Author Archives: Beazer Homes
Tell Us What You Learned About Home Energy Efficiency
For the last two weeks, we’ve taken you on a virtual tour of Beazer homes, showing you how and why new homes are more energy efficient than existing homes. We’ve taken you behind the scenes to show you the energy saving features of our homes. We’ve showed you energy bills from Beazer homeowners. We also [...]
No Surprise Here – Energy Efficient Lighting Helps Cut Household Energy Use
If you’re looking for an easy way to reduce energy use and costs while you’re designing the interior of your new home, start by looking at your lighting fixtures. Lighting makes up 13 percent of all household energy consumption. Traditional incandescent bulbs waste 90% of their energy as heat. One way to ensure you’re getting [...]
Go Behind the Scenes with Beazer Homes as We Showcase Energy Efficiency
As June kicks off, and the summer months start to heat up, there’s no better time to talk about energy efficiency. We build 100% of our homes to meet or exceed the latest ENERGY STAR® 3.0 certification criteria. Living in an ENERGY STAR certified Beazer home means you’re reducing energy consumption, and saving money on [...]
Ask Nick: How Much Do I Really Need to Have as a Down Payment?
Nick Peacock, Beazer’s Vice President of Lender Choices, answers your questions about shopping for a mortgage. In this edition of “Ask Nick”, Nick explains when the new FHA changes kick-in, how much buyers typically need for a down payment, and lender “lock-in” periods. Q: Tanya: My question is regarding FHA’s upcoming change taking effect on [...]
Beazer Homes Maryland Division Wins Big at the Home Builder Association of Maryland Awards
WE WON! Our Maryland division was a big winner at this year’s Home Builders Association of Maryland Max Awards on May 16th! Beazer Homes Maryland won two merchandising awards! One for the Lexington model home in our Cherry Tree View community, and one for the Farnham model home in our Beechtree community. They also won [...]
Benefits of Selling New Homes – For Real Estate Agents
Welcome to Beazer’s video series for real estate agents about the benefits of learning to sell new. This was designed with real estate in mind, so please let us know what questions you’d like answered about selling new homes. Let’s start with the advantages of new. A recent survey among perspective homebuyers states that the [...]
Mortgage Choices Presents: Ask Nick!
Finding the right mortgage is one of the most important steps of buying a new home. To help you prepare for what may be your biggest purchase ever, we’re launching “Ask Nick!” This Q&A series is designed to help teach you all about shopping for and finding a mortgage. Nick Peacock, Beazer’s Vice President of [...]
Step 1: Finding a New Home
So you’ve decided to buy with Beazer and you’ve chosen a great community. Now you’re ready to pick out a floor plan and find a home site. Finding a new home and deciding on options for your new house is exciting, but the process can be difficult without a little help. When you walk into [...]
Mortgage Choices Presents: How to Shop for a Mortgage
After several difficult years, the housing market is on its way to recovery, and homebuyers are making their way back to real estate. However, a significant amount of homebuyers don’t know the basics of taking out a mortgage and aren’t prepared to take on what could be the biggest purchase of their lives. According to [...]
Get Your Mortgage Ducks in a Row: What you need to know before you shop for a mortgage
A mortgage loan is one of the most expensive financial commitments you will ever make. Before you begin to shop around and compare mortgages, you need to do some prep work. Here’s a short list of what you need to know before you shop for a mortgage. Check Your Credit A lender is going to [...]
