Professional Remodeler Magazine has given Alure Home Improvements the honor for being the best remodeler in the U.S. for the year 2005. Aside normal justifications like Alure being excellent company and doing good job, the extra kick to gain this placing came from their high visibility in Extreme Makeover series. This was the key to tip the scales – good publicity for the whole remodeling industry.

If your log home needs some remodeling, this company can help you, although they do not specialize on log structures, indoor remodeling isn’t rocket science. Structural changes for log homes and log cabins do come close to that though.

Centex Homes and Meritage Homes have both published excellent financial results for the first part of the year. These two companies are among the biggest homebuilders in the U.S. Therefore one could suspect that the past year has been good times for homebuilding companies. It is easy to show profit when the finished products sell at stellar prices.

Now there might be some clouds gather to the horizon, for example, according to the Building Online, Centex Homes has started an extended employee pricing for the homes they build, so that if you order now, you get 5% discount. Could this be that classic trick of closing as much sales as possible before a drastic turn in market climate? You are all welcomed to give your opinion, just comment freely.