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A compilation of business news, trends, and surveys on customer satisfaction, financials, human resources, marketing, and sales.
standard pacific, home builders, homebuilders, homebuilding
Standard Pacific Homes' CEO Ken Campbell has announced that he is resigning his job and his board of directors position effective January, saying...
Tablets may just be the ideal tool for remodelers when it comes to selling and designing jobs
A number of economists and politicians have issued housing plans in the last few weeks. Here's a round-up of the ideas.
pulte, builders, home builders
Fitch Ratings has downgraded PulteGroup’s issuer default (IDR) and senior unsecured ratings from BB+ to BB.
toll brothers, builders, home builders, financials
Toll Brothers' fiscal third-quarter earnings jumped 54 percent with a boost from a bigger tax benefit, but the home builder saw a double-digit drop...
certainteed, insulation, online tools, free online tools
CertainTeed Insulation has introduced three new online tools to help building professionals better market efficiency improvements to homeowners.
U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., is planning to introduce "Homestead: Act 2," a bill designed to encourage homeownership by offering potential...
Last month J.D. Power and Associates exited the home building industry. And it is not known whether they will be back when new-home construction...
home builders, homebuilders, customer satisfaction, Trendmaker Homes, Grand Home
We profile three home builders that took very different paths in creating highly successful customer satisfaction programs. Learn how a perennial...
bob schultz, new-home sales, employee recruitment, finding good people
Many managers spend more time researching the purchase of office equipment than on hiring their representatives. New-home sales management expert Bob...
 

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