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Release Archive

Release	Date
Capital Sources for the Private Homebuilder	3/13/2010
East Contra Costa County Land Activity	1/20/2010
Start of 2010 Brings Exciting Changes to Meyers Builder Advisors	1/8/2010
A Look Ahead at 2010	12/19/2009
Recognizing Hidden Costs Can Be Key to the Purchase of Mapped Lots	10/20/2009
Examining Real Estate Trends in the Inland Empire	10/6/2009
Sacramento Land Rush: Finished Lot Values by Zip Code	9/15/2009
Taking the LEED: Building Green in Subdivisions	8/27/2009
Changing Demographics make TODs a Success	8/17/2009
Finished Lot Supply in the Dairylands	8/10/2009
Where Deals Pencil in the Inland Empire	7/22/2009
Jeff Meyers Brings Capital Raise Experience to Advisory Group	6/17/2009
Due Diligence Difficulties Can be Costly	6/4/2009
Confidence Levels Improving	5/28/2009
Tracking California’s Employment Figures	5/6/2009
Where Foreclosures Have Hit Hardest in California	3/23/2009
David Hudson heads Meyers Asset Management Group	3/6/2009
Recent legislation drawing out first-time buyers?	2/27/2009
Mixed Resale Market in Phoenix	1/30/2009
California Resale Inventory Levels Decline	1/10/2009
Bargain Shoppers Drive Resale Market	12/4/2008
FHA Lowers ‘09 Loan Limits	11/17/2008
CA Major Metro’s Employment Trends	11/7/2008
Foreclosures Boosting Sacramento Sales	10/23/2008
Increased FHA Limits Bolster Sales	10/6/2008
Foreclosure Resales Driving Phoenix Home Prices Down	10/1/2008
Phoenix Down but Not Out!	9/18/2008
Housing Cycle: Double-Digit Price Increases Expected Again	8/29/2008

News Archive

Land Buyers Looking for Opportunities as Building Slows
Orange County Business Jounal, Orange County, CA
Opportunistic investors are looking for a way to profit from Orange County’s tough housing market. But it still may take a while to see a big local deal completed, according to market watchers.

“We’re hopeful this is the year that buyers and sellers close the gap” on pricing for local properties, said Lorry Lynn, managing principal for Corona del Mar-based Meyers Builder Advisors, a homebuilding consultancy." more.

Discounting helps home sales
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
But any improvement in sales figures is plagued by a surge in the rate of canceled contracts; some public builders have reported that half of all contracts lately fall apart.

In the Chicago area, signed contracts for single-family homes are down 30 percent from a year ago, said Lance Ramella, principal with Meyers Builder Advisors in Oswego. "Cancellations are officially at 7.3 percent, but it's hard to gauge accurately," he said. "It's probably really 30 to 35 percent." more.

New home market shows signs of stabilization
East Valley Tribune, Scottsdale, AZ
The use of incentives will ramp up in the next few months as builders try to make their projected sales numbers for the year, said John Fioramonti, senior managing director at Meyers Builder Advisors in Scottsdale.

"They do really kind of insane things (in) the fourth quarter of the year to make sales happen," Fioramonti said. more..

No time out for builders
Down-market home prices could be alluring, but buyers should be prepared to move fast
San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA
The fourth quarter of the year had hardly begun Oct. 1 when home builders and industry experts wrote it off as a disappointment and gloomily predicted 2008 won't be much better.
However, what's bad news for builders may be good news for savvy buyers.

“Coming up on year's end, I guarantee that in December you'll see some of the best deals that you'll see all year,” said industry consultant Jeff Meyers. more..

Eager to Increase Sales, Homebuilders Say Let’s Make a Deal
San Diego Business Journal, San Diego, CA
With less than three months left in the year, public and private homebuilders are offering significant — and increasingly creative — incentives to unload inventory.

Ada Kaiser, principal with the Encinitas office of Meyers Builder Advisors, a real estate consultant, says many homebuilders are doing whatever they can to relieve pressure from the credit crunch and please lenders and investors by moving more units. more..

Meyers Rises In Phoenix
Now more than ever, the Phoenix market needs experienced real estate consultants that are dedicated to providing insight into today’s tough housing market. That’s why one of the nation’s most trusted names in real estate consulting, Meyers Builder Advisors has expanded to open the Phoenix market office. more..

Meyers Builder Advisors Takes the West Coast
With the opening of the Northern California Office, Meyers Builder Advisors now represents the most experienced advisory group dedicated to the needs of the residential construction industry. By taking a fresh approach to real estate consulting, we're dedicated to providing the results our clients rely on, Check out our overview of services.

Biggest Hurdle to Housing in San Diego is the Availability of Land
The Daily Transcript, San Diego, CA
With sales activity dropping, prices declining and the amount of raw land available for new homes shrinking, San Diego County's homebuilding market remains a difficult one for both private and public builders to do business, according to founder Jeff Meyers and Ada Kaiser, principal, of Meyers Builder Advisors. more..