From the monthly archives:

January 2011

Postgreen Rentals and a New Opportunity to Invest

January 31, 2011

Our business model to date has identified itself with home ownership, but we are also big fans of rentals. Rental units are a key part of an urban housing mix providing density, incubation for future homeowners and variety for those who just don’t want to be nailed down. If ownership offers a neighborhood a stable [...]

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Avant Garage Video

January 19, 2011

We have been playing around with some new ways to post video to our MLS listings and thought you might like to see where it led. As most of you know, we are on the verge of building four homes in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia under the moniker Avant Garage. These homes, which will [...]

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Design – Build Cost – Energy Efficiency Infographic

January 12, 2011

I have a topic for discussion that has been brewing in my head for some time. It is illustrated below in an educatedguessographic about the New Construction Home Building in the US. Discuss. Hypothesis: If builders built homes in the “Market Gap” circle, they would sell them. If banks lended to builders that were catering [...]

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2011 Preview – A Brief Look at a Busy Year

January 3, 2011

Well, we have successfully navigated the holiday season, and as you can tell from our recent blog drought, we had a good time with our friends and family. We hope everyone out there enjoyed their own annual winter revelry and the penultimate moments of 2010. Now it is time to get down to the business [...]

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