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	December 2003 2004 Looking Good as Well 3-D Software Models Land Uses AIA Updates Contract Software As Housing Boom Plateaus, What's Next? Availability of Smart Glass Windows Widens Avoid High-Leverage Financing Big Growth Plans Builder Tucks Away Tech Zone Builder With a Big Heart Coach Larry's Can-Do Culture Complexity Takes Toll on Land-Need Guesses Different, By Design Do the Right Thing Early Decorating Grabs Prospects' Attention Fee Hike Worth Its Wait in Golden State Hire Santa ... and Other Seasonal Tips Immigration to Change Product Into The Mystic: Elkay Offers New Curves for the Kitchen Leveraging Assets Planning for Success Retailer Probert Fits a New Line Selling a New Process Stelmar Bucks CFO Stereotype Stone Countertops Steal Market Share Struggle to Survive Taking the J.D. Power Cure Tell the Story You Want Told The ABCs About the AMT The Systems Approach to People Time Line to Company Ownership Weathering the Storm Webb Walks the Talk of Family Values Whole-House Design Why Laing in the City Makes Sense Why Luxury Makes Sense for Laing Winter Calls for Perfect Timing Woodcraft Launches Woodcraft University Table of Contents
	November 2003 A Great First Step Birdhouse Offer Touts Development's Trees BuildingGreen's Top 10 Green Products of 2003 Celebrating Ceilings Court Temporarily Halts Builder-Friendly Land Policy Cracking Interview Code Creating a Stand-Apart Product Don't Overlook Tax Act Benefits East Meets Midwest: Feng Shui Epmark Perfects the 'Hamburger' Fast-Track Fire Sale Forest City: Stapleton, Denver Franchising: Fortune or Folly? Free Concerts Spread Early Word Good House Parts and A House on the Water Hedgewood Properties: Vickery, Forsyth County, Ga. Indirect Construction Costs: Check Staffing Level Inland Focuses on Partners, Process It All Adds Up to Zero Low Impact, High Rewards New Concrete Countertops Need No Seal Now Boarding: All First-Class Residents Pardee Homes: Vista Verde, Las Vegas Pelican Coast: Military Housing's New Look Polishing the Industry's Image Rancho Mission Viejo: Terramor, Ladera Ranch, Calif. Rutenberg Leads in Systems Savvy Sales Agents' Murder Sparks New Interest in Panic Buttons Scotchgard Helps Shingles Resist Algae Simonini Says Ethics Award Reinforces Team Pride Strategy Cuts Carrying Costs The Greening of Main Street Tips for Controlling Mold Top 10 Green Products of 2003 Trust Your Core Products, People Turnaround Artist Virginia Builder Attracts Attention After Local, National Honors Web Site Lets Builders Trade Cut, Fill Dirt Who Cares About J.D. Power? Your Metrics Road Map Table of Contents
	October 2003 101 Best Companies to Work For 2-1 Garage Split a Hit With City Officials 50 Best Builders to Work For List 8 Tips for Builders of Any Size A Better Flush A Jackpot of Customer Referrals Appeal to Prospects' Green Roots As Starts Slow, so Might Panel Prices Balancing Act CD IDs Roofing Mistakes Codes and Costs Compiling the 101 Best Companies List David Caligaris' League of His Own Enterprising Designs Erosion Controls Hit Smaller Sites French Firm Brings New Dimensions to Wood Paneling Give Durability a Chance Going Mod Housing Cost Among Top Consumer Worries Hybrid Firms Help Expanding Builders Immigrant Tidal Wave: Are You Ready? KB Turns Homeownership Dream Into Reality Keeping Score on Your Metrics Ladera Ranch: Live/Work Snapshot Make Residential Construction the Industry of Choice Next Stop: The Job Offer Operating Expenses: Fool's Gold for Improving Profit Owl Listing for the Birds Parks Raise Revenue, Reduce Risks Technology Sellers & Users Covenant Upstairs, Downstairs Who Are Those Guys? Who Is as Different as You? Yield in a Low-Interest World Table of Contents
	September 2003 ‘Work Day’ Works Wonders ACQ and Aluminum Don’t Mix Administrative Metrics Arson Attacks Spur Calls for Increased Job-Site Security Audubon-Certified Golf Biggest Little Builder in America Bilingual Guides Aid Job Sites Build Brand Equity With Window Logos Build Happy Customers, First and Foremost Builder- Broker Partnership Controlling Indoor Air Quality Customer Service Standard Setters Direct Construction Costs: Key Profit Variable Employee Loyalty Can’t Be Bought Front and Center Highest-Paid Public Builder CEOs: Ryland’s Chad Dreier on Top Hot Merchandising Trends How to Check Market Feasibility on the Fly Immerse Buyers in the Process Jonathon Retzlaff’s Wildlife Woodcarvings Little Houses in Big Sky Country National Practices, Local Effort No Surprises, No Worries NRS Award in Homeowner Satisfaction Preformed Arches Save Time, Labor Psychographics 101 Reclaim, Reuse, Repeat Referral Factors Responding to J.D. Power Rooting out the ‘Gremlins’ Simplicity Standard at Douglas Homes Street Connectivity Required Tax-Credit Bills on Right Track The Dumb Tax Tune Up Your Web Site Urban Chic Sells in St. Louis Warranty Wherewithal When Bad Is Good Whose Brand Delivers Customers? Table of Contents
	August 2003 A Backdoor Project Management Deal Beware 'Pseudo-Species' Businesses Thrive in Mountain, Midwest States Can Robots Solve Labor Crunch? Cost Control Software Acts as Design/Sell Tool Defining The Best and The Worst Estate Tax Must Go Estimating Metrics Home Building's Purple Cow How to Avoid Storm-Water Limbo How to Check References How to Control Land Without Owning It Humidity No Problem for MemBrain Incentive-Based Agreement Jim Candelaria: Fighting Forest Fires Land Buy Sets Profit Potential Land-Control Legalese Learning by Trial or Terror Lessons of a Leader Lighting Design Basics Make Video Shoppers A Positive Tool Models Speak For Themselves Must-Have Boy Toy Of Note Off-Load Your Brownfield Risk Partnering All the Way Point-Of-Sale Attraction: Homeowner's Insurance Selling, Financing and Insuring Solid Homes Storm-Water Compliance Documents Supply Imbalances Trigger Ever Higher Prices Technology Versus Nature The Color Report The Virtues of a Long Escrow What's a Home Theater? White Knight Table of Contents
	July 2003 'Not a Puddle but a River': Fieldstone Communities A Big, Happy Family?: Veridian Homes A Proud Moment An Entrepreneur’s Tale Back-to-School Special: Summit Properties Beyond the Kitchen and Bath Ceramic Slab Countertops Donald Allen: In the Great Outdoors End Games ESOP Poster Child: Holiday Builders Fish & Wildlife Calls Species Act 'Broken' Give Me Some Modesty Hispanic Population, Home Buying Surges Home Building Meets Reality TV Model Illustrates Building Science Online Land Auction Unique OVE in Brief Price to Hit Your Velocity Targets Rapid Transit Signs Key to Taylor Woodrow's Marketing Roof Flashing Guidelines Sales and Marketing Metrics Showers Can't Quit: Wayne Homes Specialists Offer Urban Expertise Summer Showers Tadian's Deal With IHP a Trendsetter Termite Tech The 1st 'Visit' The Home as Hive The Value in OVE Thicker Than Blood: Simonini Builders Toll Web Site Offers Answers in an Instant Your Charity Shouldn't Be Secret Table of Contents
	June 2003 'Road map' Targets Financial Ratios Add-On Valve Prevents Water Heater Leaks An Alternative Financing Solution Asking the Right Questions Being Selfish, With the Best Intentions Better and Best: Energy Efficiency at Armory Park del Sol California SB800 General Summary Color Selection Tools Countercopia Diversify Your Investments Family Product? Surprise the Kids Gene McKown: Auctioneer Extraordinaire Greetings from Southern California Gypsum Alternative to Parapets Hidden Volume Ranch High-Profit Home Building Housing's Underdogs Live On: Part 3 Hovnanian Enterprises' Successor Candidate Profile How Can PATH Help You Build? How to Hire Invest In The Other Side of the Desk Leadership Brings About Green Building Leadership Development in Overdrive Measure What You Want To Improve New Laws Take Aim at Lawsuits Rediscovering the Full Model Demonstration Ryland Pays Big for Bad Land Selling the Construction Process Solid Growth in Fiber Cement Sector Staron Ascending Survey Shows Declines In Incentive Selling Taking the First Steps The Anatomy of Innovation The Greening of America The Interview Process The New HR Model The Retirement Housing Boom Use Entitlement Contingencies in Contracts What You Can't Ask Table of Contents
	May 2003 A Progression of Public Spaces Assisted Laid-Off Employees Building Product Chemistry Capturing Empty Nesters Centex's Wayne Homes Opens Atlanta-Area Design Center Congress Can't Afford to Wait Connected Homes Should Connect Families Crickmore: In the Eye of the Carolina Hurricanes Designing for the Barbecue Nation Dewey U. Now on CD-ROM Florida Builder Splits Marketing From HQ Housing's Underdogs Live On: Part 2 How to Monopolize Your Market Invest in Safety Lifestyle Targeting Making Live/Work Work Partnering: The Sycamore Creek Case Study Positioning Required Writing: Letter of Intent SpongeBob SquarePaint Stealth Giant Tech-Enabling New Homes The New Now The Value of Search Firms When to Apply Green Building Strategies Table of Contents
	April 2003 Achievers Champion Innovation Avoiding Home Buyer Dissatisfaction Benchmarking Beyond The Numbers Big Blue Builds Home Network Carole Eichen: Innovator of Model Home Merchandising Corps, EPA Are All Wet Does Size Really Matter? Don Wilford Finds a Home on the Range Furniture in the Bath Headhunt or Not? Housing's Underdogs Live On How Wall Street Rates Builders Masters of Their Fate? Morgan Follows 'Rayco Model' to Market Lead Museum Puts Windows on Display Now, Southern Yellow Pine Itself Reduces Costs Play up Rooms Based on Buyer Personality Playing Catch-up on Code Changes Presenting Options Online Draws Customers Rich, Famous ... and Quiet Shape Up Your Derriere Should a Builder Become a Remodeler? Solar Shingles Do Double Duty Strivers Swim Upstream Survey for Satisfaction The Kissing Nook Top-Heavy Tilt Verify Recapture Agreements Where Are the GIANTS Headed? Wine Rooms: For Storage and Showing Off Table of Contents
	March 2003 25 Design Tricks That Sell More Houses A Code of Honor A Planning Checklist for Your Next Community Amy Rowe: Exploring the Wild Blue Yonder An Energy Makeover Audacious Habitat Plan Brings Builders, Activists to Table Beautify Infill Job Sites Broker Creates Wholesale Market in Tear-Down Land Down-Payment Assistance Creates More Eligible Buyers Fair Housing Act Help Five Keys to Getting New Hires Selling Fast Haves and Have Nots Home Building's Mystery Spot Home-Tech Training for Builders How to Be a Winning Sales Pro Kitchen Furniture Conceals Appliances Molding Specification Made Easy New Association Seeks Role in Construction Financing Ravings of a Neighbor Shielding Their Flames, Gas Water Heaters Get Makeover Space Saver Survey Highlights Keys to Facilitating Aging in Place Sustaining Innovation Tax Tips for Proprietors, Partnerships Testing the system Turn Toolbox Talks Into Real-Time Quality Improvement Winning the War Against Mold Table of Contents
	January 2003 'Double Whammy' Decks Builders 2003 Outlook A Plentiful Supply Slowly Tightens Alliance Pushes for More Audio Solutions Atlanta: Glenwood Park Avoiding GOTCHA! Builder Uses Broadway as Marketing Tool Builders Respond With Innovations Building Thermal Bridges Close Your Competency Gap Closing the Quality Gap Countertop Alternative: Concrete Death of Small, Medium and Large Development Shrinks Despite Housing Need Educational Game Earns A+ Fastest-Growing Places to Build: Counties Fastest-Growing Places to Build: States Good Jobs, Room to Grow Hazard Reports Offer Protection Housing Cycle Outlook for 2003 Imputed Lot Value 2001 Land Planning Life Lessons Minneapolis: Hiawatha & 46th Street Station Moen Offers Convenience for Users, Plumbers New Software Designed for Contractors Overcoming Community Opposition Patented Idea: Circular Subdivision Poster Child for Demand/Supply Imbalance Predicting Tomorrow's Land Values Today Recent Changes Could Help Builders Rocky Soil, NIMBY Constrict Supply Single Family Residential Finished Lot Price Index Smart Code Will Anchor 'Transect' Concept South and West Top List of Fastest-Growing Places to Build The Price You Pay The Problem Defined Trade Partners That Make Your Business Better Trading Paint With Bryan Lendry Using the Sun for Heating and Cooling Well-Engineered Wonder What to Do Next Why Managers Fail as Coaches Work-Force Development Writing New Rules Your Compensation Type Matters Table of Contents

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