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Tool Chest for Marketers
on March 31,2005
A new book from marketing communications agency Partners+Simons is a must-read for marketing professionals wanting to grow their brand and drive demand. The firm's Marketing Tool Chest:...
Web Site Check-up
on March 31,2005
Florida technology services company, DiscoverTec LLC, specializes in Web site design, hosting and maintenance. The firm, through its director of Web development Jesse McKay, recently shared its...
Understanding TMDL Compliance
on March 31,2005
To help builders comply with the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program established under the Clean Water Act, the NAHB has posted a 32-page TMDL Tool Kit on its Web site. The tool kit —...
Nominate a Landscape Architect
on March 31,2005
April is National Landscape Architecture month — a fitting time to draw attention to the importance of home builders to the American Society of Landscape Architects, and a new opportunity...
Subsidizing Sprawl?
on March 31,2005
The Michigan Land Use Institute's Follow The Money report blasts decades of "profoundly misguided" state policies in Michigan that amount to "subsidizing sprawl" while fostering...
Second Home Purchases for Investment are on the Rise
on March 31,2005
A National Association of Realtors' (NAR) study of second home purchases recently revealed a wave of new speculators in the real estate market. With investment home sales making up 23% of the...
Wood University Attend Online
on March 31,2005
Wood University, the free online education portal of the APA-The Engineered Wood Association, now offers a course on building structurally sound wood-framed structures. WU 201: Design of Wood...
Steeling Home
on March 31,2005
Many a builder has faced the quandary of building homes with steel, which can be costly but more consistent or building with wood, which can warp and be labor intensive. One company has brought an...
Fun with designing a door
on March 31,2005
Architectural Traditions — designers and manufacturers of crafted doors, windows and hardware — created a program on its website where builders and consumers alike can design doors...
Top 10 Things to Ask in Interviews
on March 31,2005
The Sharrow Group, a Rochester, N.Y.-based executive search firm specializing in the housing industry, has created a quick checklist of questions a builder should ask prospective management hires...
Home Ownership Gaps Signal Untapped Minority Market
on March 31,2005
Recent research at the Lusk Center for Real Estate at the University of Southern California shows persistent racial gaps in U.S. home ownership rates. However, that bad news has a good side: there...
'Golden Handcuffs' For Supers
on February 28,2005

Construction superintendent is arguably the most important management position in a home building company. After all, this front-line manager has responsibility for the quality of the delivered...

Pampering the Press
on February 28,2005

At a recent groundbreaking ceremony, Paramount Homes, Asbury Park, N. J., gave press members something they could really work with — clipboards emblazoned with the builder/developer's new...

Developing Relationships
on February 28,2005
Builders have yet to be selected for the 2,043-acre Canyons South golf and residential community south of Denver in Douglas County. Lots for the 400-home first phase won't be offered until the...
2005 Forecast Sunny, Not Record-breaking
on February 28,2005

Predicting the Future is tricky business. Last year, housing experts uniformly predicted that home building would come off its hot streak, but record results proved them wrong. Now they agree that...

More on Moisture Management
on February 28,2005

"Concrete Floors and Moisture," a new 164-page book from the Portland Cement Association, explores ways to present unwanted moisture in concrete floors. Problems from excessive moisture include...

New Math for Gypsum Specifications
on February 28,2005
Notice one less label on gypsum products lately? You will if you haven't already. The task of specifying gypsum board products just became easier as a single ASTM International reference standard...
Three Builders Send Help
on February 28,2005
The California Association of Realtors (CAR) recently published its year-end housing affordability index, showing the percentage of households that have the ability to afford a median-priced home in...
Market Leaders 2005
on February 28,2005

As many different types of remodeling and contracting firms as there are, the challenges are always the same: mentoring employees, pricing for profit, keeping up with new codes and products,...

Away with Impact Fees?
on December 31,2004
The pressure of raising impact fees remains the same today as 2001 when a superior court judge ruled California's Orange County violated state law by over-billing home buyers and builders for...