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Point of View

Four Tactics To Enhance the Home Buyer Experience

Digital and physical channels are converging. By learning from successful retailers, you can keep step, offering the best buying experience possible

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Walls + Ceilings

Details Matter: How to Hang Drywall in the Proper Direction

Successful builders know that details matter. Hanging drywall in the proper direction can make the difference between a beautiful finished home and one with sagging ceilings and unattractive wall seams

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Flooring

Top flooring innovation and trends

Advances in flooring include laminates that are becoming more realistic in look and texture, and digital printing's impact on tiles.

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Advice for Pros

11 of the Coolest Paint Products at Home Depot

The paint department at Home Depot is like a store within a store. We’re constantly seeking out the latest innovations and cool new products...

Business Management

Giving Back

Builders are naturally involved in the well-being of their communities

New-Home Marketing

Do You Hear An Echo?

The groups that bookend the market want many of the same things in a home

Sales + Marketing

Examining the Inventory Riddle

In some markets, plummeting supply doesn't matter right now

Quality Management

When 50% of Home Builders went out of Business, 95%+ of NHQA Recipients are still IN Business

One example of the value and power of the NHQA is that while 50% of home builders went out of business between 2007-2012 over the 20 year +...

Insulation

Keeping Your Homes on the Dry Side

Why insulation is crucial for managing moisture

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Wall-to-Wall Solutions

Controlling Sound in Attached Homes

With attached homes becoming more attractive to older and younger homebuyers, builders are looking to acoustic solutions to improve indoor comfort.

Business Management

Rentership, Reinvented

A missing layer of today’s housing market presents big opportunity: single-family home rentals

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Products

8 Must-Have Toolbox Upgrades for the Summer

These tools can help builders tackle heavier workloads in the peak construction season.

Business Management

New Homes for 'Renters by Choice'

Single-family rentals present a big opportunity for builders and developers looking for a new niche

Opinion

Staking a Claim

In a time of consolidation, there are still regional builders that prevail in their markets

Green Projects

Meeting the Demand for Green Features

More homebuyers are demanding green features in homes and neighborhoods. It's a win-win: Meeting the demand results in new-home communities that are environmentally and financially sustainable

Quality Management

Relationship Between Construction Safety and Quality Performance

Note that there's a strong positive correlation between rework and injuries

The Design Side

Blight Fighter: The Other Bill Pulte

How Bill Pulte's grandson is grappling with helping rid Detroit of its urban blight

Derelict Detroit housing; Photo: Flickr user Stan Wiechers (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Disaster Durable Solutions

The Cost of Changing Building Codes

How the HP+ Wall addresses code concerns and helps manage build costs.

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Walls + Ceilings

Helping Homeowners Choose the Right Wall for the Right Home

Walls are a major part of any home, and there are many options from which to choose. No matter the primary focus there are solutions to suit their needs.

Opinion

Striving For Excellence In Building Safety

Sound practices need to be everybody’s business

Opinion

Is the MPC Dead, or Being Reborn?

Reports of the demise of the master planned community may be greatly exaggerated

Opinion

At Tax Time, A Few Thoughts

Tax changes over the years have rendered the mortgage interest tax deduction nearly useless

Quality Management

The Future of Quality

The imperatives for the future of quality management include 1. Driving strategic quality at both corporate, industry, and national...

Home Technology

Why Builders Need to Embrace the Home Technology Trend

Smart home features don’t have to be on the cutting edge, but they should anticipate the road ahead

Market Data + Trends

Expert Insight on Window Trends Survey Results

While your customers may know their goals for their home renovation, few will shy away from admitting they need professional insight when it...

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