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On a national scale, remodeling and replacement activity remained steady in Q1 2012, according to the latest Residential Remodeling Index (RRI) by Hanley Wood.
Are people not spending because of a weak economy, or is the economy weak because they are not spending?
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After spending the past two years at record low levels, remodeling activity is expected to pick up later this year, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) released Thursday by the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University...
Several remodelers offer suggestions such as offering bath packages, using seminars to sell, and offering financing to help prospects make the decision to remodel.
LES CUNNINGHAM: Adjusting to the new normal of a difficult economy means work is harder to come by, but if clients trust you and your company's professionalism, the jobs will come.
Remodeler Bruce Pinsler shares his insight on offering financing.
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The January 2012 Residential Remodeling Index (RRI) shows that overall remodeling activity declined 4 percent in 2011 compared with 2010. The revised data series, which is completely refreshed each quarter, reveals a slightly lower than anticipated bottom in the fourth quarter of 2011. This “second...
MICHAEL ANSCHEL: A call for remodelers to do more than passively complain; it's time to become a force of change.