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I don’t know how many people the average person meets in a lifetime.
Nineteen-ninety-nine’s top two areas in terms of sheer volume of new residential construction were Atlanta and Phoenix.
With the calendar recently turning to 2000, the entire country has long been experiencing a severe case of crystal ball fever, and it is yet to break.
In addressing the sales office of the future, the first criteria is to address the sales vehicle of the future.
Associate Editor Rob Fanjoy recently suffered a fate common today - information overload.
Design leadership can bring with it a nifty little kicker on the bottom line. And for a startup builder, it’s probably the best of all routes to name recognition. You don’t have to be the biggest to be known as the best design innovator.
Consolidation of the housing industry has been going on for a decade, and there have been some big mergers during that span.
Every child born in the U.S. this year inherits a very unwelcome legacy from their Uncle Sam - a debt of almost $14,000.
Inspection forms are worthless if they don’t help solve your current quality issues.
What made David Weekley Homes stand out in the minds of those who select Fortune magazine’s '100 Best Companies to Work for'?
Michael Mendelsohn, president/CEO of Cliftwood Homes Inc. in Scottsdale, Ariz., doesn’t build typical houses. But he does conduct much of his business in a typical builder setting: the front seat of his truck.
Josh Freeman, 35, was already president of Carl M. Freeman Associates, a diversified, $100-million-a-year Potomac, Md.-based building and development firm, when his father died in 1998.
The most successful builders and developers often base that success on years of great face-to-face first impressions with buyers.
For homes under 2000 feet, it’s all about optimizing the appearance of space to create the illusion of a larger living area.
Newly minted, hard driving multi-millionaires are at somewhat of a disadvantage when it comes to buying a home.
Newmark Homes has been selected by the Greater Houston Builders Association as its 'Builder of the Year' for 2000.
The Ryland Group, Inc., one of the nation’s leading homebuilders, has recently released several corporate announcements.
One of the longest debates among those in the resource efficient constrution arena is the definition of green building. Just what does it mean to be green?
Imagine a company that rewards employee performance with vacations in Maui or the Cayman Islands. Imagine a company where the CEO and COO don’t just breeze through the office when they visit, but stop and ask, 'What can we do for you?'
Medallion Homes of San Antonio, Texas has announced their Engineered for Life program which allows them to guarantee heating/cooling cost as well as comfort level for the first two years of their new homes.
In the hot market for new homes in Southern California, attractive and affordable, detached single-family homes do not linger on the market.
For a guy who got fired from his first job in the building world, David Weekley has made an impressive journey. Recruited in 1974 from Trinity University, Weekley hired on with a builder as a management trainee.
America’s promise is about achieving individual dreams through pure grit, pure belief in oneself and one’s ability to make the dream a reality.
Builders are often thought to be resistant to new methods and slow to change. This is both true and unfortunate, because the legitimate reasons for their attitude are often ignored.
When building companies participating in our most recent Reference Point study state that the length of their contract-to-closing process increased significantly in the past two years, does it really matter?
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