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Best practices: Veridian Homes

1) HomeTracker – innovative customer relations software program that tracks all customer communication, including the home orientation, 30-Day visit and 11-month visit, all in an effort to ensure excellent service. 2) Home Towne – Veridian&#3

Management

Best practices: C.P. Morgan

Close communications. C.P. Morgan uses an integrated structure around leadership which directly contributes to the company's ability to consistently meet goals. Each functional area of the company has an executive team member reporting directly to pr

Management

KB Home Nevada - 2006 NHQ Silver Award Winner

Corporate Profile: KB Home Nevada is a division of KB Home. Headquartered in Las Vegas, this division serves the Las Vegas metropolitan market—including a growing number of communities in Summerlin and Henderson—selling and building single fa

Management

Best Practices: Shea Homes San Diego

Trade Partner Council: To ensure these principles, SHSD manages a Trade Partner Council that meets monthly with an eye toward project improvement to discuss industry practices, solve problems and distribute information. The Council consists of principals

Management

Best practices: Ideal Homes

Hiring Practices and Profit Sharing Plan

Business Management

Ideal Homes: 2006 NHQ Gold Award Winner

Ideal Homes, Oklahoma's largest home builder, "does it right," with a strong company culture that values its employees

Management

Builder SWAT Team

Every business encounters unhappy customers, even when they've received the best service and products available. For home builders, these potentially hostile homebuyers can present serious problems. Enter the Builder SWAT Tea

Management

Spotlight on Ellen Knorring: On-Track Mind

Determined to make sure her department helps management meet its goal of turning last year's 352 closings into 1,000 by 2010, Ellen Knorring, director of purchasing for Stanley Martin Companies, will need the vigilance of a hawk to keep on top o

Management

Proactive Solutions: New Tax Credits for 2006

As the 2005 tax season wraps up, keep in mind next year's new tax credit for new homes qualifying as energy efficient. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT), signed by President Bush in August 2005, outlines new Federal tax credits for consumers and

Management

Proactive Solutions: Florida reBuilds Helps Involve Katrina Victims in the Process

Florida reBuilds is a new, entry-level training initiative aimed at alleviating the shortage of construction workers in the state. State universities, community colleges, vocational centers and the like will provide the training. The curriculum will

Home Builders Institute's Schools to Skills Grant Application Open Through December

As Mortgage Rates Rise, Buyers Lose Purchasing Power

Renters Are Choosing Single-Family Homes for These Features