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Fourth Quarter Prices Released

October 2nd, 2009

On 10/2/2009 we uploaded the most recent pricing data. All subscribers should have received a notification email from RemodelMAX. Some of the pricing trends that RemodelMAX chose to highlight are as follows: Drywall costs have slipped lower during the 3rd quarter hitting all time lows. Roofing costs have declined after the stabilization of oil costs. [...]

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Clear Estimates has gone carbon neutral!

July 9th, 2009

Given that our business is based in the Midwest, most of our electricity is generated by coal power plants. Consequently, every kilowatt-hour consumed by our servers, computers, routers, and telephones results in nearly two pounds of Carbon Dioxide emitted into the environment. By purchasing carbon offsets we have funded the planting of enough forest to absorb an equivalent amount of CO2 from the atmosphere.

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Third Quarter Prices Released

July 6th, 2009

On 7/1/2009 we uploaded the most recent pricing data. All subscribers should have received a notification email from RemodelMAX. Some of the pricing trends that RemodelMAX chose to highlight are as follows: Dimensional lumber continued to slip lower by 5% or more during the past quarter. Drywall stayed low and stable. Fiberglass shingles continued to [...]

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Second Quarter Prices Released

April 7th, 2009

On 4/1/2009 we uploaded the most recent pricing data. All subscribers should have received an email from RemodelMAX notifying them of this. Some of the pricing trends that RemodelMAX chose to highlight are as follows: ROOFING PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE AND LUMBER PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL Roofing prices continue to rise having increased by 5-10% [...]

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Patch for v2.5 is available!

February 9th, 2009

Download the patch here: Here are some of the issues addressed: Alternate work order text overlap – If extensive text was entered as the description for an alternate the text could overlap with the alternate dollar amount. This has now been resolved. Material column stuck – When the material column is excluded (un-checked) the data [...]

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First Quarter Prices Released

January 5th, 2009

On 1/2/2009 we uploaded the most recent pricing data. All subscribers should have received an email from RemodelMAX notifying them of this. Some of the pricing trends that RemodelMAX chose to highlight are as follows: WOOD PRICES FALL BUT ROOFING PRICES GO THROUGH THE ROOF! Roofing prices have gone through the roof, increasing 25%-30% in [...]

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Review: Carbonite

October 3rd, 2008

Here at Clear Estimates we try to develop software that is intuitive, robust, and easy to use. One of our role models has always been the makers of WinZip (now owned by Corel). They provide an excellent example of a product that is very powerful and feature-rich if you need it to be, but extremely [...]

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Fourth Quarter Prices Released

October 3rd, 2008

On 10/2/2008 we uploaded the most recent pricing data. All subscribers should have received an email from RemodelMAX notifying them of this. Some of the pricing trends that RemodelMAX chose to highlight are as follows: OIL PRICES MAKING THE BIGGEST IMPACT Roofing prices continue to rise fueled by oil increases. Gypsum wallboard price declines have [...]

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Coming this week: Clear Estimates v2.5!

September 7th, 2008

You asked for it and we delivered. Check out the new features in this video tour:

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Third Quarter Prices Released

July 2nd, 2008

On 7/1/2008 we uploaded the most recent pricing data. All subscribers should have received an email from RemodelMAX notifying them of this. Some of the pricing trends that RemodelMAX chose to highlight are as follows: MATERIAL COSTS BEGIN TO SLOWLY RISE Plywood prices rebounded up 2% during the past quarter with lumber prices gaining 1%. [...]

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