Economics

Administrative Metrics

Your administrative department must provide timely, accurate information for you to make important fiscal decisions such as whom to hire, how much to pay, what to buy (capital expenditures) and whether you can expand.

Economics

Estimating Metrics

If your business begins with sales and marketing, it can end with poor — or a lack of — estimating.

Economics

Your Charity Shouldn't Be Secret

Thanks to the rhetoric of politicians, the image of builders as land pillagers is widespread. Thus, when builders use some of their hard-earned profit for charity, they should do so in a very public way.

Economics

Sales and Marketing Metrics

You can't afford not to pay attention to key indicators for sales and marketing. Study the numbers, ask yourself why you might be missing your targets and adjust.

Economics

Measure What You Want To Improve

Measure what drives your goals. Inspect what you expect monthly. Identify weaknesses and repair them. Reward and celebrate success.

Business Management

Diversify Your Investments

Builders who put many of their investment eggs into the housing basket might suffer significant (and disproportionately large) losses when, and if, the housing markets turn down

Circles spiraling downward like a slowing economy

Economics

Assisted Laid-Off Employees

As we learned from the stock market during the past three years, all bubbles eventually burst.

Economics

New Association Seeks Role in Construction Financing

Builders ought to keep on eye on the new National Association of Residential Construction Lenders be-cause it could lower the cost of residential construction financing.

Economics

Your Compensation Type Matters

Choosing a retirement plan for a company starts with an understanding of the company's corporate structure.

Economics

Budget More Than Your Projects

How many builders have their 2003 company budget in place?

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