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Home builders throughout the country are finding it difficult to keep up with demand in today’s housing market. A report from the Associated General Contractors of America revealed that 70 percent of contractors struggle to find craft workers in the residential construction industry. Sable Homes General Manager, Karin Kay, explained the labor shortage home builders […]
Read MoreThe following letter by Sable Homes President John Bitely was posted in the Grand Rapids Business Journal on March 3, 2017: We know there is a nationwide shortage of buildable lots and skilled labor for the housing market. This also holds true for us in greater Grand Rapids, which has been ranked third in Realtor.com’s […]
Read MoreGrand Rapids is considered one of the nation’s top housing markets for 2017. Trulia says Grand Rapids is its No. 4 “housing market to watch in 2017,” a ranking topped by three Florida cities. Florida cities make up four of the top five and six of the top 10 markets to watch. Read more from the Grand […]
Read MoreROCKFORD, Mich. – Dec. 1, 2016 – According to construction trade organizations such as the Home Builders Association of Michigan and the Construction Association of Michigan, the state is facing a shortage of qualified tradesmen and women, which presents a drag on the state’s economic growth. To help create interest in the building trades, on […]
Read MoreRenovation of the ChoiceOne Bank site is part of the resurgence of downtown Sparta. Courtesy Village of Sparta Sable Homes is proud to be a part of the renewal of downtown Sparta where we’re building 45 homes. Read more from the Grand Rapids Business Journal. (Grand Rapids Business Journal) — Downtown Sparta is changing. As a […]
Read MoreSable Homes will feature its award-winning Bayberry model house in the 2016 Grand Rapids Fall Parade of Homes Oct. 7-22. The house, which features more than 2,200 square feet of finished living space, is located in the Paris Ridge development in Caledonia. In June, the house swept the Home Builders Association of Greater Grand Rapids […]
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Grand Rapids Community College. CALEDONIA, Mich. — Sable Homes is hosting a Grand Rapids Community College Workforce Training class, which introduces sixth to eighth grade students to careers in skilled labor, including residential construction. According to the Construction Association of Michigan, the state has a shortage of qualified carpenters, electricians, masons, ironworkers and other skilled […]
Read MoreROCKFORD, Mich., May 19, 2016 – Sable Homes will feature a new house in the 2016 Grand Rapids Spring Parade of Homes that is built with health-conscious technology. The “Healthier Home” is located in the Paris Ridge development in Caledonia and is built with volatile organic compound (VOC) free paints and toxin free flooring glues. […]
Read MoreROCKFORD, Mich. – April 11, 2016 – Rockford-based Sable Homes has posted the strongest first quarter in its 20-year history. Sables Homes sold 26 new houses in March, nearly four times its total sales in the same month last year and more than March 2015 and 2014 combined. Since Jan. 1, Sable Homes has sold […]
Read MoreOne of the 20 Sable Homes built in Sparta in the last two years. (MLive file photo) SPARTA, Mich. (MLive) — Sparta Village Manager Julius Suchy says Sable Homes of Rockford is “making a big bet on Sparta” after the firm received approval to build another 44 homes in the village. Sable recently completed construction […]
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