Jan
19
Why Buy A New Home vs. A Foreclosure?
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Are you considering buying a foreclosure vs. a new home?
New Homes Builder, Shea Homes, lists at least 22 reasons below to consider a new home vs. a foreclosure. The following are included in new homes by Shea Homes, and are more than likely not included in a foreclosure:
Brand new carpet,
Brand new tile/wood,
Brand new paint,
Brand new roof, [...]
Dec
21
Shea Homes Improves New Home Buyer Experience Through Web-Based Home Owner Manual
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Shea Homes of Walnut, CA boosts customer satisfaction to higher levels in 2009 by helping them monitor and improve the new home buyer experience from contract to warranty with help from Constellation HomeBuilder Systems, the largest provider of software for home builders.
Constellation BuildSERV’s Home Ownership Guide, the 2009 Innovative Housing Technology Award Winner, is used [...]
Nov
30
New Homes in the San Francisco Bay Area
Filed Under Benicia, Brentwood, California, Highlands Ranch, Livermore, Mountain House, Mountain View, Oakley, Rio Vista, Santa Clara, South Carolina, Washington | Leave a Comment
Looking for a new home in one of the country’s most romantic cities? You can’t go wrong with the San Francisco Bay Area and its cable cars, Fisherman’s Wharf and the Golden Gate Bridge (to name only a few amazing sights!). As a major Pacific Rim port and business hub, it is also the financial [...]
Nov
23
New Home Builders Get Creative with Technology
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In the past week, two builders have ramped up technology plans, in an effort to improve customer service. With the coming year quickly approaching, these builders are preparing for the future with new technology initiatives.
Move over Twitter, iPhone Apps are now one of the newest customer service tools for homebuilders. Leading the way, Shea Homes, [...]
Nov
10
2009-2010 Home Buyer Federal Tax Credit Fact Sheet
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Who is Eligible
First-time home buyers, who are defined by the law as buyers who have not owned a principal residence during the three-year period prior to the purchase, may be eligible for a tax credit of 10% of the home purchase price, up to a maximum of $8,000.
Existing home owners who have been residing in [...]
Nov
6
New Home Buyer 3.0 is REAL! Now What?
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Here’s what Shea Homes ceo Bert Selva makes of the hard-won extension and expansion of a tax credit for home buyers through April 2010:
“We need to start more homes. We’re going to have to build some spec homes.”
Selva worries about the company’s need to loosen an extremely tight rein on home construction. He has personally [...]
Nov
3
Shea Homes - New Homes Builder - News
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Get a great deal on a Shea home ready before year end Value pricing comes to the Overlook Collection at The Hearth
Highlands Ranch – Don’t miss out on the perfect combination of pricing, location, and wow factor. Each of these elements is intelligently integrated in the Overlook Collection by Shea Homes at The Hearth in [...]
Oct
28
Talks continue on new homes tax credit
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Senate negotiators spent yesterday trying to forge an agreement that would extend the $8,000 tax credit for qualified first-time new home buyers past its Nov. 30 deadline.
A decision had been expected by last night, but procedural issues caused a delay, housing-industry sources said.
The Senate compromise would cut the tax credit to 10 percent of the [...]
Oct
24
Denver New Homes
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Denver New Homes by Shea Homes
Shea Homes currently offers new homes in the Denver region in the new homes communities of Reunion and Highlands Ranch.
Featured Property from Reunion / Parkside - New Homes in Denver
Featured Property from BackCountry / Whispering Wind Collection - New Denver Homes / Colorado Luxury Homes
Oct
20
What Makes a Green Home?
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Green Homes are much more than a trend or fad to attach the word “green” in front of everything. In home building, there are actually so many opportunities for new homes builders to make changes to their building process to improve on the overall impact to the environment. Shea Homes announced Superiology more than 6 [...]