How Desperate are the Homebuilders?

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I got this email from KHOV over the Holidays....they are trying to drum up business from folks who lost their homes in the fires a couple months ago. My favorite line is "We're ready to start today!":

YOUR LAND. OUR HOME. LET US REBUILD YOUR HOME. WITH AN EXTENSIVE SELECTION OF OVER 60 FLOOPLANS, YOU'RE SURE TO FIND A HOME THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU. ONE STOP CUSTOM-HOME CONVENIENCE FOR SURPRISINGLY LOW PRICES AND WE'RE READY TO START TODAY!

The assurance, comfort and lasting quality of a professionally built brand new home on your own lot.

The convenience of working with a single-source known for reliability, accountability and a commitment to your enduring satisfaction Access to a wide array of floorplans, ready for immediate permitting with reliable cost projections A pool of professional, proven trade partners

The corporate negotiating power of K. Hovnanian® Homes™ A well planned schedule supervised by expert construction managers familiar with all local permit requirements and codes

Customize your home at K. Hovnanian Homes' Design Gallery 50 years of homebuilding experience from a company with ties to the community that will continue in the years ahead. We'll be here today and tomorrow.

REFER A FRIEND AND EARN $5,000!*

IF YOU, OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO REBUILD BECAUSE OF THE FIRES, LET K. HOVNANIAN® HOMES™ BE YOUR BUILDER. CALL TODAY TO SCHEDULE A PRIVATE CONSULTATION. 888-286-4513 OR EMAIL CA@KHOV.COM
 
I got a pop up, but I'm too computer/web illiterate to know what it was. I xed it out immediately.

Hov is truly desperate. After Andrew my builder did 't want this type of business. It is difficult & expensive not to build a bunch of stuff all together. You have one house here and another there, and can't use economies of scale, and the govt is all intimidated by what happened and determined to be tough, so getting permits and closing them out becomes a nightmare.
 
Hmm.. are you guys saying that opening this thread (http://forums.irvinehousingblog.com/discussion/935/how-desperate-are-the-homebuilders/) launches some kind of popup? I just opened it in Internet Explorer and I did not see a pop up. If you have any more details, please let me know. There are no ads on the forums currently.
 
strange.. i tried using IE 6 and Firefox 2 on Windows XP and I don't that behavior. I found and deleted a SCRIPT tag in the first comment.. is it still acting up? if i can't figure this one, i'll just lock or delete this thread..
 
I notice it only in this thread. Could be something attached in a picture as well.

Try and delete the link in the post from NS2524. It has a link to msnusers that may be causing this. I Think you need messenger enabled to see the pop up as well.
 
I did indeed call KHOV and see if they were able to build a VERY small house for me near Big Bear. We will see, the house is tiny though. (About `900 sqft). Anyway, we will see. Good luck

-bix
 
Standard Pacific Swamped

http://www.forbes.com/markets/economy/2008/01/11/stanardpacific-homebuilders-mortgage-markets-equity-cx_ra_0111markets31.html

The housing market's disaster du jour for Friday was builder Standard Pacific (nyse: SPF - news- people) whose shares plunged 17.6% on news it had retained restructuring and bankruptcy specialist Miller Buckfire as a financial adviser. The implication that the builder might be considering a bankruptcy filing was not lost on investors.

The Irvine, Calif.-based company’s shares slid 47 cents, to $2.20, at the close on Friday. The shares traded above $48 in the summer of 2005 and have been declining steadily since as the housing boom of the early 2000s turned to bust.
 
Re: Standard Pacific

They are building a unit right next, perhaps even ATTACHED, to the garage of that beautiful mission-type office building on Newport Ave., just right before the 55 as you head out of Newport.

I pass by it all the time, yet I NEVER have seen anyone working on it! Odd...
 
Humor re: how do you know if the housing markets going up or down?

You could by the ready now house $831,632. Or, hey, wait and collect interest while we build you one 200 sq. ft. bigger for the same price ....

http://www.richmondamerican.com/Shop+and+Buy/View+Community.htm?mr=Orange%20County&cm=1276&=ID=1276&Type=Community

Name

Status

Price

Sq.Ft.

Bed

Bath

Garage



Manzanita
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Quick Move-in

$831,632

2,600

4

4

2



Manzanita
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Plan Available to be Built

$831,632

2,800

4

3 1/2

2

Disclaimer P.S. Can't find the description on the Quick move in, who knows, maybe some upgrades make the difference in sq. ft. or something.
 
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