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- Reining in Runaway Costs
- Where the Money Is
- Streamline Your Business
- Control Sales, Marketing Costs
Sales and marketing costs should be held to 6% of home building revenue, but builders have a hard time hitting that target. - Targeting Financial Ratios
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- Streamline Your Business
As the white-hot housing market cools, builders can maintain a competitive edge by improving construction quality while controlling costs. - Decked Out
Working with landscape architects and clients to build decks for functional multipurpose outdoor spaces. - The Complete Home Office
The new room of the house: merchandising and drafting floor plans for optimal layout placement of home offices. - Southern Flare on the West Coast
Building estate communities with floor plan designs that cater to the empty nesters and children. - Market Entry Magic
Wall Homes is penetrating the move-up market in the Lone-Star state by including brick, limestone, stone, stucco and dormers into its design mix. - Selling the Great Outdoors
The most frequently neglected aspect in model home merchandising is the one new home shoppers see first — the great outdoors surrounding the new home.








