Sentence examples for spec boom from inspiring English sources
That started the spec boom.
But to Northrop Grumman and EADS, building the boom on spec presented a chance to demonstrate their competitive hunger.
ft. LOT SIZE: 0.38 acres DATE BUILT: 2006 This contemporary stone-and-stucco home, never occupied, was built on spec during the housing boom and initially listed at $1.4 million.
Mr. Silk's 17-person firm is among scores of small to midsize architectural practices across the United States that are enjoying a startling boom in Chinese projects — whether in spec mansions for sudden multimillionaires or quarter-mile-high skyscrapers.
Ultrabooks might be nothing more than MacBook Air rip-offs, but if they're done right &mash; with quality specs and efficient batteries — they could signal a sales boom for the Windows PC notebook market.
"In the past, I would have built four spec houses at a shot," said Joe Simone, the owner of Simone Development in New Rochelle, who in boom times built multimillion-dollar mansions snapped up by sports figures and others with deep pockets.
AS the high end of the Westchester market shows tentative signs of rallying and the inventory of houses for sale is finally being absorbed, a handful of "spec" builders are re-entering the field — though more cautiously than during the real estate boom.
