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Pulte, D.R. Horton top Professional Builder's 2011 Housing Giants rankings

With more than $4.4 billion in total residential revenue and 17,095 closings in 2010, PulteGroup tops Professional Builder’s annual Housing Giants ranking of the nation’s largest home-building companies. D.R. Horton had $3.9 billion in residential revenue and 18,983 closings in 2010 to grab the number-two spot on the Housing Giants list. Rounding out the top five are NVR, Lennar, and KB Home.

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Have you set customer satisfaction goals for 2012?

Charlie Scott

December is often the time of year that many home building companies finalize their 2012 goals and budgets. Management meticulously reviews past sales performances, hard costs, personnel budgets, etc., and set both goals and budgets for 2012. Once each line item is discussed...

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July 14, 2011

Taylor Morrison acquisition finalized for $955 million

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based home-building giant Taylor Morrison has closed on its sale to TMM Holdings Limited Partnership. The $955 million deal includes Taylor Morrison and Toronto-based Monarch Group.

June 13, 2011

Beazer Homes CEO steps down, replaced by CFO

Home-building giant Beazer Homes announced this morning that CEO Ian J. McCarthy is leaving the builder after 17 years of service. The company's CFO, Allan Merrill, will succeed McCarthy as president and CEO and has been elected to the board of...

June 4, 2011

KB Home, PulteGroup top Professional Builder's ranking of largest builders in California

With more than 1,900 closings in California in 2010, KB Home tops Professional Builder's ranking of the top 30 home builders in the Golden State. The builder, which ranked No. 5 on PB's national Housing Giants list, had 1,910 closings in California...

May 31, 2011

S&P/Case-Shiller: Home prices back to mid-2002 levels

Home prices nationally declined by 4.2 percent in the first quarter of 2011 after having fallen 3.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010 and have now regressed to their mid-2002 levels, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index...