the Trails by john Laing Homes captures the traditional Craftsman style of architecture in homes priced from the low $200s to the low $300s.

Master planner Rancho mission Viejo L.L.C. is dedicating 40% of the 1600 acres to permanent open space.

Borrowing architectural elements from million-dollar Main Line homes and building them into houses at substantially lower price points has resulted in a home run for Exton-Pa,-based Rouse/Chamberlin homes.

The urban Land Institutte (ULI) presented its 1999 Awards for Excellence at a ceremony held at ULI's annual fall meeting in washington, D.C.

Sales and design centers are more than a growing trend for today's production builders--they have practically become business as usual.

If recent new-home sales figures indicate a slight economic downturn, that may be good news for the industry in terms of bringing material supply closer to demand, says NAHB chief economist David Seiders.

George S. (Geoie) Writer jr. has been to the mountaintop, and he's also seen the valley.

The classroom is a construction site, the instructor is a former superintendent and the students are homebuyers.

Faced with a full-employment economy and a strong housing market, how are the largest home building companies responding to the challenge of finding, hiring and retaining management talent?