Amazon Introduces Smart-Home ‘Experience Centers’
Amazon partners with national homebuilder Lennar to create Alexa-enabled smart homes in select cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington D.C.
May 09, 2018
7 Tips for Marketing to Homebuilders, Architects, Interior Designers
Send a free Amazon Echo Dot to help break the ice, and other advice such as sitting on local boards, leveraging manufacturers, and hosting events are other inventive ways to build business with trade partners.
Apr 12, 2018
Custom Home Builder: Differentiate with Smart-Home Tech, But Keep it Simple
TDI Homes in Arlington, Va., advises simplicity in installation, interface, form factor. Standardizes on VSSL multiroom audio systems, with Control4 and Leviton control for security and home automation.
Mar 20, 2018
NAHB Forecast: Home Starts up 5% in 2018, Bolstered by ‘Political Climate’
NAHB forecasts single-family home starts will up 5% in 2018, thanks in part to 'pro-business sentiment in Washington', but MDU starts will fall.
Jan 26, 2018
Residential Remodeling Spending Expected to Grow 7.5% in 2018
Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies predicts residential remodeling activity will hit $340 billion, up 7.5%.
Jan 24, 2018
Comcast Xfinity Rolls Out MDU Smart Home Program
Cable giant Comcast packages smart home devices, services to create 'simple solution to an advanced network' for multi-dwelling unit (MDU) developers.