April 2009 Blog Posts (3)

What Do You Do With A Live One?

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I have had my worst fears confirmed. There truly is a missing link in the evolution of new home sales. At least in the Seattle market. For my out of town readers, I’m checking up on you as you read this, so don’t get too smug…yet.

New homebuilders spend tens of thousands of dollars on websites, and even more on media ads and internet campaigns in search of those increasingly elusive buyers. One of my worst fears as a provider of marketing advice… Continue

Added by Al Doyle on April 14, 2009 at 1:29pm — 1 Comment

Is Big Better? Today There’s a New #1!

Number Four ranked Pulte just pulled off a stock swap netting for itself #3 ranked Centex to become the new #1, overtaking long-time leader D. R. Horton who slipped to the new #2. Last year, Pulte and Centex combined closed 39,000 sales. To put it in perspective, that’s 150 homes per business day in the worst housing market since 1930!

What are we to think? At first blush, Wall Street Journal reported that the stock market smiled on the other large national public builders—Beazer,… Continue

Added by Al Doyle on April 8, 2009 at 4:19pm — No Comments

How to Get The Most Out of This Site

Glad you're here. Think of this web location as the NHC Clubhouse or Meeting Room. You can do just about anything here you could do in a face to face meeting..only from where ever you are, anytime of the day or night.

Ask questions! Need advice? Recruiting? Want to know about weekend traffic? Or the value of giving or taking personality profile tests? This is the place. As a general question in the news section, email to one or more members, or ask a group!

Start a dialog… Continue

Added by Al Doyle on April 2, 2009 at 6:02pm — No Comments