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John Bitely to Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Potential Trump tariffs could be another challenge to affect housing prices

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Michigan’s homebuilders, including Sable Homes in Rockford, fear tariffs will complicate matters for an industry already struggling to build affordable housing after the pandemic drove up materials costs and interest rates. On Feb. 1, President Donald Trump announced across-the-board 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods coming into the U.S., effective Feb. 4. After reaching […]

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Home builders, like Sable Homes, preparing for potential impact of tariffs

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In an interview with FOX 17, Sable Homes President John Bitely explained how the proposed 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada could affect the housing market. On Monday, Feb. 3, The White House announced a monthlong pause on the proposed 25% tariffs on Mexico, following conversations between President Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. The […]

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WOOD TV8: How Sable Homes’ new May Apple design is an economical option amid housing crisis

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As West Michigan continues to struggle with the housing crisis, some new homeowners are choosing to forgo the basement in favor of lower costs. WOOD TV 8 spoke with Sable Homes President John Bitely and Belding homeowners Skyler and Tracey Fisk, who just moved into Sable’s first May Apple home, about how the Rockford-based home […]

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Sable Homes May Apple homeowners, Skyler and Tracey Fisk, get a glimpse of the construction progress during a walk-through of their new home

By Sable Homes Posted in Affordable Housing, May Apple design, Testimonial On

The first Sable Homes May Apple home is near completion in Belding! Homeowners Tracey and Skyler Fisk and their boys get a glimpse of the construction progress during a walk-through of their new May Apple home with Sable Homes Sales Manager Karin Kay. The Fisk’s 1,152-square-foot May Apple home is designed to be a 3-bedroom, […]

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Sable Homes May Apple homeowners, Skyler and Tracey Fisk, envision the inside of their home as crews install cabinets and additional features

By Sable Homes Posted in Affordable Housing, May Apple design, Testimonial On

An exciting time for Tracey and Skyler Fisk as cabinets are installed in their Sable Homes May Apple home and the family can envision where furniture and all their belongings will go. “It’s fun to see it all coming together and taking shape and looking like a house,” said Tracey Fisk. “All of us are […]

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Sable Homes May Apple homeowners, Skyler and Tracey Fisk, share how cost was an important factor as crews frame home

By Sable Homes Posted in Affordable Housing, May Apple design, Testimonial On

Our homeownership journey with Tracey and Skyler Fisk continue as framing work on their new May Apple home by Sable Homes progresses. “The barriers of the housing market right now – everything is so expensive. To get any house with any size to it is just outrageously priced. A lot of our decision to build […]

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Sable Homes May Apple homeowners, Skyler and Tracey Fisk, excited for home construction to start

By Sable Homes Posted in Affordable Housing, May Apple design, Testimonial On

Tracey Fisk, a first-grade teacher in Belding, has had multiple people come up to her exclaiming: “They’re starting your house!” With the help from Sable Homes, Tracey and her husband, Skyler, who works in food service delivery, found a way to build an attainable home in Belding where their kids also go to school and […]

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Sable Homes finds attainable housing solution for Belding family with new May Apple design. Watch the Fisk family’s journey as they celebrate homeownership

By Sable Homes Posted in Affordable Housing, May Apple design, Testimonial On

Meet Tracey and Skyler Fisk and their two boys, Noah and Asher. The Fisks approached Sable Homes in July 2023 while unsuccessful in an extensive search for a home that would accommodate their budget and their family of four in Belding. Residing in Belding was an important factor as Tracey Fisk is a first-grade teacher […]

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John Bitely and Bob Filka of HBA of Michigan explain how new housing projects are helping Michigan’s housing shortage

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Rockford-based Sable Homes President John Bitely and Home Builders Association of Michigan CEO Bob Filka recently spoke with media about how new housing projects can help the housing shortage in local communities throughout the state. “It’s no secret, and we’ve been talking about it for a long time – there’s a huge demand for housing, […]

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