tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31459937Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:31:38 +0000It's time to change our global settings.http://www.newdaybuilders.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com (Ian Huckabee)Blogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31459937.post-402255295218359577Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:32:00 +00002008-12-27T13:58:29.224-05:00If there's ever been a time to build your new home, this is it. New home construction in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Chatham County areas is at a crawl, so many builders and subcontractors are hungry for work. Based on the number of permits pulled, November 2008 housing starts were about half of what they were in November 2007, and just 28% of what they were at the peak in September of http://www.newdaybuilders.com/blog/2008/12/time-to-build-my-new-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian Huckabee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31459937.post-56933272569072059Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:03:00 +00002008-10-04T13:42:04.565-04:00Whether or not you agree with the bailout package signed into law this week by President Bush after overwhelming support from the Senate and better-late-than-never support from the House, you might be happy to know that some of the pork thrown into it includes what some are saying is the largest renewable energy legislation in history. EcoGeek.com reports that this new legislation will create as http://www.newdaybuilders.com/blog/2008/10/green-pork.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian Huckabee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31459937.post-3869423275136814324Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:36:00 +00002008-10-02T10:14:43.978-04:00There is something new on the market and it's really green. On Saturday, Newland Communities unveiled the community that Chatham County, North Carolina, has been anticipating for years. Briar Chapel, a 1600-acre new-home community just outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has been intentionally designed to inhabit the land without inhibiting its true nature. Nine hundred of the 1600 acres willhttp://www.newdaybuilders.com/blog/2008/10/briar-chapel-grand-opening.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian Huckabee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31459937.post-8913648581103085829Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:15:00 +00002007-11-02T15:40:18.618-04:00There has been speculation about which economist or econometrics firm would be the first to forecast a possible turnaround of the current housing downswing. Without surprise, it came from David Seiders, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders, interpreter of the building industry's crystal ball. The other contender was Lawrence Yun who holds the same title at the National http://www.newdaybuilders.com/blog/2007/11/who-knows.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian Huckabee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31459937.post-2851258539452574462Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:25:00 +00002007-04-14T18:37:57.024-04:00Any face time with Tom Friedman is time well spent. Here's a little with him as he speaks about the power of green.http://www.newdaybuilders.com/blog/2007/04/green-energy-at-china-price.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian Huckabee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31459937.post-116274644421889088Sun, 05 Nov 2006 16:57:00 +00002006-11-05T16:53:51.516-05:00The Home Builders Association of Durham, Orange & Chatham Counties announced their Green Building Initiaive this week. This press release will give you an idea of what green building is and the different approaches that can be taken: HBA-DOC Announces Green Building Program Durham (Novemeber 2, 2006) - Today the Home Builders Association (HBA) of Durham, Orange and Chatham counties unveiled a http://www.newdaybuilders.com/blog/2006/11/green-building-initiative.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian Huckabee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31459937.post-115358219691359778Sat, 22 Jul 2006 15:29:00 +00002008-07-25T18:58:10.479-04:00green buildingA market can have the behavioral attributes of a young child, particularly when a product you're bringing to it doesn't offer the immediate gratification of, say, a Roboraptor robotic dinosaur or the Bratz Forever Diamondz Doll. And so it is with green homes in many markets around the country. "Looks responsible," many consumers say, "but I'm looking for something with comparables." Green http://www.newdaybuilders.com/blog/2006/07/bratz-forever.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ian Huckabee)0