Building permits nationwide were issued at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.621 million units during June, a 1.9% increase over the month and 5.9% above the total for June 1998.
You can change anything you want, so long as it’s something we do. In a nutshell, that’s the approach most large production builders seem to take with buyers’ requests to change something about their new homes.
Two insulation firms -- Collins & Co. of Vernon, Conn., and Comfort Insulation of Bend, Ore. -- have been named National Certified Contractor Firms of the Year.
Following in the footsteps of other large-volume builders, Richmond American Homes of Irvine, Calif. opened a full-scale design center, HomeShaper Gallery, in Yorba Linda in June 1998.