Best Practices... Consistently
What's happening in the "hot" housing markets these days? You know the ones: Phoenix, Las Vegas and anything in California or Florida. People are literally standing in line to buy homes. In some cases, auctions and lottery systems are being utilized to dole out buying opportunities. But with this, there is a price.
Function Follows Form
Controversy has brewed ever since the landmark 1926 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Village of Euclid , Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co., which established the separation of land uses among other restrictions to manage nuisances and protect the public welfare. The resulting "Euclidian" form of zoning has long since been accepted as the standard for regulating development nationwide.
Planning + Development
Land Acquisition and Development Finance, Part 2
This second article in the Land Acquisition and Development Finance series discusses finding the land and doing the preliminary investigation and financial analysis
Do You Hear What I Hear?
The 21st century homebuyer is unlike any homebuyer before. He or she is armed with knowledge and a distaste for unnecessary noise. To compound matters, today's new homes are open floor-planned havens, with not a lot of cut walls to define where one room ends and another begins. With open floor plans and higher ceilings it's no wonder that so many home buyers and home builders are saying "Stop t...
