Building new? Start before the models.
How to choose a builder, read the contract, budget for upgrades and protect yourself from lot to keys, plus the one step to take before your first model-home visit.

Buying a New Build in Billings
A complimentary 16-page guide to buying a newly built home in Billings. Inside:
- Why to register your agent before your first model-home visit
- How to compare builders, and the questions to ask each one
- Reading the builder's contract
- Standard vs. upgrade: budgeting for the options you actually want
- Inspections on a new home, including pre-drywall
- Walkthroughs, closing and the builder warranty
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YOUR ADVISOR
Shawna Morales
Shawna Morales is the Managing Broker, License Partner and Private Office Advisor of Engel & Völkers Billings and the founder of The Morales Group. Over 20 years in real estate, she has closed 350+ transactions and $100M+ in career sales volume (as of 2026).
Shawna works mainly with sellers. Her white-glove listing service brings a luxury approach to homes at every price point. Home staging is central to it, often done with her husband, Wes, an interior designer. She also represents buyers and relocating families.
Based at 1027 Shiloh Crossing Blvd in Billings, Shawna serves Yellowstone, Carbon, Stillwater, Big Horn and Musselshell counties. That includes Billings, Laurel, Red Lodge, Columbus and Absarokee. Reach her at (406) 850-3065 or shawna.morales@evrealestate.com.
shawna.morales@engelvoelkers.com
1027 Shiloh Crossing Blvd, Billings, MT 59102, USA

