Tomorrow night is the deadline. You have just over 24 hours to nail down your New Year’s resolution. When I googled the top resolutions for 2012, the first three were lose weight, get organized, and spend less. In your new Wausau Home, getting organized and spending less are much easier. Unfortunately, you’ll have to talk to the holiday treats on the weight loss one.
Being the premiere home builder of Wausau Homes in the Cedar Valley, we seem to have a different task for the beginning of a new year. Here, we spend our last weeks of the year attempting to project and forecast how many homes we will build and how we can best care for our customers in 2012.
As we move forward into 2012, (drum roll please)…. we are, hesitantly, excited for what may be ahead for the housing industry. If I had the magic 8 ball of the housing year, we could say “signs point to yes”.
Just before Christmas, the US Commerce Department reported that housing starts reached an 18-month high in November with overall 684,000 starts. In addition, the NAHB Housing Market Index showed the third straight month of gains. Overall, 2012 may be a pivotal year for housing nationwide.
In addition, on a regional level, 2011 ushered Iowa into an “improving” category as far as economic outlook goes.
On a more local level, we have seen much growth in the Cedar Valley. New businesses are opening up and thriving. Schools and infrastructures are growing and improving. There is a general overall positive outlook for our economy in 2012.
But, of course, as the old adage says “only time will tell” what the new year will bring. In the meantime, Steere Home Builders will continue to provide our customers with housing that is on time, with a firm price, your way. For more information on our homes, visit us on the web.
