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December 1999


Articles

Arbor Days

Nobody buys a home that is unaffordable.

Beckwitt Is Horton's Acquiring Mind

Rick Beckwitt, 40, should be the poster boy for a housing industry ad campaign touting unlimited career opportunities.

California Housing Grows Less Affordable

A recent study from the NAHB reveals that seven out of the 10 most expensive housing markets in the nation are in California

Concept House to Showcase New Construction Techniques

Ground has been broken on Chicagoland's first 'Health/Energy Star/Technology' concept house and will showcase a cohesive package of special construction techniques aimed at building a healthy, energy efficient and modern home for the new millennium.

D.R. Defines Strategic Vision

Back in December 1989, who could have guessed that Don Horton's Arlington, Texas, housing firm would, a decade later, be among the top five home builders in America, with more than $3 billion in 1999 revenue?

D.R. Horton Inc. The Aggressive Acquisitor

The numbers tell a remarkable story.

Even-Flow Construction

If one trend is sweeping production builders across the country, it is even-flow construction

Flat-Out Entrepreneurial

Here at corporate, we're in the service business.

HUD-Code Set for Update

Having long ago stopped being seen as simply providers of "trailer" homes, the manufactured housing industry has made huge strides during the past two decades.

Improve Decor, Lights

So you've hit upon the right design for your target market.

Lord & Essex Homes Puts New Spin on Home Buying

A limited-time promotion by Aurora, Ill.-based Lord & Essex Homes gave home buyers at threee separate communities the chance to win up to $5,000 in upgrades.

Lumber Prices Decline While Others Climb

The Labor Department's construction materials composite price index fell by 0.8% between August and September, the second straight month of decline following three consecutive months of increase.

Newmark Homes Unveils Interactive Website

newmark Homes of Austin, Texas, one of the first builders to offer virtual reality tours of model homes and the construction process, is now one of the first to provide daily inventory updates a www.newmarkhomes.com.

Report: Panelized Sector to Gain

panelized construction of homes is poised to become a more important part of the prefabricated housing segment over the next few years, a new forecast says.

Style-Mark Donates $25,000 to Charity

To mark the company's 25th anniversary year, Style-Mark, Inc. of Archibold, Ohio has donated a total of $25,000 to nine Habitat for Humanity chapters and the Never Forgotten Fund (Columbine high School) in Denver.

Technology Defines Village Green Housing

Villiage Green, the demonstration project that was the backdrop when President Clinton introduced PATH, the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing, in 1998, celebrated its opening earlier this year.

Tomnitz Is Mr. Manager

Ego is a major force in the home building business.

What is Mello-Roos?

California builders and home buyers have amore complex way to finance community infrastructure than most of the rest of the country.
 

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