The staff of Professional Builder highlights facts about the housing industry

Paul Cardis of Avid Ratings discusses why too much 'survey influence' from home builders can hurt their customer satisfaction scores

Home builders can expect lumber prices to remain fairly stable for 2009, and they're now at levels about one-third lower than they were at the height of the housing boom, according to reports from Random Lengths.

Rodney Hall of The Talon Group discusses the connection between sales and happy, thriving employees -- possible even in the midst of a difficult housing industry.

Sales training expert John Rymer outlines how and why you should focus on revitalizing your home building sales team

Joe Duckworth, Professional Builder's 1992 Builder of the Year, is now a successful developer of walkable neighborhoods that outsell conventional projects.

Learn how the 2010 National Housing Quality Awards winners, Simonini Builders and Wayne Homes, netted NHQ Gold and Silver awards.

The fail rate for first-year home builder trade councils is about 60%. Follow this advice to make sure yours succeeds.

Owners of multi-room audio/video systems assign high value to their home entertainment experience, according to a new study from the Consumer Electronics Association). The study, "Trends in Multi-room Audio Video Usage," found that 82 percent o