For the past three months, I have written extensively on how builders are messing up the supply chain.

What great idea is driving residential housing today? Fun.

Home builders are among the most prolific users of focus group research, but few employ the latest innovation in the field online focus groups.

For builders, the motivation to close on zero-punch homes is simple: Delivering defect-free homes makes customer satisfaction skyrocket, thereby increasing referrals and sales.

Homestar Mortgage Services' National Builders Program provides market, competition, customer service and feasibility studies.

MediaLab, whose multimedia programs include virtual-reality products, and iBidCo, creator of online home sales systems and events.

The 540 acres of rolling hills, creeks and deep canyon that form The Bridges master-planned community in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., seem a replica of the ancient hillsides in Italy's Tuscany region.

A new partnership between Builder Homesite Inc. and SalesSimplicity.net is designed to ensure that the two companies' software will integrate seamlessly.

The 540 acres of rolling hills, creeks and deep canyon that form The Bridges master-planned community in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., seem a replica of the ancient hillsides in Italy's Tuscany region.