Feed on
Posts
Comments

Category Archive for 'Building Mistakes'

The Right Choice in a Wrong Situation

Posted in Building Mistakes, General on Nov 9th, 2007

Pardee Homes just made a really tough decision. Their Sacramento development has halted. Building crews have been let go and “deals made with only four buyers canceled” reports Jim Wasserman of The Sacramento Bee. The company has invested $200 million in the region and says it’s not shutting down for […]

Read Full Post »

The Housing Crisis - a need for better planning

Posted in Building Mistakes on Oct 17th, 2007

Hank Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary, has just made some alarming comments on the housing crisis. He remarks “Let me be clear, despite strong economic fundamentals, the housing decline is still unfolding, and I view it as the most significant current risk to our economy,” and that “The longer housing prices remain stagnant […]

Read Full Post »

Trees Hate Foreclosures

Posted in Building Mistakes, Green Building Info. on Oct 9th, 2007

I was disappointed to read an article titled “Developers helped build a bust.” According to Mara Der Hovanesian of BusinessWeek, many developers began selling mortgages as well. They ended up misrepresenting clients’ income to sell their homes at higher prices. This has ended up in virtual ghost towns as foreclosures soon became […]

Read Full Post »

Budget

Posted in Building Mistakes, Remodeling on Aug 22nd, 2007

I was watching one of HGTV’s shows called Dream House or maybe Dream Home. The show is about a couple who are making a huge addition to an existing house. It looks like it will be a beautiful house when all is said and done. However, the couple is in way over […]

Read Full Post »