Business Management

A compilation of business management news, trends, products and business best practices for US builders and remodelers.
6 steps to protect your business when completing unfinished houses or neighborho
If you’re considering completing unfinished houses or unfinished neighborhoods, here are six steps you should take to protect yourself, courtesy of...
Employee feedback
Face it, with 10 percent unemployment, improving employee morale, or even measuring it, is not high on your priority list. But in a recent survey of...
Custom Builder survey defines the demographics of the custom-home market
New research by Custom Builder magazine provides insights into client profiles, home specifications, and top business challenges. Among the findings...
Last month, the U.S. Census Bureau released the first batch of the freshly collected 2010 census data of the nation. The big news so far: The...
More than ever, it’s important to build a good sales team. Professional Remodeler’s Jud Motsenbocker talked to Charlie Gindele and Andy Wells about...
This past September, we wrote extensively about the state of builder and buyer financing, which no doubt is one of the most-difficult challenges home...
When this magazine was launched as Practical Builder in the spring of 1936, the outlook for Americans and the rest of the world was far bleaker than...
35 moneymaking ideas for 2011
Sure, the past five years have been chaotic and the prospects for 2011 don’t exactly look entirely sunny. But there are plenty of builders and...
By eliminating waste in the home building product and process, builders can negate the added costs for going green, writes Lean building guru Scott...
 

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