New Home Sales

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- For 2010, Fitch Ratings expects U.S. consumer products companies to see modestly rising demand as global economies revive. However, revenue growth rates will be well below historical levels and price increases are not expected to be as important as they were during 2009. Restructuring actions, working capital controls, reduced capital expenditures and improving liquidity have favorably positioned the financial posture of most companies. Overall free cash flow (cash from operations less capital expenditures and dividends) should improve in 2009 despite global economic weakness, allowing most companies considerable latitude to meet internal capital needs ...

GREENBELT, Md., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- SalesMark, a new real estate sales and marketing firm, today announced the launch of the company. Backed by The Bozzuto Group's 21 years of new homes sales and marketing experience, SalesMark will provide builders and developers with services including pre-construction planning, product and green-building consulting, market research, recruiting, sales staffing, training, and marketing campaign development and execution. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091117/PH13028LOGO ) "We recognized an opportunity exists to share new home sales and marketing expertise with third-party clients," said Tom Bozzuto, CEO of The Bozzuto Group. "SalesMark customers will benefit from the same level of outstanding creativity, value and results that we ...

ATLANTA, GA and NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/10/09 -- Beazer Homes USA Inc., an Atlanta-based national home builder with active communities in 16 states across the U.S., is leveraging the experience of leading agile consulting firm Bluewolf and Salesforce CRM from salesforce.com to enhance sales and customer care processes, Bluewolf today announced. Like other companies in the home building industry, Beazer has been hit hard by the housing downturn of the past several years. Now the company is in the midst of a makeover that will enable it to take advantage of the slowly recovering housing market -- and position itself for growth well into the future. As a key part of that effort, Beazer is looking to strengthen the sales and customer care processes. The initiative is helping Beazer, one of the top 10 home builders in the U.S. (based on the number of homes closed), in its recovery from the slumping home-buying market. Beazer Director ...

BRAMPTON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 5, 2009) - (All amounts are stated in thousands of Canadian dollars, except per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated.) Brampton Brick Limited (the "Company") (TSX: BBL.A) today reported a loss of $77 or $0.01 per Class A Subordinate Voting share ("Class A share") and Class B Multiple Voting share ("Class B share"), for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 on a weighted average 10,937,000 Class A shares and Class B shares outstanding. For the third quarter of 2008, net income was $2,499, or $0.23 per share, on a weighted average 10,952,000 Class A shares and Class B shares outstanding. For the nine month period ended September 30, 2009, the Company reported a loss of $9,578, or $0.88 per share, on a weighted average 10,937,000 Class A shares and Class B shares outstanding compared to net income of $1,433, or $0.13 per share, on a weighted average 10,925,000 Class ...

BRAMPTON, ONTARIO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/05/09 -- (All amounts are stated in thousands of Canadian dollars, except per share amounts, unless otherwise indicated.) Brampton Brick Limited (the "Company") (TSX: BBL.A) today reported a loss of $77 or $0.01 per Class A Subordinate Voting share ("Class A share") and Class B Multiple Voting share ("Class B share"), for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 on a weighted average 10,937,000 Class A shares and Class B shares outstanding. For the third quarter of 2008, net income was $2,499, or $0.23 per share, on a weighted average 10,952,000 Class A shares and Class B shares outstanding. For the nine month period ended September 30, 2009, the Company reported a loss of $9,578, or $0.88 per share, on a weighted average 10,937,000 Class A shares and Class B shares outstanding compared to net income of $1,433, or $0.13 per share, on a weighted ...