Green builders, have we got a match for you. VerdeEnergy.com — a free online Web site — has been matching pre-screened green professionals called Verde Pros with customers who provide their project information through an online survey. Users

Professional Builder Columnist Scott Sedam creates a scenario illustrating how builders, contractors and trades can work together to cut costs without severing relationships.

When complete, Bayside will offer 1,640 units of single-family homes, townhomes, duplexes and condominiums. The Delmarva Peninsula location appeals to mid-Atlantic residents who will retire but don't want to move to Florida because of the distance it

NRS reports its annual Customer Satisfaction Awards. The 2006 NRS Awards presented by Professional Builder recognizes builders based on the results of surveys completed by home buyers across North America.

You're looking at the 3,315 square-foot Gunnison, Wilshire Homes' new model home at Belterra, a 1,400-home master planned community in Austin, Texas. If you like it and want to buy one just like it, that's fine. But the big story here is that

We sent top builders a survey that asked them to rate the qualities that draw them in and keep them with a manufacturer and their products. Here's how they responded.

It has been more than seven years since we last had a buyers market for resale homes, so it is not surprising that many new-home sales professionals have become anxious when dealing with customers who have their own home to sell before a deal.

At The Green Company, 97.5 percent of customers would recommend it to others and 55 percent of the company's actual sales come from buyer referrals, thanks to a unique brand of customer care. This fact, in combination with the excellent customer expe

Mattamy Homes has invested time and resources trying to empower its employees to deliver outstanding customer service — not an easy task for an organization that builds more than 4,500 homes a year.