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Management

Tear-Downs Going Up

Is it a sign of the apocalypse when people spend $525,000 to buy an 8-year-old house just to get the lot? How about when they tear down the 'old' house and spend $1.6 million to build a new one on the lot? This happens regularly in Sarasota, Fla.

Custom Home Design

High-Design Waterworks

Two faucet manufacturers team with world-renowned designers to deliver products consumers want.

Management

Deconstructing Quality

If everyone in each organization in the entire residential construction industry strives to produce quality products, plans and homes, what prevents it from occurring in every home on each job site every day?

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The Systems Approach to People

Just like a home, the builders and subcontractors can work as a seamless system rather than a collection of workers with separate tasks.

Sales

Early Decorating Grabs Prospects' Attention

The Fort Worth, Texas, division of Melbourne, Fla. based builder Mercedes Homes began battling the expected holiday traffic slowdown as early as Oct. 15.

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Weathering the Storm

Despite what many believe, builders can construct homes that withstand tornadoes. Here's how.

New-Construction Projects

Complexity Takes Toll on Land-Need Guesses

How much land is enough? You never can tell, but don't despair - neither can Wall Street analysts or GIANTS such as Toll Brothers, the $2.3 billion luxury home builder based in Huntingdon Valley, Pa.

Management

Taking the J.D. Power Cure

Perhaps most important, J.D. Power and most other customer satisfaction surveys miss the most critical factor of all because it's so hard to measure, and that is the impact of relationships.

Management

Time Line to Company Ownership

Under a fun-focused management team that now owns the company, Professional Builder's 2004 Builder of the Year, John Laing Homes, is morphing into a new breed of home builder.

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Leveraging Assets

Your assets, including your brand, present opportunities that you might not be realizing.

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