Tag: <span>housing affordability</span>

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

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

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

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

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

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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John Bitely to GRBJ: Attainable housing in West Michigan continues to shrink, largely due to government regulation

For years, Sable Homes President John Bitely has been working tirelessly with local chambers of commerce, economic organizations like The Right Place, and municipalities in an effort to provide an ample supply of workforce housing in West Michigan. In a recent interview with the Grand Rapids Business Journal, Bitely said this obstacle will only continue […]

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John Bitely featured guest speaker at United Way Community Leadership Conference on Affordable Housing

As guest speaker at the United Way Community Leadership Conference on Friday, March 18, Sable Homes President John Bitely addressed the need for affordable housing in West Michigan. “Many of us have forgotten what 2006 was like,” said Bitely as reported by the Greenville Daily News. “Greenville, Eureka Township, instantly, overnight, that housing market was […]

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John Bitely to GRBJ: Why rental prices in West Michigan will continue to increase in 2022

John Bitely, president of Sable Homes, doesn’t foresee any signs of the increase in rental prices stabilizing or declining in West Michigan in 2022. “I currently don’t see any end to the increase in the rental rates for West Michigan,” he said in an interview with the Grand Rapids Business Journal. “The main reason is […]

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