With 7.6 million kitchen remodels in 2007, up 200,000 from 2006, today’s homeowners continue to deem kitchen remodels a valuable investment. But do extensive makeovers remain a priority? With the current housing slump, are today’s kitchens really...
Welcome to the Kleber & Associates blog! Decline of Average Home Sizes Continues to Spur Debate: A First-Hand Account from a Home’s “Chief Purchasing Officer(SM)”. Here’s the latest… By Jill Levenson Our latest K&A e-blast...
As a follow-on to my last blog, it’s important to highlight some additional reasons to further support the theory that those companies that ride out the wave of the housing slide will be the ones on top during the upturn. By creating and engaging in powerful and...
We’ve all heard about it and feared it – the inevitable slowing of the housing market. A recent article featured on CNNMoney.com confirmed our worries when suggesting we’ve entered a period of the...
Communications agencies are often faulted for putting positive spins on potentially dire situations. Since the end of last year, the major news media outlets have painted a gloomy picture of the housing market and its effect on the economy. We have closely watched the...
There is one thing about the trough of business cycles – it kick-starts the Mother of Invention. One fascinating observation within the housing slow-down relates to builder-supplier relationships and how business creativity stabilizes and even moves...
