13627 Delwood Springs Ln, $274,900

spec home 77044

New Home for Sale $274,900 Stunning one-story home with both formals adjoining the entry. Spacious family room with a fireplace. Island kitchen with butler’s pantry. Open morning area with a curved wall of windows. Game room. Guest suite. Garden tub, separate glass-enclosed shower, double sinks and two walk-in closets in master bath. Three-car garage. 2942 [...]

Speculative Builder Tax

speculative builder tax

Speculative builders are subject to real estate excise tax on the selling price of the land along with all attachments including buildings, roads, and other structures. The sale of real estate is not subject to the B&O tax or retail sales tax.   A speculative builder is the consumer of all material incorporated into the real [...]

Homes Built for Speculation: Spec Home Rules

spec home rules

When you build a spec home you are creating an asset that will be sold to another person. Spec homes are built in anticipation of a sale; therefore, a construction contract does not exist. You do not use the rules for home construction contracts, which are contracts to build a home with four or fewer [...]

Australian Spec Home of the Year 2009

Australia Spec Home

The Australian Housing Industry association has awarded the finalists and Winner of the 2009 Spec Home of the Year Award. Now this is the kind of contest that we at spechomes.com can get into, and (featured to the right) the type of spec home that any home builder would be proud to display. Congratulations to Craig Sheiles Homes. [...]

Coto Spec Home Foreclosure 92675

coto spec home 30751 fox run 92675

This hilltop retreat rests on a premier 2.8 acre lot and is equestrian zoned in the guard gated Hunt Club Community. A timeless masterpiece of fine craftsmanship and superb quality. Enter through multiple archways to find a tranquil courtyard with designer fountain. State-of-the-art technology includes a Smart Home system, built-in speakers throughout, touch screen monitors, custom [...]

Vacant Coto de Caza Spec Home

The 16,500-square-foot hilltop house — in the community that was the setting for “The Real Housewives of Orange County” television show — is just one of dozens of unsold mega-mansions across Southern California conceived during the real estate bubble, when builders waged an ill-timed arms race to ever-increasing extravagance. Comparably deluxe houses now lie vacant [...]

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“Feature your Inventory Homes on SpecHomes.com and drive an overwhelming response from active home buyers on the internet!” A Featured SpecHomes.com listing will appear in some of the most prominent sections of the site as well as appearing highlighted in our inventory home search results. Your featured listing will get premium visibility and increase the audience for your [...]

Balinese Design at 1446 Donhill Drive

The LA Times Hot Property column reports that real estate mogul Mohamed Hadid’s latest Beverly Hills offering has had a price drop from $16.5 million to $12.9 million. The 12,000-square-foot spec home located near Beverly Hills, California at 1446 Donhill Drive has a Balinese design with bamboo, exotic Asian woods and other materials imported from around [...]

Spec Homes Leveled by Bailout Bank

Have you read the headlines surrounding the demolition of 16 never lived in, new homes near Victorville, California? Patrick Thatcher, staff writer for the Daily Press first posted this VIDEO on Youtube. Guaranty Bank says knocking the homes down is cheaper than finishing them, making some wonder if it could happen here. The Texas-based bank has decided to have the [...]

Inventory Home on Corner Homesite in Arlington

Beautiful 1 Story Home on Corner Homesite in Arlington! – Inventory Home   $199,435.00 3 Bed 2 Bath 2,107 Bldg. Sq. Ft. 9110 Post Oak Arlington, TX 76002MLS 10936215 Lot Size 60 Sq. Ft. Schools Mansfield Year Built 2008View Property Website Description 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 living, 2 dining sitting on corner homesite. Granite [...]