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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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…
There are approximately 8.3 million Millennials right now running through the U.S. system. This group is made up of 18- to 34-year-olds, is larger than the Baby Boomer Generation, and they're looking for new homes.
"These people are starting to enter the housing market," said Dale Phillips, co-host of the Better Home Show and President of DPIS Engineering. "One of the characteristics of these folks is that they are late bloomers in a way."
Phillips described how Baby Boomers quickly moved into their own home, got married, and had kids. He said that his generation got started a little earlier than th…