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Blandford Homes was rated Number One in Phoenix in the 2008 Avid Awards.
Van Metre Companies received an Avid Award in the 100-199 Closings category at the 2008 Avid Awards.
Lakewood Homes received an Avid Award in the 500-plus Closings category at the 2008 Avid Awards.
Gerstad Builders won the Avid Diamond Award & the Best Customer Experience in North America Award at the 2008 Avid Awards.
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| Run It |
Energy Star’s QuantityQuotes.net lets suppliers bid for home builders’ Energy Star product needs.
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Learn how sales professionals can measure if they are really hearing what’s important to home buyers.
Avid Award winners for 2008 leverage customer loyalty in home building to survive the housing slump.
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| Run It |
A new state law encourages California jurisdictions to defer collection of impact fees until as late as the close of escrow on a house.
Home builders weigh which strategy will best allow them to survive and profit when the market turns around.
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| Build It |
Kitchen appliances from Thermador, Perlick and more are really cookin'.
It's the age old battle of manpower versus horsepower with these new hand and power tools from SawStop, Pam and more.
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| Design It |
Home buyers find themselves at the center of everything in this suburban infill project that is November's Best Address.
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| Perspective |
Neither reliable reports nor experts can predict the recovery, but it's likely it'll get worse first. Let's rip off the Band-Aid as soon as we can.
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| Number Crunch |
The numbers are big — in November it's all about the state of the housing industry.
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