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Building consensus is arguably the most difficult task facing urban planners today.
Great locations for new home communities deserve and often get great residential architecture.
Aligning our teams, trades and suppliers for the right customer service outcome is as difficult for two partners as it is for a multi-regional company.
MediaLab, whose multimedia programs include virtual-reality products, and iBidCo, creator of online home sales systems and events.
Only 4% of the nation's energy comes from non-hydropower renewable sources - biomass, geothermal, wind and solar.
The 540 acres of rolling hills, creeks and deep canyon that form The Bridges master-planned community in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., seem a replica of the ancient hillsides in Italy's Tuscany region.
The 540 acres of rolling hills, creeks and deep canyon that form The Bridges master-planned community in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., seem a replica of the ancient hillsides in Italy's Tuscany region.
For the past three months, I have written extensively on how builders are messing up the supply chain.
At some point, most builders will lose a contract to a tech-savvy home buyer for one of two reasons.
The first Solar Decathlon, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, BP Solar, The Home Depot, the American Institute of Architects and others, challenged college students in various disciplines to design, build and live in a solar-powered, energy-ef...
Homestar Mortgage Services' National Builders Program provides market, competition, customer service and feasibility studies.
Good design has as many definitions as it does creators.
Good design has as many definitions as it does creators.
Flush with high share prices, big public builders are back on the acquisition trail.
Talk to most new home sales professionals and they will tell you that if a shopper - most often the woman - falls in love with the kitchen in a model, the chances of selling that prospect a house go way, way up.
One look at Ponderosa Homes' 4,400-square-foot Palomino model, and you would think you were in the Midwest.
Home builders are among the most prolific users of focus group research, but few employ the latest innovation in the field online focus groups.
The unexpected death of any employee can significantly affect company morale and productivity.
What great idea is driving residential housing today? Fun.
After designing hundreds of kitchens for builder and consumer clients, designer Julie Howes of The Strober-Haddonfield Group has created a list of kitchens do's and don'ts to ensure that customers get a safe space with just the right look.
The best parcels never make it to market. Developers know from experience that deals for choice land often start as solutions brought to landowners who initially have no intention of selling
A new partnership between Builder Homesite Inc. and SalesSimplicity.net is designed to ensure that the two companies' software will integrate seamlessly.
We need a delivery pulled into this month, cycle time is killing us, subcontractors are not cleaning up, turnover is out of control, the customer wants another change, etc., etc.
Building a 2,000-square-foot home in five 10-hour days is a feat most builders can't comprehend.
A recent study on urban development's effects on water supply demonstrates how far the anti-development camp will go to manipulate public sentiment.
The sun's low trajectory through the winter sky allows light to penetrate homes through south-facing windows for sometimes huge passive solar energy gains.
Natural stone is gaining popularity as an interior wall cladding, says DeeDee Gordon, senior designer with Ann Sacks.
Home buyers concerned about the safety of chemicals used in pressure-treated lumber for decks and sill plates often need a builder's reassurance that the product is safe.
Our annual Benchmark management conference is one of the events I approach each year with equal amounts of excitement and unease.
First it was a television stand. Then came two end tables made from surplus pine flooring.
For builders, the motivation to close on zero-punch homes is simple: Delivering defect-free homes makes customer satisfaction skyrocket, thereby increasing referrals and sales.
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