Production builders should look before they go leaping into on-your-lot building as a sideline operation. While it sounds like a good idea on the surface, the process for scattered lot development has its own complexities

Columnist Scott Sedam talks about the critical importance of builder/supplier/trade relationships. "There is a new paradigm of high-level cooperation," he says. "And though rarely practiced, it works."

The latest data the U.S. Census Bureau and HUD released shows the inventory of completed but unsold new houses on the market reached 128,000 in March — the highest level ever recorded since 1973.

Strategic planning does far more than plot a course for your company. In truth, I believe its value is greater for the cohesive effect it has on your employees.

The Home Builders Institute (HBI) has partnered with Beazer Homes and Latinos on Fast Track (LOFT) to launch Team Builders.

Fieldstone Communities' CEO Frank Foster has his Newport Beach, Calif.-based building firm humming in the speedy Rayco business model and climbing Professional Builder's Giant 400 rankings — from No.80 in 2005 to No.48 this year — wit

In the April 2006 GIANTS, we anticipated a period of uncertainty that would materially slow the mergers and acquisitions market. While several experts are now describing this period in detail, this article considers the period ahead, when we believe a ti

A bevy of experts chime in on what they see as the must-have features for today's homebuyers

No wonder today's kitchens are a feast of innovation and style: in houses, they're where the action is in houses. Americans spend "80 percent of their waking hours" in the kitchen, whether cooking, eating, doing homework, or entertaining