The Home and Building Association of Greater Grand Rapids 2007 Home Expo will take place February 1-4, 2007 at the DeltaPlex Entertainment Center.
I will be there talking with contractors and filming demonstrations to put up on the website. If you have a booth at the show and would like to be interviewed, please contact me.

Construction of new homes and apartments increased by 6.7 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.588 million units. Building permit applications are still down, but this is a good sign that the housing market is bouncing back. I think we will see a small surge the 1st quarter of 2007 as the demand will start to catch up with the supply. Many builders have scaled back production the last few months, and so the supplies of housing stock will start to decrease.