Monday, March 31, 2008
I am frequently asked by prospective customers how much I charge per square foot. I recently taught an Institute of Residential Marketing course for Builders, Developers and Realtors. One of the chapters was titled Customer Value and Marketing and provided a methodology for measuring value other than by price per square foot.
| Posted by Chuck Miller at 7:33 PM |
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Sunday, March 30, 2008
Here is a tool provided by a credible third party to help home owners estimate the value of their existing home.
| Posted by Chuck Miller at 1:05 PM |
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Friday, March 28, 2008
I know it's late notice, but this is really important. There's a huge global event taking place tomorrow night, Saturday March 29th and you can be a part of it.
| Posted by Chuck Miller at 6:44 PM |
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As I emphasized in one of my previous blogs, it is important to "Know the Facts" about our local market instead of simply believing that all the negative news about the national housing marketing applies to Boise and the greater Treasure Valley.
| Posted by Chuck Miller at 4:11 PM |
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Saturday, March 22, 2008
As a Builder Home Builder, I know Im supposed to be informing you about building. But to help me do that, I am asking you to inform me about you. Trey recently asked you when you thought the Boise Real Estate Market would recover. As a Builder in the Boise, Idaho MSA and an instructor for the National Association of Home Builders Institute of Residential Marketing, I would like to ask you a few more questions so I can better understand our local housing market and, more specifically, you the home buyer.
| Posted by Chuck Miller at 1:04 PM |
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Monday, March 17, 2008
As I have stated in previous posts, housing affordability is a complicated issue. Building affordable housing is not simply a matter of builders building less expensive homes. It requires the cooperation of a number of parties, including but not limited to state and local governments, land owners both those selling developable land and those living adjacent to that land, lenders, Realtors, and the home buyers themselves. Today we will discuss the home buyers.
| Posted by Chuck Miller at 6:04 PM |
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Friday, March 14, 2008
While the national picture is bleak to the point of necessitating immediate congressional action to shore up home prices, local media outlets should know the facts about their local market before taking those national headlines and applying them to their own housing markets.
| Posted by Chuck Miller at 5:14 PM |
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Don't think history repeats itself. Think again. The reason we study history is to hopefully learn from our past mistakes. It appears that as a whole, we either skipped a chapter or two, or possibly just forgot the lesson. Here's a refresher course.
| Posted by Chuck Miller at 4:47 PM |
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
I received an email this week from National Association of Home Builders Public Affairs staff asking for input with respect to consumer protection strategies. They asked for my thoughts about what potential home-buyers can do protect themselves if good, reputable builders unexpectedly run into financial problems and cannot complete a job. For example: what kinds of questions should a potential client ask? What third party sources exist that can offer object evaluations of a builders financial stability? So, I thought I would share my reply with my BuildingCredibility.com blog readers.
| Posted by Chuck Miller at 7:55 AM |
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Saturday, January 19, 2008
Regardless of what you might think, building affordable housing is not simply a matter of builders building less expensive homes.
| Posted by Chuck Miller at 2:50 PM |
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