Cashing in with Cryptocurrency?

September 2017 marked a new milestone for the real estate industry: the first single-family home purchased with bitcoin. Since a home buyer in the tech ...
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Warranties & Entry-level Homes in 2018

Entry-Level Homes Rebound in 2018 with the Help of Warranties

When an improving economy unleashed a flood of new home buyers several years ago, most builders looked toward the luxury home market, as the market ...
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