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	December 2002 'Qualify' Your Customers on Personality as Well as Finances America Owes Housing An Exit Strategy With Tax Breaks Beautiful Homes ... in Smart, Green Niches Better Accounting for Small-Volume Builders Budget More Than Your Projects Builder Influence on Survey California: Where the Builders Hang 10 CEO Secrets Revealed Decentralized Structure Empowers Site Teams Do a 360 on Feedback Do What Only You Can Do Duany Plater-Zyberk Launches Development Arm Ductwork That Delivers EPA Honors Smart Growth Achievement Firmer Foundations Glossary Helps Builders Clear Up Confusion Hedgewood's Green (R)evolution Hidden Treasure How to Use Percentage-of-Completion Accounting Keeping Wood Away From Too Much Water Leon N. Weiner, Legendary Housing Advocate, Dies Let the Sun Shine Money-Saving Molding Tips Niches Key Smart Growth Strategy Real Estate Newspaper Ads Thriving RSVP Seal Certifies Energy Efficiency, Greenness, Healthy Air Solve Buyers' Work-at-Home Worries Success by Design The American Dream Dissected Table of Contents
	November 2002 20/20 'Growth Vision,' Even in L.A. A Majestic Family Hacienda Aligning for Customer Service Alliance Virtually Enhances Sales Annual Household Energy Use Authentic Architecture Building Strategic Alliances CD-ROM Offers Tips on Selling Structured Wiring College Students Design, Build Solar Homes Combining Mortgages, Marketing Completely California Consolidation Beat Goes on as Meritage Buys Perma-Bilt Creative Kitchens Golden Palomino Home Builders' Focus Groups Go Online Insure Your Key Employees Key to Infill Success? Proximity to 'Fun Zones' Kitchen Design Do's and Dont's Look Beyond Obvious for Infill Properties Number of Closings Partnership's Goal: Ease Software Integration Plan Rather Than React Planning, Visualization Key to Pardee Homes' 50-Hour Build Recent Study Isn't Smart South-Facing Windows Cut Fuel Costs Stone Walled: Using Natural Stone Cladding Treated Wood Questions? Here Are the Answers Turning Good Design Into Dollars Weekend Getaway ... to the Tool Shed Zero-Punch Challenge Table of Contents
	October 2002 10 Ways to Reduce Job-Site Wind Damage A NeuWay at Neumann Homes A Quality Proving Ground A Supply Chain Prescription Builders Now Can Offer Homeowners Policies Building a Leaner, Faster Organization California's Prop 46 Would Strike Blow to 'Inclusionary' Housing Capitalizing on People Central Vacs: The Prescription Appliances Colors Key to Inventory System Creating Kids' Rooms: Dos and Don'ts Education Is Win-Win for Fairmont and Its Employees Embrace the History European-Style Radiator Is Hot Feds Grant $61 Million for Land Buys Five Keys to a Successful Marketing Team Fortifying Coastal Homes Growing Leaders at Every Level History Maker Keeps the Faith - for 53 Years and Counting History Maker Measures Up Home Buying Seen as Safe Investment Home-Grown Quality House Plans for Sale Housing Bubble a Myth In HVAC, the 'V' Stands for Ventilation Incorporate Another Brand John Cannon - A True Peak Performer Marketing Alliance Targets Women Measuring Quality to Keep Fine-Tuning More Than Football: Boys' Rooms National Housing Quality Awards Resources New Roads for New Urbanism Not So Big Solutions Partnering Pays Off in Trade Relations Performance Management or Performance Measurement? Revving Your Profitability Engine Satisfaction Brings Referals So Much More Than a Name Standing Trade Council Subcommittees Address Key Precepts Survey Shows Suppliers Are Techno-Savvy The Boss Is Back The Road to Management Excellence Top 10 Issues for Builders Topos Add Aerial Photos Understanding Management Infrastructure Options Watch How You Classify Employees Web Site Offers Tips on Affordable Design Table of Contents
	September 2002 20 Hottest Markets in 2001 Actionable Feedback Are You a Super Superintendent? Are You Disciplined Enough? Are You Flexible and Fast on Your Feet? Are You Good and Lucky? Are You Good With the Details? Are You Professional Enough? Are Your Homes Futureproof? Beyond Ballet Slippers: Girls' Rooms Big-Box New Home Center Bringing Building Codes to Your Desktop Builder/Bluesman Albert Cummings Building Bonus Spaces Butler's Pantries at Any Price Point California School District Turns Land Into Teacher Housing Can You Build a Team? Cementing Relationships Closing the Ownership Gap Communication Easier With Bilingual Book Consistent Message Design Patterns Revisited Devoted To Doing Right Do You Draw on Your Experiences? Do You Have a Passion for Building? Do You Seek Out Improvements? Do You Stick With The Program? Doing the Right Things Right Even-Flow, Measurement Key Results Everything in Writing Extra Eyes, Ambassadors Everywhere Fieldstone Markets Extended Flooring Tips at Your Fingertips Fortify Your Lines of Credit Getting Things Done Good Paint Makes Better Profits How to Change the Satisfaction Equation How Well Do You Control Your Job? How Well Do You Know Your Product? Innovative Sales Trailer Creates Comfort Internet Site Scores Property's 'Smartness' KB Home Finds Convenient Sales Vehicle Laundry Room as Family Activity Center Lee Evans Bio Long on Life, Short on Ideas Longtime Analyst Says Housing Bubble is Real Making Market Research Pay Market Tests Help New York Builders Sell Without Models Online House Hunting Increases Pollution Prevention Checklists You Can Use to Save Money Rattling the Supply Chain: Damage Control Recessed Leads in Lighting Trends Report Lists Most Sprawl-Threatened Cities San Diego Infill Booms Second Tahoe Property Rights Case Could Be in the Making Site-Specific Weather on Your Phone Six Ways to Make Hay Solar Homes Tour Held Staffing Is The Secret To Happy Buyers, Sales Super-Size the Shingles Teaching Kids About Environmental Building The Raving Fan Rate To Search or Not To Search Training Better Builders Turn Your Community Outward Where Leaders Stand Out Table of Contents
	August 2002 Accessibility Gets Accessible Anything but Cookie-Cutter Are Smart People Overrated? Choosing Greener Particleboard and Fiberboard Compensation Strategies Design is Key to Cost Breakthroughs Design Tools Fees Crack $100,000 in California City Gooooooal! Larry Webb Has a Blast With Soccer Home Buyer Stats Housing Loses a Legend With Death of Lennar Founder Leonard Miller Inspiration Invest With Interest Partnering for Systems Performance Piping Pick Profitable Prototype Truss Design Keeps Ducts in Building Envelope Sales All-Star: Barry Bright Sales All-Star: Cydne Combs Sales All-Star: Debbie Melloh Sales All-Star: Eva Walker Sales All-Star: Gail Ringwald Sales All-Star: Jeff Kaizer Sales All-Star: Jim Lee Sales All-Star: Judy Coffey Sales All-Star: Kelly Lucente Sales All-Star: Linda Russell Sales All-Star: Mike Martin Sales All-Star: Tim Moncrief Secrets of the Sales All-Stars Sharp Offers Micro Management Supply Chain Management: The Missing Link Tactics for Keeping Your Workplace Safe Web Cams Bring Customers Into Building Process Table of Contents
	July 2002 Brand Building Cabinet Trends Coloring Buyers' Perspectives Confront the Mediocre Digital Alchemy Drywall as Art High Permit Fees in the Cross Hairs Home Buyer Stats Housing, Like Politics, Is Local Local Builders Play Unexpected Hole Card On My ... 1.06 Acres Prevent Wallboard Callbacks Purchasing Power Plays Reading Your OSB Stamp The Business Relationship Equation The Greening of America Use BEES to Pick Green Products Walking on Broken Glass Table of Contents
	June 2002 Toll Unveils 'Last Mile' Services 'Magalog' Marketing 101 Best Companies To Work For In The Residential Construction Industry 101 Best Companies' Best Practices Anti-Mold HVAC Product On The Horizon Are You Getting The Most From Your Lender? Building Better Companies Celebrate And Rededicate Connecting The Wires: Basic And Better Cultural Icons David or Goliath, Focus Is The Same Define It, Do It, Love It Dollars & Cents Employer/Employee-of-Choice Obligation Improve Or Die In A Day's Work Lines Of Communication Living The Live/Work Niche Making Room For Computers No Lumber Price Spike - Yet On My First Job I Learned ... On-Time Closings Permits: Five Ways to Keep Them Flowing Problem Solvers Anonymous Something's Afoot: Cork and Bamboo Survey Says: Home Buyers Want Energy-Efficient Appliances The Credibility Factor The Home Office The Kitchen Organizing Center The Study Hall/Technology Loft Trust - Elusive But Essential Water Management Table of Contents
	May 2002 A Lesson in Communication Base Price: $155,000 Base Price: $226,900 Base Price: $494,068 Book Review: The New Bungalow Book Review: The New City Home Come Saturday Morning Corrected Walk-Through Items at Move-in Creating a Culture of Accountability Don't Kid Yourself Fine Furniture for the Bath History Lends Cachet to L.A. Luxury Infill How Concerned Are You About Potentially Higher Mortgage Rates? Learning Via Home Design Lighten Up More Moratoria Likely After Tahoe Decision New ICF Guide Now Available New Paint Kills Mold On My Résumé Pricing Opens the Door to Profit Relationship Building Save Bucks by Getting the Dirt on Your Dirt Staircases Step Back State Web site Creates Market for Pennsylvania Brownfields The Drawing Board Fridge The Land Food Chain Urban Homeownership Still Lags Behind National Average Water Softener Winning the Talent War Table of Contents
	April 2002 2002 Housing’s GIANTS #'s 1-100 2002 Housing’s GIANTS #'s 101-200 2002 Housing’s GIANTS #'s 201-300 2002 Housing’s GIANTS #'s 301-400 A Creditable Initiative Amid High-End Luxury, Builder Offers Affordable Solution April Fools As Online Auctions Grow, eBay Enters the New Home Arena Bigger, Better, Stronger Bolstering Their Corps Builders Cite Species Variation in the Case Against New Duties on Softwood Lumber Building to a Billion and Beyond Civano Know-How: Water Conservation in the Desert Close My House Today ... or Else! Consolidation Is Temporary Consolidation: Swift and Massive Expansion Model: Neumann Homes Inc. (No. 78) For Many Homeowners, Income Tax Deductions Will Wane by 2010 From Brownfields to the Emerald Isle: Town & Country Developers Inc. (No. 141) High Volume, High Profit Home Buyer Stats In My Spare Time Intersections Keep It Simple: Astoria Homes LLC (No. 116) Leadership Ensemble Builders Inc. Legacy Partners Residential Inc. (No. 56) Mold: A Growing Concern Rating System Helps Builders Select Air-Cleaning Appliances Respect for Regional Tastes: Palmetto Traditional Homes LLC (No. 251) Selling the Great Outdoors Simpson Housing L.P. (No. 31) Striking a Balance Tarragon Realty Investors (No. 70) Transform a Front Stoop Into an Entry Court Wood Partners (No. 58) Table of Contents
	March 2002 'Decent Help' Hard to Find After the Honeymoon At the Builders' Show Builders by the Numbers Everything And The Kitchen Sink For Boomers, by Boomers Generation X: Wired to Buy Home Buyer Stats Housing: A Key Push to Economic Recovery Hovnanian to Build All Energy Star in New Jersey Immigrant Home Demand Johns Manville Goes Formaldehyde-Free Living What We Learn Nothing but Net Worth Paint Receives (Green) Seal of Approval Quality Blues Scratch the Neighbors' Backs Two Communities Mandate 'Visitability' Unexpected Moments Watch Those Land Prices Table of Contents
	February 2002 A New Urbanist Surge A Premium on Premiums America the Diverse An Energy Star Andres Duany & Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk: Home/Work APA’s Growing Smart: the Good and the Bad Building Hope and Homes Claes Fornell: Customer Science Cracking the Codes, Online David Weekley: Human Accounting Good News Up Home buyer stats How Do You Keep Your Best People Happy? Improving Sales and Marketing In My Communities Joe Lstiburek & Betsy Pettit: Better Building John Knott: Holistic Development Leslie Dashew: Succession Strategies Michael Pyatok: Neighborhood Building Online Typesetting Paco Underhill: Shopping Behavior Paul Smith: Place-Making Randy Jackson: Grayfield Villages Rayco’s Management Maven Recruitment and Integration 201 Setting Stone Smooth Sailing Soliciting Satisfaction Squeegee-Free Windows Striver Drivers Sun-Powered Slabs Telecommuting Flattens The Big Get Bigger The Crisis Scenario The Elements of Leaders The Language of Our Companies The Lowdown on Lots Thought Leaders Tom & Caroline Hoyt: Exit Strategies Trail Blazers Verne Harnish: Growth Formulas Watch Those Interest Rates William McDonough: Eco-Effectiveness Table of Contents

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