Steps thousands of builders need to take to cover themselves as states await federal approval of storm-water procedures.

Good managers use what they learn for the good of the enterprise rather than as a means to advance or maintain their own power.

Richard Van Schaardenburg coaxed two firms into the top five in Chicago. Now he builds custom homes high in the Colorado Rockies with his son.

Under terms of a rolling option agreement, William Thomas Homes was required to take down finished lots under a predetermined time line. Because it owned a 50% stake in the land development company, it received the lots for half the retail markup.

Fast-growing, land-constrained regions dominate the ranks of states with the most million-dollar homes.

When we look at what makes builders great, desire drives the quest to stand out. It flows throughout their teams, their language, their homes.

The legal structures underpinning land-control deals can be confusing. We turned to a residential transaction expert, attorney Mathew A. Wyman, a partner with Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP in Los Angeles, to sort it out.

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Ben Anderson contacted the landowner and offered assistance in overcoming five hurdles that stood in the way of development on the site.