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Change is in the Wind

Whether we are weathering a minor blip in home sales (like 2001) or the major housing market downturn many analysts have long expected (like 1991), only time will tell. Whichever it is, it's already profoundly affecting the home building company merger a

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Professional Builder Giant 400: Public v. Private Debate Continues

Ask America's top private home builders if going public is a good idea and you're likely to get a smile and a cryptic, "Not for us." Still, the debate rages — public v. private — and each side has plenty of arguing points. The public companies are on

Management

2006 NHQ Award Program in Review

The National Housing Quality (NHQ) Awards give the highest recognition in the housing industry for quality achievement. The NHQ Awards are sponsored by the NAHB Research Center and Professional Builder magazine. Entries are judged by panels of experts wh

Management

The Comeback Trail

This month, we feature two markets that have strong job growth and excellent affordability: Austin and Salt Lake. Both markets are experiencing job growth in almost every sector of the economy (see chart included) and both markets have experienced very l

National Builders

Professional Builder Giant 400: Publics' Profits at Peak

The public home builders' filings with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission show these companies made their best margins ever in 2005, even though they don't separate land profits from those made by building and selling houses. It will be a tou

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2006 NHQ Award: Business Results / Past Winners

These are the metrics used to score National Housing Quality award applicants. A list of winners dating back to 1993 is also included.

Management

Privacy Please!

Every now and then, I run into a private builder with an interest in going public who asks my opinion on the state of the market, and whether the window for an initial public offering may be opening.

Management

Professional Builder Giant 400: Even Small Private Builders Can Compete

The common denominator is good management, not whether the company is big or small, public or private.

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Past Winners

2006 Shea Homes San Diego - Gold Veridian Homes - Gold Ideal Homes - Gold CP Morgan - Silver Pringle Development Inc. - Silver KB Home Nevada - Silver 2005 Grayson Homes Gold Pulte Homes (National) Gold Ideal Homes Silver Estes Builders, LLC Silver Verid

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Selling Strategies: Back to Basics

At the builder show in Orlando I got the sense that builders were nervous about the market and where it was headed.

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