Christmas on MainStreet is going on right now at MainStreet America, where 12 of our finest homes are displayed. This is a great opportunity to bring the entire family for an evening of fun and thrills, while also getting the chance to view our homes that are fully decorated in Christmas theme.
Each home is fully adorned with Christmas trees, wreaths, nutcrackers, Santa's, and everything else you would want to find in a home during the holiday season. If you're wondering what your home would look like with lights strung on the rooftops or with decorative deer in the front yard, now is the time.
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Origin Architects, the architectural firm located inside MainStreet America, completed its seasonal project of a life-sized gingerbread house. The firm designed the holiday house for MainStreet America's annual tradition of Christmas on MainStreet, which is being held every Saturday till Dec. 20.
Javier Medina, principal of Origin Architects, said designing and building the gingerbread house was a project his firm took very seriously. Constructing the house took a little more than a week to complete, using PVC pipes for the candy cane chimney stacks, plywood cornice work, scalloped composition shingles si…
This year has seen a lot of positives in the housing industry. Consumer and builder confidence continues to increase, and this past month is just more proof.
According to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), builder confidence for new single-family homes increased four points to hit 58. The HMI gauges the overall builder perception of single-family home sales and the expectations of sales for the following six months. The HMI is gauged according to a scale of "good," "fair" or "poor." The rate of prospective buyer traffic is also gauged and rated as "high…