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The most overlooked group in home building could benefit from your time and appreciation.
At Sunrise Colony Co., we were proud to win the National Housing Quality Award last year.
John Laing Home’s Utah Division finds an answer to a slackening off-cycle market.
It is a term that strikes fear in hearts no matter what its name -- anti-growth or no growth -- but if you ask any builder, there’s nothing 'smart' about what might soon change the face of home construction in Colorado and Arizona.
NHQ Gold Award winner Simonini Builders proves that great companies can come in small packages.
Builder/developer Ventresca Properties of Doylestown, Pa. knows that a part of the charm of its new luxury home development is the abundance of beautiful trees dotting the site.
Aimed especially at small-volume home builders, companies without a dedicated sales staff or builders who do mostly spec homes, EconoBroker.com lets builders list homes on the local MLS (Multiple Listing Service) for a flat fee.
Purchase decisions for most buyers require tough choices because they don’t have unlimited budgets.
Since the mid-1980s The Dow Chemical Company has donated product, money and volunteer labor to the independent, ecumenical Christian, non-profit organization that, as of the JCWP in September, has built more than 100,000 houses worldwide.
After many years of creating other people’s dream houses, Santa Barbara builder Bruce Giffin says his dream home would incorporate four essential elements.
Total quality management is serious business. I’ve read more than a few books on the subject, and none would qualify as light reading.
When it comes to the broad umbrella of home systems, builders have known for awhile that despite the buzz, buyers are reluctant to pick up the tab.
Champion Enterprises, Inc., of Auburn Hills, Mich. donated the home to the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion Association in an effort to raise awareness and change the public’s outdated perceptions of manufactured housing.
Florida builder contemplates another run for state office, says others in housing industry should do the same.
Overly stringent environmental regulations have posed major challenges for the housing industry for decades.
Del Webb Corp., the nation’s largest builder of active adult communities last month rejected a takeover bid by J.F. Shea & Co. and minimized chances for two Shea executives to win board seats when the company’s shareholders convene on Nov. 2.
This commercial builder used a metal shell to settle well into his own retirement home.
There is a great quote from Tom Chappell, co-founder and CEO of Tom’s of Maine: 'Success means never letting the competition define you. Instead you have to define yourself based on a point of view you care deeply about.'
NHQ Silver Award winner, Don Simon Homes, is a model of team commitment to quality and the quality process.
Seven years ago, when the National Housing Quality Awards were introduced, most builders struggled to figure out how quality management could help their companies.
To avoid risk of developing land on their own, three Florida builders formed a partnership to buy a 223-acre Sarasota site.
Every year America’s residential and commercial builders combined take on 136 million tons of waste, according to the EPA.
Vertical integration, quality culture and well-honed plant manufacturing are key to NHQ Gold winner Palm Harbor Homes.
If your computer room could double as a broom closet, you might need to rethink your approach to technology.
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