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Branding Strategies for Builders: Consistency and Customer Experience

As a builder, it is crucial to develop and understand your company’s values and goals. These will be the foundation of a strong brand identity and a consistent message.

Business Management

Home-Grown Homes

Our annual salute to regional builders that prevail in their markets

Products

Labor-Saving Ideas

Have you ever wished a product was just a little bit different?

Quality Management

Free Webinar: Lessons from the National Housing Quality Award Criteria

Celebrating its 25th year the US National Housing Quality Award (based on the US Baldrige Award) has helped builders to improve their...

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Building Materials

Sealing For Weather-Resistive Success

Maintaining integrity of WRBs in building envelopes key to reducing leakage risks

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Products

Organization For Every Room In The House: Why It Matters More Than Ever

Storage solutions from ClosetMaid can free up space in every room of the house

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Products

Prepare For The Season With Spring Cleaning Essentials

From the exterior to the interior, consider the following essential spring cleaning techniques to prepare your clients’ properties and help them enjoy the season a little more

Codes + Standards

The Impact of Regulations on Home Building

The longer it takes to get a project through the approval process, the higher the price of the homes

Codes + Standards

Small Units, Big Potential

At a time when prices are galloping past wage growth, alternative housing solutions are crucial

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Behind the Build

Subflooring Secrets to a Quiet Floor

Luxury you can see is pretty, but luxury you can’t see is quality. While homeowners often spend hours selecting their flooring, few give...

Opinion

A Breath of Fresh Air From This Year's Models

On a new home tour in Southern California, PB's editorial director found some refreshing surprises

Opinion

A Value Proposition

The market is hot, yet home is being seen as a quality-of-life investment, rather than a commodity

The Design Side

NextHaus Alliance Promotes Resilient Design

NextHaus Alliance is a team approach to designing and building custom homes that are not only sustainable, but resilient

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Design

Consistency Of Design And Quality Across New Home Building Trends

How true-to-spec products offer more versatile, functional, and beautiful solutions for builders

Business Management

Building Momentum in 2017

Predictions and strategy from a big builder

Codes + Standards

Learning From Tornado Damage

After a tornado hit outside of Dallas, engineers surveyed the damage to figure out why many newer homes failed to resist even moderately high winds.

Opinion

Big Opportunities for Builders

Three unmet needs and the market shifts they signal are a call to innovation; a chance for differentiation

Opinion

Defining the Generations

The authors offer their assessment of where home builders’ biggest opportunities may lie

Old photos_demographics for builder sales

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Windows

New Moisture Management Solution

MAXFLASH liquid flashing membrane is best suited for complex window configurations, irregular surfaces, and large and setback window openings

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Advice for Pros

Spring Into Action And Upgrade The Kitchen & Bathroom

Countertops, vanities, flooring, fixtures and other kitchen and bath renovation ideas just in time for remodeling season

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Market Data + Trends

Building Faster Without Sacrificing Quality Or Design: Products to Help Profit From Today’s Demand

It’s a new year, and the housing market isn’t showing any signs of slowing down

New-Home Marketing

The 13 Top Digital Trends for Builders

A digital marketing expert's view on the hottest advances coming your way for 2017

Opinion

50 Ways to Build Your New Home

Our roundup of home design trends, fresh from the 2017 International Builders Show

Sales + Marketing

The Sales Process Gets Personal

Millennial buyers expect personalization, and they want transparency in the sales process

Personal message on social media being viewed on tablet screen

Sales

Three Home Trends to Embrace in 2017

Use of the up-to-date design trends make your models more attractive to buyers—and the search words that describe them can help boost sales

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