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New tools bring VR to the job site
Michael J. Berens Construction & Building MaterialsReal estate developers and sellers garnered media attention this past year with stories about how they are using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies to help clients visualize and experience luxury properties or future projects for sale or investment.
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Homeowners sticking to the basics in remodels
Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesDesign media publishers like to dazzle their readers with awesome photos of amazingly designed spaces. Certainly, there are designers and clients who want to create spectacular spaces that break out of the conventional and make an aesthetic statement.
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Housing industry regains momentum heading toward year’s end
Michael J. Berens Construction & Building MaterialsHousing managed to get its second wind as it entered the final quarter of the year. Most industry indicators — with the exception of new home sales — showed notable month-to-month performance. Year-to-date figures continue on an upward trend, boding well for an overall positive finish to a year of fluctuating demand.
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Creating a better world with design
Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesA substantial and growing body of research attests to what designers have long known. The design of the spaces we inhabit has considerable impact on our health, mood and state of mind. Now, researchers and practitioners are probing even further to discover the ways that design also can affect our behavior. What they are finding suggests it may be possible in the not-too-distant future to create spaces that promote not only health and well-being, but also more positive behaviors.
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Design business planning in uncertain times
Lloyd Princeton Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesWe are fast approaching the end of 2016. Before you get caught up in the whirlwind of holiday activities, now is a good time to start planning for the year ahead. How do you see your design business shaping up? Will 2017 be a year of growth or a year for standing pat? Should you undertake a new venture or begin to wind down operations?
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Who are millennial homebuyers?
Michael J. Berens Construction & Building MaterialsMillennials are back in the real estate news. After a much-anticipated influx of millennial homebuyers last year that never materialized, new data show millennials have been quite active in the housing market this year. Predictions are they will have an even greater presence next year.
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Remodeling activity to accelerate in 2017
Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesAn undersupply of homes for sale along with rising home prices are spurring home renovation, repair and remodeling activity toward its highest level since the recession. With household incomes beginning to rise for the first time in years, homeowners potentially will have more money to spend on fixing up their homes.
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Why stress is causing interior designers to leave the profession
Susan Mulholland Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesEveryone has known of a colleague who has left interior design because they were burned out. The one thing they loved more than anything suddenly became the one thing they hated the most. Our profession is probably one of the most stressful. We are always under some sort of pressure either by our clients or ourselves to create something that is unlike anything else done before. The pressure to be perfectly fabulous every time we start a project is overwhelming.
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Successful interior designers find power in their pipelines
Fred Berns Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesIf disappointing sales are your problem, there's a simple solution: Pump up your pipeline. You can quickly jump-start your interior design business by simply reaching out every workday, every week to at least 10 individuals who can help you build your business.
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First-time buyers give housing a needed lift
Michael J. Berens Construction & Building MaterialsEven as new construction activity slowed, sales of existing homes in September rebounded after two months of decline. Sales were particularly strong among first-time buyers, who took advantage of decreased competition to snap up available properties.
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