Remodeling View

Phils Construction Company has been renovating many kitchens in Inland Empire and acknowledges the kitchen has taken priority in the home. “Kitchens have become the center of the home, where family and guests hang out but many kitchens were not built to accommodate the needs of a modern family,” says Phillip Lindstrom, owner of Phils [...]

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Paving its way into the future, JR Paving and Construction has recently expanded into West Virginia and are now licensed by the West Virginia Contractor Licensing Board. “We saw the need and opportunity to expand into another market,” said Morris (JR) Cooper, president of JR Paving and Construction. “During the past few years we have [...]

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To better understand how the construction industry views the upcoming presidential election, we surveyed licensed contractors registered on BuildZoom.  Contractors showed a clear preference for Mitt Romney: nearly 3/4 of respondents felt that he would have a more positive impact on the construction industry and more generally speaking, make a better president. The survey was [...]

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Participating in local events provides the opportunity for businesses to engage with the community. This allows a company to build relationship with potential customers, while getting their name out, a marketing concept, that every entrepreneur utilizes in order to grow their business. TNM Building & Development is seizing their opportunity, by having a company booth [...]

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Today, BuildZoom announced the release of its two millionth contractor report, reinforcing its claim to hosting the largest database of information on home improvement contractors in the United States. According to BuildZoom co-founder David Petersen, “The main goal of our service is to provide consumers with free access to information they can trust when they [...]

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New home sales were up 7.6 percent in May, according to the Commerce Department. They also reported sales in the South grew by 12.7 percent. This encouraging news along with the fact that mortgage rates are at a record low, is causing homebuilders to redouble their efforts to meet the demand of homebuyers. While potential [...]

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California is quickly becoming the solar capital in the United States with 72,000 systems in the state generating an estimated 724 megawatts of power. Agriculture is embracing solar just as rapidly as other industries and municipalities. Why? Solar energy systems have low maintenance costs and the fuel is free once the higher initial cost of [...]

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More homeowners are staying in their homes instead of selling. According to the National Association of Realtors, from 2001 to 2008 the average homeowner would remain in their home for six years. But by 2011, following the collapse of the real estate bubble, the number of years, sellers had owned their homes increased by 50 [...]

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2011 began with a sense of optimism for home improvement contractors throughout the US. The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) announced their expectation that the industry was poised for growth throughout the year. In the first two quarters of 2011, their prophecy seemed to ring true as the market gained momentum and home improvement consumers [...]

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Based on analysis into California licensing data throughout the past quarter, we have concluded that there are signs that the remodeling and construction industry rebounded slightly in Q3 after a difficult Q2. Historically, license activity spikes in Q2 however in 2011, license activity actually declined to its lowest point since Q3 of 2007. In Q3 [...]

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