Financials
Financials
Business financials advice, reports, and trends for professional home builders and remodelers.
Business
4 Steps to Prep Your Business for Contraction
How a remodeling company plans ahead for the worst of times (and the best of times)
Leadership
Creating a Company Fire Drill: How to Prepare for the Worst
A disastrous fire could have been a lot worse if the business wasn’t prepared for the unexpected
Women at WIRC
The Fundamentals of Growing Profitably
On this episode of Women at WIRC podcast, Nip Tuck Remodeling Owner April Bettinger shares how she plans for her company's profitable growth
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Half of New Jersey’s $1.83 billion federal Sandy relief fund will go to homeowners, businesses
Of the $1.83 billion in federal recovery aid for New Jersey, half will be spent to assist homeowners and business owners whose properties were damaged during Hurricane Sandy.
Remodeling recovery picking up steam
Robust spending on home improvement in the second half of 2012 suggests the remodeling recovery is already underway, and annual homeowner improvement spending should see accelerating double-digit growth through the third quarter of 2013, according to the Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA).
Positioning your business for 2013
17 industry leaders share their secrets on the challenges and opportunities they expect to face in 2013. Also, they reveal how they are positioning their business for growth.
WOLF releases Key Buyer Index for December 2012
Continued decline in KBI score reflects seasonal slowdown, with a leftover Sandy effect.
Annual Listing of America's Top Remodelers 2012
Bullish outlook: Biggest remodelers see more growth in 2013
Remodeling Market Index returns to 2005 levels
This is the highest point the RMI has reached since the third quarter of 2005, reflecting the positive trends recently seen in the rest of the housing sector.
Housing rebound measured in major cities
According to data through June 2012 released by S&P Dow Jones Indices for its S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the second quarter of 2012 ended with positive annual housing growth rates for the first time since Summer 2010.
President Obama offers lower mortgage fees in latest housing plan
Up to 3 million homeowners could save on mortgages under administration plan
Remodeling showing signs of recovery
While final numbers have not been released, IHS Global Insight predicts that home improvement spending rose 3.3 percent overall in 2011, according to a Wall Street Journal report.